Bruce, You need to understand what the term "Theory" means in this context. It is not a simple hunch, as the word is often used, like in "Theory of the crime," or "It's my theory that ___."
>From Wikipedia: "In science, a theory is a mathematical or logical explanation, or a testable model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation. It follows from this that for scientists "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition. For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theories commonly used to describe and explain this behaviour are Newton's theory of universal gravitation (see also gravitation), and general relativity." Misunderstanding of the true nature of what the word "theory" means within the context of the Evolution/ID debate has fueled many misguided arguments. Scientific theory *is* hard science. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 6:22 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Great press for Our Lord and Savior How about they not teach ID or Evolution since the latter is still a theory, hence the name Theory of Evolution. I remember in HS we got to evolution, it was not presented so much as a theory as it was real science. Same with my daughter last year in 10th grade. Although her book mentioned the word theory a couple of times, unless you were paying attention you could conclude that they are still teaching this as hard science. Sigh. Ian Skinner wrote: > I caught the last two-thirds of the NOVA show and stayed up an hour too > late to do so, I enjoyed it a well. I came to a similar conclusion as > you Crow. The proponents of ID start loosing their case so they start > throwing around threats and insults. Didn't do much to generate > sympathy from me. I also LOL at "crintelligent designism"! :-) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
