Research has shown that the requirements for life are so complex that chance and even billions of years could not have produced them. Spontaneous generation (the emergence of life from inorganic materials) has never been observed.
theory n 1: an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "true in fact and theory" 2: a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility] 3: a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales" fact n 1: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" 2: a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" 3: an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell" 4: a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
dan, please do not accuse me of lacking basic scientific understanding. you seem to have the same fanatic fervor of the zealots that you despise. peace, surf
Evolution IS regarded as fact by the scientific community. The theists are simply trying to dodge all the problems that daniel has pointed out, by side stepping the entire issue and attacking evolution instead. Evolution is NOT the subject of this debate. Attacking it does not strengthen the theist position at all. The theists have also made it very clear that they dont have a clue about evolution. If they had read a SINGLE up to date book on the subject, they would not have made such ignorant statements. Its not even worth attempting to debate evolution with these theists since it would first require you to EDUCATE them on the current state of evolution, which would take a lot of time and IS OFF SUBJECT. peace axeman
Evolution is fact AND theory. But mostly fact. Before continuing this debate, the theists should go and read everthing on this website for starters: http://www.talkorigins.org/
can you suggest some up to date reading material on evolution ? i would like to see how much progress was made in this study since my college biology. best, surf I AM, THERFORE I TRADE
thanks axe for the website. i will check it out with an open mind. best, surf I AM, THEREFORE I TRADE