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Originally posted by Phoenix
I think he ignored that quote because it is but one man's 100 year old opinion. If you agree with it, fine by me.
I don't think any more evidence will ever satisfy you. The word religion cannot be used here. We're all trying to find out the truth, and the facts gathered up to now point in one direction. That's the direction we're taking for now while we keep gathering more info and if something comes up that changes everything then we'll go that way. That's all we can really do.
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Exactly, one or two words from a man two hundred years ago about his opinion, and not facts, is not remotely relevent to the discussion at hand.
I have not stated that there are no holes in the theory of Evolution. There have been fairly large holes that have been addressed as Biology has advanced over the years. They have actually strengthened the theory because the answers could not have been anticipated in Darwin's time. The arguments by creationists are not holes in the theory, because they are either statements of faith or because they disprove an intentional misstatement of the theory in the first point.
I did not "change" the definition of theory. I simply pointed out what the word means in the current context. It is a theory, just like relativity theory, paticle theory, electromagnetic theory, and gravitational theory are theory. None of them are adequate alone to explain the universe as we see it. All of them are usefull in understanding the significance of observed facts.