Posted by rpcman on August 28, 1998 at 19:35:08:
In Reply to: Yes, we have. posted by GaDS on August 28, 1998 at 18:32:46:
: Yes, I have. Read the previous posts again. READ them. Don't just stare at the words.
So you want me to read between the lines? OK, you are a creationist. Now explain how your theory is better in light of objective evidence rather than your presupposition of a god.
: Again, until they can be clinically demonstrated, they are theories of inference or deduction at best, not facts, as the "proof" consists of the second-hand evidence of fossil records and population studies. Evolution and speciation are processes, and until witnessed or produced first-hand cannot possibly considered "facts" (unless, as with "species", one makes up one's own definition of the word).
Using your definition of what can and can't be called a fact means that if you didn't witness it or produce it first-hand through recreation of an event then it is merely a theory? As I've said before if this is the case, there is no proof that you can show me that the civil war took place.
You should be skeptical of just about all claims then--especially old religious traditions.
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