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Thread #144682   Message #3346851
Posted By: TheSnail
04-May-12 - 12:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Young Earth Creationism Eureka--Contd...
Subject: RE: BS: YEC Eureka--Contd...
Yes indeed, Steve, TIA has it right. One of the things he gets right is to make a clear distinction between "evolution" and "The Theory of Evolution". You have, in the past, given the impression that you found that distinction important but seem to have become distinctly less particular as time has gone on. I offered a definition of the former from a university text book a while ago - "Biological evolution means change in the characteristics of descendant populations of organisms.". Do you have any problem with that? That is what TIA describes as a "fact". Of the Theory of Evolution he says that it is 'a still only provisionally "true" hypothesis'. What he neglects to mention is that scientific theories never get beyond 'provisionally "true"'. No amount of "Steve says" is going to change that. By the way, I don't think your "general thrust" makes the slightest difference.

I happened to notice that a while ago you said "I only said evolution is true, not any other theory.". What's the difference? Why is evolution (the theory of) different from any other scientific theory?

I look forward to your next display of Yah! Boo! Sucks! playground style abuse.