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To: Carling
What I am saying is that it is odd that scientists are willing to put their own "faith" into accepting evolution as fact when they know they can't replicate this theory in the lab.

Scientists do not say evolution is fact. It is theory. A theory consistent with observed facts. If observed facts conflict with the theory, it is modified as needed to match observed facts. If it is replicated in a lab, then it will go from being a theory to being fact.

164 posted on 11/09/2004 2:21:58 PM PST by WildTurkey
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To: WildTurkey
Scientists do not say evolution is fact. It is theory. A theory consistent with observed facts. If observed facts conflict with the theory, it is modified as needed to match observed facts. If it is replicated in a lab, then it will go from being a theory to being fact.

Actually, if replicated in the lab it will become a law, but the above is what I have been trying to say. There are conflicting theories on how the universe was created, but no one knows for sure, now do they. For the record, I tend to side with the evolution gang with a touch of God's hand involved. I'm nuanced!

165 posted on 11/09/2004 2:25:53 PM PST by Carling (What happened to Sandy Burglar's Docs?)
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To: WildTurkey
A theory consistent with observed facts.

UH... just what 'facts' have been 'observed'??

194 posted on 11/09/2004 3:16:58 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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