On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:42:41 -0400, Patriot Games
America.Com>
wrote in alt.atheism:
>On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:42:49 -0500, Free Lunch
>wrote:
>>On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:58:00 -0400, Patriot Games
America.Com>
>>wrote in alt.atheism:
>>>On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:48:05 GMT, David Johnston block.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>>On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:17:03 -0400, Patriot Games
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America.Com> wrote:
>>>>>On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:50:14 GMT, David Johnston block.net>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:30:14 -0400, Patriot Games
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America.Com> wrote:
>>>>>>>On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:36:52 -0700 (PDT), Davej hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>On Aug 19, Patriot Games
America.Com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 18 Aug, Tartarus rome.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>On Aug 18, Patriot Games
America.Com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> If the Creation Theory is unacceptable then so should the
>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution Theory be unacceptable.
>>>>>>>>>>Sorry, but you don't know what you are talking about. Evolution and
>>>>>>>>>>Creationism are not even theories about the same thing. Evolution
>>>>>>>>>>addresses how organisms change over time, and it is a fact: it has
>>>>>>>>>>been observed in the laboratory over and over again.
>>>>>>>>> Explain how the Ceolcanth did NOT change over time...
>>>>>>>>> No, it has factual elements but is not itself a Fact. That's why its
>>>>>>>>> called a Theory.
>>>>>>>>An established scientific theory is essentially a "fact" -- as far as
>>>>>>>>current human knowledge can discern, and thus the "theory of
>>>>>>>>evolution" is essentially a fact.
>>>>>>>Bullshit.
>>>>>>>>It is a natural and logical result of the known mechanisms of
>>>>>>>>reproduction.
>>>>>>>How can it be the result of anything if the Origin is unknown?
>>>>>>So then you are opposed to all science. All knowledge in fact.
>>>>>2+2=4 is Science and is Fact.
>>>>No it isn't. It's math. Try again.
>>>Math is a part of Science....
>>Not true. Math is a tool.
>
>You're too stupid to bother with....
Only because you have chosen to be ignorant.
>>>>>High school should be about Science FACTS.
>>>>>University should be about Theory (given one has a solid foundation in
>>>>>the facts).
>>>>What facts? You struck out the first time. What scientific "facts"
>>>>do you want taught now that you are set on teaching trivia with no
>>>>meaning?
>>>Basic math, biology, chemistry, physics are not trivia. Facts don't
>>>need "meaning." Facts are what they are.
>>The relationship of the facts is the 'meaning'. Theories are the way we
>>show how the facts relate to each other.
>
>No. Theories are how we try to explain something.
Explanations do not become facts. Explanations show us how the facts
relate.