""So I can't see a problem with the terminology. If YEC's have a problem with it, it's because they don't understand it, and as can be seen from this thread there is a whole lot of fundamental misunderstanding about science. As for evolution being a belief system, there's another misunderstanding of how science works.""

Which is the problem with the terminology Jack, and beautifully expressed.

Pete's truth is "the bible is true and everything was created in seven days 6000 years ago!"

Why use a word which puts your argument on the same level, when you have myriad other words to describe scientific progress?

Don T.