It's a theory that explains a fact.

(July 6, 2014 at 10:07 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Let's begin at the beginning shall we? Atheism is a lack of faith in god. Evolution is not necessary to my lack of belief in god. There is no proof or even suggestive evidence for the existence of god. Period. Full stop. No big bang, evolution, or abiogenesis required.

Finally someone who knows atheism has nothing to do with science.

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To answer your thread, I must remind everyone I don't know much about physics, chemistry, cosmology or any other exact sciences, just the basis. I can tell you that a theory is an attempt to explain reality trough sustainable evidence, we could argue no theory is 100% true and all facts can be proven wrong with time. Indeed, I've heard the saying that all scientific facts are true unless they are proven wrong in the future. Correct me if I'm wrong but there is not 100% certainty about evolution, however evolution is a lot more likely to be true than any other theory or orientation to explain our species current stage and past development. Evolution can be proven wrong in the future, but this possibility is highly unlikely to happen, a physicist friend of mine told me evolution is not 100% true but it's near perfection.

As for your question 'Is evolution a science or a faith', I'd say it's science (duh)... Not only it was discovered using the scientific method but it relies mostly on inductive evidence to support it's claims. We could talk about faith considering the 1% chance of evolution being wrong, but that's just a minimal faith with little possibility of being right, most 'belief' in evolution is based on proof and doesn't rely on believing what you want... The nice thing about science is that it's true, whether you like it or not.

(July 7, 2014 at 7:59 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: It's a theory that explains a fact.

simultaneously the observations that establish that fact.

(July 6, 2014 at 10:07 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Let's begin at the beginning shall we? Atheism is a lack of faith in god. Evolution is not necessary to my lack of belief in god.

Exactly.
He seems to be neglecting those of faith, including Christians, who believe in God and evolution.
And also those who are atheists and don't believe in evolution. Although, those are a whole other ball game of crazy.

How can someone misunderstand something so much??!!!??

(July 7, 2014 at 5:14 pm)pocaracas Wrote: How can someone misunderstand something so much??!!!??

That's how idiots cope with a world that has no place for their ideas.

Because he copy pasted Ken Ham.

Essentially the entire argument is just rehashing ken ham arguments. It's creating a straw man of what evolution is and disregarding all evidence and arguments about what evolution actually is.

(July 7, 2014 at 5:14 pm)pocaracas Wrote: How can someone misunderstand something so much??!!!??

Sometimes, obtuseness is intentional.

(July 8, 2014 at 8:53 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(July 7, 2014 at 5:14 pm)pocaracas Wrote: How can someone misunderstand something so much??!!!??

Sometimes, obtuseness is intentional.

The intentionality of it is a bit worrying...