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[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

groan.

yeah, it's just a theory the same way gravity is 'just a theory'.

risk said it quite well, scientific theory is not the type of theory you're thinking of rupert.

we need to get schools to do a better job in teaching science.

My only question is how human life started. I believe there is a Creator. That doesn't mean that I don't believe in natural selection. I do believe in natural selection. I think it is a fact that species "evolve". But knowing that species evolve does not show how life actually started.

With regards to gravity, I assumed that gravity was more than a theory. We hear about the "laws of gravity". But after doing an internet search, I do see that it says gravity is technically still a theory, so you may be right with your analogy.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

My only question is how human life started. I believe there is a Creator. That doesn't mean that I don't believe in natural selection. I do believe in natural selection. I think it is a fact that species "evolve". But knowing that species evolve does not show how life actually started.

With regards to gravity, I assumed that gravity was more than a theory. We hear about the "laws of gravity". But after doing an internet search, I do see that it says gravity is technically still a theory, so you may be right with your analogy.

evolution has nothing to do with how life began. it explains the diversity of life, not the origin of life.
it's why i don't get the argument that is so often made by creationists, because they argue incessantly against the theory of evolution, and produce creationism or intelligent design as counter arguments-but they aren't. they are guesses as to how life began, and no one knows for sure how it began, what sparked it. the big bang theory is the scientific idea for how the universe began, and all that's in it. as to how life itself began-we may never know exactly how.
that doesn't mean tho, that therefore 'god'.
mapmakers used to write at the edge of the known world 'here be dragons'. they had no idea what was there, so they put the mystical.
some people still like to do that now, i just wish they'd understand that others (such as myself) enjoy life, our brief time here on this little speck of dust, that we feel lucky to be here, and want to leave things better than we found it, without having to believe in something only on faith.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

My only question is how human life started. I believe there is a Creator. That doesn't mean that I don't believe in natural selection. I do believe in natural selection. I think it is a fact that species "evolve". But knowing that species evolve does not show how life actually started.

With regards to gravity, I assumed that gravity was more than a theory. We hear about the "laws of gravity". But after doing an internet search, I do see that it says gravity is technically still a theory, so you may be right with your analogy.

As Danzig said below, how the universe came to be is not the purview of evolution. There are three branches of Science- Physics, Biology and Chemistry. It's an easy way to weed out a lot of Creationist sites that insist they're approaching evolution scientifically. If they bring up the Big Bang, they're not talking about Biology; they're talking about Physics and a site that doesn't know the difference is not going to be very informative.

As to whether she "may" be right with her analogy- there's no "may" about it; she is right. Theory with a big T vs theory with a small t. Seriously, look at the link I posted about 5 misconceptions about evolution. It'll make things much clearer to you.