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Originally Posted by Honus
In that regard, evolution is like a lot of other sound scientific theories. Biologists who study and write about evolution don't claim that the theory explains everything.
It is the height of arrogance, IMHO, to reject the theory of evolution because it fails to explain the entire origin of the universe. I'm not a dumb person, but I do not presume to think that my brain is powerful enough to figure everything out and I do not look upon my inability to figure out how the universe got to this point as evidence that there is anything wrong with the hard work of several generations of biologists who believe that evolution is a sound theory.
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Part of the problem is a complete missapprehension amongst the lay public as to what the term "theory" means in the context of scientific knowledge. It's not at all the same meaning as "theoretically, or "in theory" etc as used by lay folk. Thus the continuing ignorance of the religious assuming they know what they are talking about and giving equal weight to ancient mumbo jumbo and psychological factors compared to the scientific process.
- Peter.
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