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See, this is a strawman as I tried to point out to you in the other thread. In science there is no such thing as "proof" when it comes to theories. Demanding absolute proof in science is like asking "which way is south?" when you're standing exactly on the south pole. The question makes no sense.
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Well then i guess nothing is a fact and facts don't exist.
You failed to understand what I meant.
In science, theories are models that attempt to describe how nature works. All such models are subject to change as we learn new things about the natural world. This is why, ideally, theories can only be disproven. The best we could do with a theory is see how accurate it portrays the real world. In other words, the best we could do is show how much the evidence support the theory.
Try to think of it this way. In a trial, a lawyer could question a witness with "are you absolutely 100% sure that...?" This is not a fair question. You could never be absolutely 100% sure of anything. That's also not the point of the trial. The point is is the witness sure
beyond a reasonable doubt of whatever it is he is testifying.
If you intend to "get scientific", then please learn the formal way to speak in these matters. Again, your question surmounted to "which way is south?" when you're standing on the south pole. The question doesn't deserve an answer.
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oh but the evolutionists can claim theres as a proven fact.
Evolution is both theory and fact. Do you deny that you are genetically different to a certain degree than your parents? If you do not deny this, then you just agreed that evolution is a fact.
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and teen4christ you should know better than taking shots at people.
Have you ever been to a wedding? Did you go there in rags or did you at least try to dress up a bit? The reason we dress up on occasions like that is to tell the world we have certain respect for the people there. When we go to work, school, or wherever, we typically try to look presentable as a respect to the people we are presenting ourselves to.
Why should it be any different for an online conversation? It takes a fraction of a second to press the shift key. It's not like I'm asking you to do a dance or jump through hoops.
The other thing is when you are here you are representing what being a Christian is like. Basically, your style of writing tells the world that you don't care about other people or how you are representing Christ.
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I would love to say heres the proof there is no other option. the list goes on of the theories and each one can be easily dismissed.
Oh yeah? Would you like to start a new thread on this? I'd be interested to see what you have to say about this issue.
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