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Originally Posted by jewels443
Did you know that the schools in Florida will now be teaching evolution as a theory?  I wish someone like you had been around to keep the bible belters from setting new precedents in our kids' public schools. |
Technically evolution is a scientific theory. So is gravity. Where the confusion comes is what actually constitutes a theory in the scientific community. Most laypeople don't understand the clear and important difference between a theory and a hypothesis. The two terms are
not interchangeable.
Wiki goodness, explaining the difference between facts, theories and hypotheses.
I still haven't mastered flying. 'Throw yourself at the ground and miss,' indeed.
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Originally Posted by abaya
I'm sure there are still some Creationists wandering around the TFP... but I think we gotta be careful to not cross the line into making this an evangelical-bashing thread. Keep in mind that a lot of "religious folk" have worked out a way to believe in both God and evolution, as did all of the biology professors at my extremely Christian university.
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I see your point, and I think this thread really has the potential to go in two directions. The first is as you describe, basically a theological bashfest. The second is as a means of providing information on what's stated above; namely the difference between facts and theories, and how evolution can be classified as a theory and still be assumed as true. We could also discuss the compatibility of evolution and Christian dogma, but I'm not sure this is the correct place for that; perhaps another thread would do better.