Andrespetmonkey said:
TC_Squared said:
TC_Squared said:
Before anyone tries explaining what evolution is to Christians, I think that you must make them aware of what a theory is in the fields of science. Disbelievers misinterpret a theory for a hypothesis.
Here is how the two are contrasted via Wikipedia, which is identical to how my science professors have explained it.
"Hypotheses are individual empirically testable conjectures, while theories are collections of hypotheses that are logically linked together into a coherent explanation of some aspect of reality and which have individually or jointly received some empirical support."
A perfect example of how the word theory has been misinterpreted, in the United States at least, is the term "Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy 'Theories'". There has not been a single theory to the conspiracy claims of the Kennedy assassination, as none of the claims have contained "collections of hypotheses that are logically linked together into a coherent explanation of some aspect of reality and which have individually or jointly received some empirical support."
Additionally, the only subject that is truly factually based is mathematics. Even gravity is a theory, via Newton's Theory of Gravitation. If Christians are going to disbelieve evolution, they should also disbelieve gravity. |
but christians dont have a problem with evolution. what they have a problem with is the notion that every living organism has a common ancestor. just wanted to clear that up for.. i dunno, i think the third time? because people cant seem to grasp this concept for whatever reason.
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I don't think you can speak on behalf of all or even most christians that reject evolution. I've never any evolution-rejecting christian say that their problem with evolution is specifically all organisms having a common ancestor. You're the only person I've heard say that.
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What are you talking about? Did you carefully read the post? angrypoolman said the following:
but christians dont have a problem with evolution. what they have a problem with is the notion that every living organism has a common ancestor. just wanted to clear that up for.. i dunno, i think the third time? because people cant seem to grasp this concept for whatever reason.
All I posted was explaining the definition of the word theory.
