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Author Topic:   The phrase "Evolution is a fact"
Cold Foreign Object 
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Message 15 of 217 (487621)
11-02-2008 7:02 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by boysherpa
10-31-2008 1:05 PM


The phrase "Evolution is a fact" is interesting to me, semantically. My question for discussion is whether this is a scientifically justifiable statement.
If you are an evolutionist----yes. If you are a creationist----no.
"Evolution" (defined briefly as speciation) is an interpretation of scientific evidence. Since the interpretation is false there is no evidence of evolution.
First, I don't think everyone is thinking of the same evolution when they talk about this statement. Some folks launch into a discussion of natural selection, which, i thought, was a mechanism of evolution but not evolution itself.
You are essentially correct. NS is the alleged main cause of evolution (but not the exclusive cause).
Ray

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