Errors in the theory of evolution

[Nessa]

It's always amusing when creationist say, It's just a theory as if that discredits evolution. There is a big difference between the definition of theory and a Scientific Theory. A Scientific theory is so much more than an abstract belief in something.

From Answers.com

1. 1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

Biological Evolution is an accepted Scientific fact. Darwin's Theory of Evolution is a theory based on that fact and many other facts and observations. When a creationist ignores accepted facts to belittle Darwin's, they are showing little or no understanding of Biological Evolution.

[Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Nessa

It's always amusing when creationist say, It's just a theory as if that discredits evolution. There is a big difference between the definition of theory and a Scientific Theory. A Scientific theory is so much more than an abstract belief in something.

From Answers.com
Biological Evolution is an accepted Scientific fact. Darwin's Theory of Evolution is a theory based on that fact and many other facts and observations. When a creationist ignores accepted facts to belittle Darwin's, they are showing little or no understanding of Biological Evolution.

And the next step in the theory is a law.

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by Lawrence

And the next step in the theory is a law.

Please stop embarrassing yourself.

[Lawrence]

This a forum. Everyone is free to express ideas. Expressing an idea isn't embarrassing oneself.. End of the story..

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by Lawrence

This a forum. Everyone is free to express ideas. Expressing an idea isn't embarrassing oneself.

Actually, sometimes it is ...

[darkendless]

Originally Posted by Lawrence

This a forum. Everyone is free to express ideas. Expressing an idea isn't embarrassing oneself.. End of the story..

Jay has a tendency to try and put everyone down. Its his way of telling you that you're looking at things the wrong way.

[Lawrence]

Re post:

Well I can see that there a lot of beliefs on this thread.
I said that the theory of evolution is just a theory. But after researching my science reference, some scientists, specifically the biologists believe that it is a fact. Therefore, I will accept the theory as a theory and a scientific fact(as some biologists concluded). Sorry for those people whom I answered " Theory of Evolution is just a "broad" theory" I do accept my mistakes. However, many scientist have different beliefs in this issue too (you will be the best judge for their beliefs). For instance:

"There is a widespread misconception that good theories grow up to be facts and that the really good ones finally become laws. But these three categories of scientific description are neither directly related nor mutually exclusive. It often occurs that a single natural phenomenon can be described in terms of a theory, a fact, and a law -- all at the same time!

In conclusion, evolution is not observable, repeatable, or refutable and thus does not qualify as either a scientific fact or theory."


By Dr. David N. Menton, Ph.D.

"The Darwinian theory of descent has not a single fact to confirm it in the realm of nature. It is not the result of scientific research, but purely the product of imagination."—*Dr. Fleischman [Erlangen zoologist].


"I am not satisfied that Darwin proved his point or that his influence in scientific and public thinking has been beneficial . . the success of Darwinism was accomplished by a decline in scientific integrity."—*W.R. Thompson. Introduction to *Charles Darwin's, Origin of the Species [Canadian scientist].



"Evolutionism is a fairy tale for grown-ups. This theory has helped nothing in the progress of science. It is useless."—*Bounoure, Le Monde Et La Vie [Director of Research at the National center of Scientific Research in France]


"In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to `bend' their observations to fit in with it."—*H. Lipson, "A Physicist Looks at Evolution," Physics Bulletin


"The problem of the origin of species has not advanced in the last 150 years. One hundred and fifty years have already passed during which it has been said that the evolution of the species is a fact but, without giving real proofs of it and without even a principle of explaining it. During the last one hundred and fifty years of research that has been carried out along this line [in order to prove the theory], there has been no discovery of anything. It is simply a repetition in different ways of what Darwin said in 1859. This lack of results is unforgivable in a day when molecular biology has really opened the veil covering the mystery of reproduction and heredity . . "Finally, there is only one attitude which is possible as I have just shown: It consists in affirming that intelligence comes before life. Many people will say this is not science, it is philosophy. The only thing I am interested in is fact, and this conclusion comes out of an analysis and observation of the facts."—*G. Salet, Hasard et Certitude: Le Transformisme devant la Biologie Actuelle

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by Lawrence

I said that the theory of evolution is just a theory. But after researching my science reference, some scientists, specifically the biologists believe that it is a fact. Therefore, I will accept the theory as a theory and a scientific fact(as some biologists concluded). Sorry for those people whom I answered " Theory of Evolution is just a "broad" theory" I do accept my mistakes.

I'm rather impressed - really. We can discuss later what it means that some scientists reject widespread scientific consensus, but for now: well done.

[Women_Of_Reason]

Originally Posted by Lawrence

And the next step in the theory is a law.

Did you know that facts and laws are not scientifically interesting... Do you know why?

Because they don`t explain anything!

Theories explain things. Facts and laws don`t, they are just data.

So don`t you start saying that theories are not important because they are not facts or laws... They are much more than that.

They do what laws can`t do. They do what facts never did: They tell us how things works.

The theory of evolution tells us how the fact of evolution works.