I'll note that in your yet again incomplete and false refutation of my argument that you did not go all the way back. Your source stopped at the greek "theorein". It goes further back, though.
Again, from
Etymonline - Online Etymology Dictionary:
from L.L. theoria (Jerome), from Gk. theoria "contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at," from theorein "to consider, speculate, look at," from theoros "spectator," from thea "a view" + horan "to see.
You'll see that the etymology goes back at 2 more words. From theorein, which is from theoros, which is from thea + horan. And notice how all those "theo" words have nothing to do with god? Until you can refute that theory comes from "thea + horan", you'll have to accept that. And a refutation is not "But is has "theo" in it!! See! See! That does mean it comes from the word for god!!"
Oh, and now I see that the martyr is back:
What I was doing, was showing the blatent inablity of the problem being solved. I was also exposing evolution for the fraud that it is in temrs of 'emperical credibility'. And the true reason for my banishment from the arena of ideas, is for the simple reason that I am continuing and learning to do so, effectively.
Grow up.
learn more than you could possibly imagine in a very short time about your adversary, you'll marvel at the beast, and then eventually walk away, laughing at it's incompetance and obstinance.
If this wasn't directed at people like me, I would have thought you wre describing yourself, especially in regards to your continued, and false, argument that theory comes from theo, when it actually comes from "thea + horan". You have yet to deal with the fact that the furthest back either of us can find is that the root is "thea + horan". And the fact that all the greek words with "theo" in it [in reference to all the etymology of 'theory'] have to deal with contemplation, speculation, or looking at something.
Can you find an earlier root word that contradicts or refutes? I doubt it, considering all you do is bring up the etymology that stops at "theorein".
Finally:
What I wasn't doing... was offering ideas on how to synthesize nucleotides
Um, Rob, that
is the topic. See, the big forums, like "Origin of Life" is just a way to organize all the threads that get started. Otherwise, every single thread would be in a place like the coffee house forum. The actual topic is based off of the thread title and the OP. I wasn't being on topic either, but I'll be damned to see you use words like
'theo'rizing when its been shown to you that theo has no place in the etymology of theory.