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Originally posted by ADPi Conniebama
1st - I always find it interesting that people judge me more then God judges me. I am just a "rotten" sinner saved by grace.
2nd - I had no idea what your career choice was and for all I knew/know you are just a scientist wannabe. Just because people use some scientific words doesn't mean they are a scientist. I am a restaurant owner and a millionaire wannabe. So, please don't take offense to anything I might or might not say. (As I am sure you didn't) However, anyone can pray for me anytime they want, cause, I need it.
A school or program doesn't have to say "Evolution is a fact" to teach it as fact. For instance. I was watching the Discovery Channel the other day, when they stated something like - Paleozoic era - 300 million years ago amphibians and first reptiles on roamed the land. They didn't say "some scientist believe that . . . . " They just made the statement as fact. How is that OK? (scientifically speaking). I am not asking them to read Genesis to public school kids I am saying that they should "effectively" teach an unproven theory as such.
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I can assure you that I'm not a scientist or a scientist wannabe. But the context you said that in sure didn't seem to come off as "maybe you are trying to be a scientist" but more like "flex your muscles you big bad scientist you." But I could truly care either way, I just wanted to poke at you.
Regarding evolution and fact, again, I have never been told by any teacher in any school that this theory is indeed being taught as fact. Im' sure it could be taught as fact, if one so believed, just as much as certain people believe creationism is "fact."
I mean, if I think Santa Claus is real, or the Tooth Fairy is real, or that Big Bird is a real, seven foot tall, bright yellow bird, that would be fact to me. In my experience, more people that believe the theory of creationism believe it as fact, while certain others may view evolution as fact, many that I have known still approach it as an "unproven theory."
We could get into deep philosophy, epistemology , or even the metaphysical but I think certain people would be lost. And I'd rather drink the beer I just bought.
Toodles!