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To: Akula who wrote (7)	9/12/1999 1:48:00 PM
From: C Kahn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 69300

Akula, I would like to present a hypothetical concept as food for thought. I do not necessarily believe it or not. But I think it would be interesting to see different people's perspectives. So, here goes: "What if God used evolution as a method for creation?"

To: Akula who wrote (7)	9/12/1999 6:26:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

Sure evolution is a theory Evolution is a fact. It's just that most people don't know what a scientist means by a fact. It is also accepted by scientists that it is a fact that the Earth and planets revolve around the sun. What does this mean? Does it mean there is no other explanation? No - There is the tiniest chance that indeed the Earth is the center of everything and all else moves in the most complex and convoluted way to accomplish this fact. A fact is not TRUTH , it is just an idea which is so superior to alternative explanations that they are discounted to unworthy of further examination. The fact of evolution lies in the millions and millions of fossils all of which have changing forms and chemical compositions which indicate that they come from a multi-billion year sequence of changes (as opposed to an absurd explanation such as they are spontaneous castings of bacteria which has just recently gone extinct). The fact of evolution is that life today is different from life in the past, but is decendant from life in the past. There are theories about how the fact of evolution is accomplished. The two primary are Natural Selection and Punctuated Equilibrium. Do not confuse these theories with the fact of evolution. TP