Quote Originally Posted by Torog
Howdy Breukelen, Biological evolution to me,just means that God knew what He was doing when He created the world. You take biological evolution as all the 'proof' you need,in order to say that there's no God,you accept what the anti-creationists have to say at face value,even if their theory hasn't been proven..it's still just a theory,dreamed up by imperfect men who only have 5 senses to view the world with,and those 5 senses,aren't even as good as a simple dog. My faith doesn't diminish because of evolution theory,it thrives in the face of it. Have a good one ....
Yo, Torog,

How ya doin?

The "five senses" of "imperfect men" are not equivilent to the very formidable history of scientific theory. The religious anti-evolutionists always say that it is "just a theory", and this seems to give credence to their anti-science arguments - but only to those that have little familiarity with scientific reasoning and philosophy. When you are dealing with science, there is no "fact" until something has been proven beyond any doubt. The creationists say, of evolution, with an air of rightful indignation, ??It??s only a THEORY!?

There are many things that are accepted as ??fact?, as evolution is by most scientists, but are still classified as theories due to the need for further research and a total model. I am in no way qualified to speak as a scientiest, because I am not trained in it, but I can say this with 100% certainty, because I understand the idea of getting things right. Nobody is going to suffer or die if the ??theory? of evolution turns out to be wrong, but in the case of many other things that the scientific disciplines are depended upon for certainty, people could. That??s all it is - a precaution, for very good reason. The Pat Robertson??s of the world know that their audiences do not understand this, and exploit it. Even the Catholic Church has acknowledged the validity of the theory of human evolution - as more and more people in the world do each day. It is not mandatory for Catholics to accept Darwinian evolution, though, and I know several Catholics that do not. Just as a disclaimer, I am only using this instance of the Catholic Chuch as an example of a very backwards organization that has made a somewhat better intellectual decision, albeit in the face of almost incontrovertible evidence.

You will rarely, if ever, hear a scientist say that something is a "scientific fact". This does not mean that many things are not factual, it's just keeping within the boundaries of their chosen discipline.

Take it eeez!