Evolution
It turns out that the scientific community is actually in agreement that life has evolved.
Some things I have learned in my studying...
The word "theory" has different meanings between scientists and regular people. It is normally understood to be some sort of "guess" or "hunch" based on a little bit of evidence, but a "theory" as a scientist understands it, actually connotes the highest level of understanding of the natural world. Evolution is not just a "theory" as in "guess" or "hunch" but is backed by loads of proof and evidence, and scientists have as much confidence in the theory of evolution as they do in the most basic scientific knowledge, such as gravity, thermodynamics, heliocentrism, etc.
Make of it what you will. However, I do not deem it right to put religion and science "side by side" in your mind. It is my opinion that you should accept one or the other, or reconcile the two together, which "reconciling" materialistic evolutionists laugh at, but so it goes. But let's be educated and understand that evolution is science, and as such, it has a right to be taught in public schools. Science is not out to disprove the existence of God. Science simply seeks to explain the natural world.
posted by HLR | November 19, 2011
4 Comments:
I CONCUR.
Thanks Dave. Any other thoughts?
I am surprised that scientists are so general when talking about this phenomenon. Proving that 'selection' occurs within a species seems pretty easy. But at what point does an acoelomate say to his friend: 'Whoa there Bill, I see you have a body cavity that can accommodate useful internal organs! Where can I get me one of those?'
Evolution has yet to be disproven. Even natural selection has to wrestle with the concept of altruism. And it goes beyond passing on genes...
Soldier on, Dr. Hepplewhite.
pulling apart truth has never made sense to me. All truth is connected. If it is "right" or "correct" then it is "true." It becomes part of "truth" and while it helps to break subjects down in our mind (and in textbooks etc.) to increase comprehension, it behooves no one to set up "religious" and "secular" truth. If it is correct then surely it is both.
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