Bruce What do you see as holes?
just wondering Dana On 11/17/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I am not completely sold on evolution. There are too many holes in it. > Likewise I am not completely sold on Creationism either. I will just > continue to study both on my own and in college and see if I can figure > something out. > > Bruce > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Great press for Our Lord and Savior > > 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246602 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
