I will have to regretfully decline your invitation for a debate. I have been involved in one too many and choose not to do it anymore. There is too much anger that comes with it from others. (not that I am saying you are angry but it never fails that there will be one or more who cannot have a friendly debate.) My only reason for posting here was to advise bobochristian to be ready to stand behind his statements. I don't want to see him attacked the way he has been already with no defense to stand up to it.
Why would you advise anyone to stand by assertions which you seem to realize can't be defended?
Why is that so many schools today are choosing not to teach the theory of evolution or are warning students that it is not fact but a throry and to take it as that.
There's no mystery to this at all. It's because Creationists have infiltrated school boards in a few, (not "many"), areas and are demanding that creationism, which can't even qualify as a theory, be taught alongside evolution which is one of the best evidenced and supported of scientific theories.
And it would seem that you may have fallen for the standard creationist spin on what science does, what a theory is and your apparent belief that some scientific theories are eventually dubbed "fact".
A theory is the pinnacle of scientific credibility. You simply can't elevate beyond theory. Take gravity for instance. The Theory of gravity has been around for centuries and no one seems to doubt that such a force exists. And since people aren't prompted by their religious pursuits to disbelief in gravity, no one seems to have a problem with the fact that the theory of gravity is just a theory. And not only is it "just a theory", it is lagging far behind evolution from an evidential standpoint. We can demonstrate and show evidence consistent with evolution far more than we can for gravity. So why do you not object to the theory of gravity? Most likely because your religious affiliation has no argument with it. I find it amazing that creationists don't seem to note that the only places where they feel science has missed the mark are in precisely those same areas where the Bible can be interpreted to say otherwise. Wherever the Bible makes no reference, creationists have no problem with science. It is only where the Bible comments on scientific fields that creationists believe that science is wrong. That's a fairly amazing coincidence, is it not?
Scientifically there is no concrete proof that the theory of evolution is fact and the only truth.
That's because science doesn't deal in facts. It never has and it never will. Science deals in evidence and the conclusion found to be in complete agreement with the evidence. Creationism is decidedly inconsistent with the evidence. Evolution is fully consistent with the evidence. Therefore, evolution is a theory and creationism is unable to qualify even as a hypothesis. The evidence shows creationism to be wrong and evolution to be completely probable.
So until there is concrete evidence that that is how it happened then yes there is reason to disagree with it.
As pointed out, there is less concrete evidence in support of the theory of gravity than for evolution. Evolution is one of the better evidenced scientific theories. And if science currently holds a complex process to be true, it means it's a theory. So do you also disagree with the theory of gravity?
But again. I will not be back to this thread because I will not debate this. I stated my reasons for coming here to begin with and it was not for a debate.
Will not or can not?
bobchristian - be careful with your comments. Especially if you cannot back them up!
Have fun debating y'all!!
Bobchristian has a choice. He can either listen, evaluate and learn or close his ears and eyes and believe only the misguided information he's been provided with and demonstrates in the OP.
It's more than a bit irresponsible to tell him to do the latter.
