There are two things happening here. the theory, which is a scientific construct attempting to model the natural phenomenon of evolution. Then there is evolution or the action of variation in allels over time. I'm trying to be as careful as I can here with my wording, but it is difficult to condense.
Except for a few extreme YEC adherents, even the majority of creationists acknowledge that evolution itself happens (read what the ICR or Discovery Institute says about micro- vs macro-evolution). What they typically disagree with is the mechanism behind evolution. > But that's like saying an iPhone is a fact but the description isn't. > > Maybe the miss here is that a theory describes interaction and makes > predictions about other facts. > > > > > On Sep 20, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > There are two things goin on here, the THEORY of evolution and the > FACT of evolution. The theory tries to explain the mechanism involved. > That's the scientific theory. The fact is that evolution happens, it > is the change of allels over time. That is reality. > > > >> Very true. but evolution is one of the most studied, and verified, > theories > >> in science. As theories go, it's pretty rock solid. > >> > >> But Sam is right, anyone who calls evolution a "fact" should > probably be > >> corrected....after all, if we are going to hold people accountable > for > >> discounting evolution as a "theory" because they don't understand > the true > >> scientific meaning of the word, then WE must be sure to hold our > words to > >> their scientific meanings as well. Evolution is not a scientific > fact, it is > >> a scientific theory. > >> > >> Sam knows full well the weight that scientific theory holds, and > he's never > >> doubted or debated against it....he just questions the validity of > calling > >> it a "fact", and semantically and scientifically speaking, he's > right. > >> > >> So if we can just clear up these silly semantics, i don't think > there is any > >> disagreement here. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342873 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
