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Politics : Evolution

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To: Nate who wrote (76)9/13/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce  Read Replies (2) of 69300
 
re: "Evolution is falsifiable"

2)the biblical and big bang theories, are just that, theories you cannot prove or disprove either one

False False False!
Evolution can be falsified. It made a ton of predictions which later observations supported. If the observations did not support the theory, it would have been discarded.

For example, For Darwin's theory to be correct, a common genetic mechanism is needed for all living things. It wasn't until the 1950's that Watson and Crick won the Nobel prize for discovering DNA, the common genetic mechanism used for pretty much all living things.

If they instead found DNA for humans, another mechanism XYZ for monkeys and yet another mechanism XWY for plants Darwin's theory of evolution would have been disproven.

3)if darwin was correct in his "survival of the fittest" why are there still stupid people

If God is so great, why do fundamentalists keep saying that evolution is not falsifiable when it clearly is. (Rhetorical question)

1) if you believe in an all-knowing god, you would have to believe in predetermination

Not necessarily. If God chooses to sit on the sidelines and allow free will to work, not everything is predetermined. This is very complicated subject. Different churches have a wide spectrum of opinions on how to balance free will versus predestination.
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