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Northern Christian said:One of my history teachers had a friend who was skeptical of evolution, but was not a Creationist. He even wrote National Geographic about it.
I'm getting a feeling of deja vu.Northern Christian said:Isn't it supposed to observe only things that can be observed? Do evolutionists have a time machine? Then how can they be so sure that evolution is true?
Psuedo-science. A great big old bowl of psuedo-science. Evolution doesn't even meet the basic definition of science.
Mechanical Bliss said:How many times...?
Do you have a week to spare?Northern Christian said:Show me beyond a reasonable doubt that evolution is true.
JM: Well technically we hypothesize about observations and, if all goes well, we develop a formal theory that seeks to explain those observations, is testable, and makes predictions of observations not yet made and retrodicts solutions to past observations. But I'm nitpicking aren't IJet Black said:NC, science is about making observations, and then coming up with a theory to explain those observations, and then testing it wherever possible.
How can science observe the past? By looking at the present! The present is the way it is because the past was the way it was.Northern Christian said:Isn't it supposed to observe only things that can be observed? Do evolutionists have a time machine? Then how can they be so sure that evolution is true?
Then you'll love this. Huxley did this about 140 years ago.Data said:I love that. Very convincing evidence.
WHAT?!? That thread saw a heap of responses about exactly that subject. I'm sorry if you forgot to read the thread after it was posted, but your question was answered. In fact I'd say that given your evidence (none) that it was not arrived at using the scientific method, and the evidence that it was (a lot) then you've just undercut your own arguement. And evolution is happening now. Care to explain the bacteria who evolved the ability to eat nylon?Northern Christian said:Mechanical Bliss, the first thread about the scientific method never saw a response that explained how evolution is arrived on using the scientific method. This thread demonstrates that evolution is not science because science can observe things, and evolution cannot be observed because it supposedly happened in the past, if at all.
You either (1) didn't read the first thread otherwise you'd see that you didn't even keep up with it and it ended with a lengthy explanation by lucaspa or (2) you're lying because you don't want to admit that this has been addressed in two previous threads started by yourself.Northern Christian said:Mechanical Bliss, the first thread about the scientific method never saw a response that explained how evolution is arrived on using the scientific method.
Did you not even read the replies in this thread either?!?This thread demonstrates that evolution is not science because science can observe things, and evolution cannot be observed because it supposedly happened in the past, if at all.
Vance said:What I don't understand is how someone can go their entire life believing every other conclusion of science without question or comment, then act as if the theory of evolution (a conclusion reached by the same methodology) is so blatantly and obviously unsupportable.
Why do they never question the theory of gravity? How do they accept the numerous medical theories, or the description of the atom. Have they ever seen a proton? They rely upon and assume the truths that science provides a thousand times every single day of their lives.
The telling point is that the ONLY people who disbelieve in evolution (or an old earth, for that matter) are those who have a religous reason for that disbelief. All those who approach the subject without this bias, and study it objectively, accept it as almost assuredly the true explanation of diversity of life on this planet. Those of us who are Christian simply understand the deeper Truth that God is responsible for it.
ReasonableHuman said:"How can science observe the past? By looking at the present! The present is the way it is because the past was the way it was."
This has been the best response so far to your confusion, NC.
Evolution is no longer a theory, is is a fact. It is occuring right now in your own backyard, and will continue to occur on this planet as long as it exists. Species have evolved into new ones within your own lifetime, do some quick research and you will have all the proof you need. In order for any lifeform to exist, it must constantly adapt to its environment and this leads to evolution, which led to you being able to be the free-thinking upright primate that you are right now.
Skepticism over evolution can only stem from ignorance of it, which is still difficult, because you are surrounded by its products every day of your life.
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