redneck wrote:MasterKojito wrote:Barotix wrote:MasterKojito wrote:redneck wrote:Laughing wrote:Christians cause me no personal strife. Although I am a hard-lined atheist, the moral ideals that Christianity teaches are inherently good. The problem is when you have Fundamentalists (from which there has been a large surge as of late) that view the bible and it's horrendously mythical stories as pure and infallible truth.
Science and Logic have told us that there was no Adam and Eve, garden of eden, or an omniscient god. Evolution is a proven scientific fact, and the bible is the best-selling work of fiction ever published.
Last I checked its a theory?
Wow, same here.

What Encyclopedia Edition do you have?

theory in science = fact
theory in everyday life = a hunch
learn the distinction and live by it. last i checked gravity was just a "theory" why the hell aren't i floating off into space?

Becuase gravity is a prooved theory...
theory
noun
1.
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory" 2.
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis]
3. a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
#1 = scientific definition
#2 = layman's
science makes that distinction, but most people don't get it. every law in the sciences are in fact theories. the term you're looking for is hypothesis. Micro evolution is a proven theory, but humans most likely won't last long enough to view a serious retest of macro evolution unless; you consider the simple adaptations commonly made by people in everyday life, then you have Your "proof" of evolution in terms of the world of the large.
as i said learn to make the distinction between #1[science], and #2[layman] the term theory is only granted to hypothesis that have been put under rigorous testing and retesting, so please don't take the term theory lightly.
scientific theories are fact until another scientist or group of scientist finds a more suitable theory.
as a matter of fact Newtons Theory of Gravity was Debunked by the Late Albert Einstein ,ushering in the roots of theoretical physics, by; "discovering" or should i saw utilizing and proving [to a certain extent] his theory of relativity which is; Einstein's Theory of Gravity.