Do you know what a theory is?

Question

Do you know the difference between a theory and fact? I will help you to understand? GRAVITY is a FACT! There are many THEORIES as to the CAUSES of GRAVITY. No one disputes gravity as a fact, but there are dusputes amoung theorists as to what causes gravity. They are theories because they are unproven. Unlike the evolutionary theory, the theories concerning the causes of gravity are based on observing the FACT of gravity, and other PROVEN FACTS in. These THEORIES follow the scientific method. (for theose who do not know the scientific method is to Collect data, the theorize, then test your theory.) The theories concerning the causes of gravity are theories because they have not been proven as fact. The evolutionary theory breaks from scientific method by placing theory before collecting data which ultimately leads to the corruption of the data collected. Unfortunitely this ignorance of the scientific method and the difference between Fact and Theory has people confused between the Two.

After the testing of a Theory, if it has failed to produced results conforming to the theory, the theory itself must be examined and disguarded, and a new theory must be reformulated base on the all the available data.

As Schneb pionted out the math is unable to support such a fiction. All the math add up to an not posssible without a few miracles for evolution.

For you chemists, What do UV rays do to an amino acid, how about oxygen (required for ozone) to stop the UV rays, what does the oxygen do to the amino acids? Does water polyermize or depolymerize? DNA, RNA and protiens require each other, calculate the possibility of the three arising together fuctional enough to give rise to life. What is the result of your calculations (this is testable in a lab, what happens?) Does life arise for non-living material? A lab is a contamination free zone (ideally) and most of the variable are controlled, does it make sense that the chaos of the primitive planet could produce life? Honest!

Answer 1

A theory, in science, is something that all available supposed evidence points to as being a fact. What the average person defines as "theory" is called a "hypothesis" in science. The "theory" part is in the how, not the if.

The fact about evolutionists can be summed up in this quote by George Wald...

When it comes to the origins of life there are only two possibilities: Creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was disproved hundreds of years ago, but that leads us to only one other conclusion, that of supernatural creation. We cannot accept that on philosophical grounds; therefore, we choose to believe the impossible. That life arose from spontaneous chance. - George Wald, "The Origin of Life", Scientific American May 1954

Though proven wrong by sheer math, they still refuse to give it up, just because they cannot stomach the alternative.

"Evolution is a speculation about the unobservable and unrepeatable past. Thus it comes under origins science."
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati

Answer 2

Well, you get points for being more intelligent thant the average creationists, but that doesn't say much, does it?

Your understanding is close, but not that good.

Here are some of the facts of evolution from Talkorigins:

The word theory, in the context of science, does not imply uncertainty. It means "a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena" (Barnhart 1948). In the case of the theory of evolution, the following are some of the phenomena involved. All are facts:
Life appeared on earth more than two billion years ago;
Life forms have changed and diversified over life's history;
Species are related via common descent from one or a few common ancestors;
Natural selection is a significant factor affecting how species change.
Many other facts are explained by the theory of evolution as well.

The theory of evolution has proved itself in practice. It has useful applications in epidemiology, pest control, drug discovery, and other areas (Bull and Wichman 2001; Eisen and Wu 2002; Searls 2003).

Besides the theory, there is the fact of evolution, the observation that life has changed greatly over time. The fact of evolution was recognized even before Darwin's theory. The theory of evolution explains the fact.

If "only a theory" were a real objection, creationists would also be issuing disclaimers complaining about the theory of gravity, atomic theory, the germ theory of disease, and the theory of limits (on which calculus is based). The theory of evolution is no less valid than any of these. Even the theory of gravity still receives serious challenges (Milgrom 2002). Yet the phenomenon of gravity, like evolution, is still a fact.

Creationism is neither theory nor fact; it is, at best, only an opinion. Since it explains nothing, it is scientifically useless.


Theories NEVER become fact. Do you understand that?

Here is a good short article to explain evolution as FACT and THEORY:
http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_fact-and-theory.html


Most of the objections you've posted are not even about evolution. They are about abiogenesis, and they are wrong.

The first life is believed to be much more simple than DNA or RNA. It is aslo thought that it arose in the absence of UV light or free oxygen.

But you've never bothered to read a book about abiogenesis, have you?

Answer 3

Yes I do know and obviously you do not. You seem to be confused between a hypothesis and a scientific theory. A hypothesis is a guess as to why something is and then it is tested with the scientific method. When a number of hypotheses have been shown to have merit or at least to have not been proven wrong then they may come together to form a theory. Then there are proofs many of which may be manifest and perceived by most of us as facts. The Theory of Evolution has many such proofs and has many solid hypotheses behind it. A scientific theory is not just someones guess it is something that has held up to rigorous testing and scrutiny using skepticism, logic, and scientific investigation using the scientific method. Please don't try to confuse people with your deluded attempt at logic. Most of the people who answered your other question on evolution do know what a theory is and it is you who need to go back to school.

Answer 4

You need to know what a scientific theory is. It is a broad explanation for the cause of something. It must produce testable predictive hypothesis. Evolution has produced literally millions of these. It is on as firm ground as anything in science.

And Darwin DID collect data. He figured it out by observing finches and the shapes of their beaks in relation to the seeds that were available in their habitat, as a matter of fact. Do you really feel the need to lie to make your case?

Answer 5

Dude. Once and for all. A scientific THEORY
is not what you think a theory is. It has absolutely
nothing to do with

- theoretically
- possibly
- maybe

What you guys mean is a hypothesis which pretty
much has to do with all three of the above.

What has people confused is that a scientific theory
has absolutely nothing to do with the common usage
of the word theory.

Evolution is a *scientific* theory. Not a hypothesis.

Answer 6

You almost made a point that I would have agreed to until your closing argument.

CORRECT: Data = theory = test

Evolution is still a theory because it is based on the collection of data.

Big bang is still just a theory.

Creation is still just a theory.

A theory is afterall just an idea based on data that has NOT been tested. If it had been tested it would be either true or false.

Answer 7

There's no data on evolution?

Mmm...

A theory is the second step to scientific law. Many people confuse it with a hypothesis, which is a guess that is tested and, when proven, becomes a theory, which is further tested, and becomes law, or fact.

Answer 8

You are wrong....

How can you write such a huge idiotic thing and not realize that you're wrong? By your idiotic post, musical theory is a guess.

NO.. SCIENTIFIC THEORY (not just theory in the laymans meaning of the term. And no, the layman's term doesn't mean a damned thing when it applies to science AT ALL) is basically the body of all works pertaining to the subject. Go back to school.

Answer 9

You are so wrong.
Darwin's theory of natural selection was the result of 25 years of observation (scientific method).
You are the one confused about the Theory of Evolution.

And as far as "spontaneous generation"... that was some ridiculous theory that has no credibility is modern science and never has. That is a stupid "strawman" argument.

Answer 10

Gravity and evolution are both facts.

They both have theories that attempt to explain why they're facts.

The theories could be wrong, and the facts would remain as facts.

The above answer is also false, as are the premises of the "question".

The Theory of Evolution is an attempt to explain how life on Earth developed over time.

I do not accept Evolution because I "cannot stomach" the alternative.