(February 13, 2016 at 3:51 pm)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote:(February 13, 2016 at 3:29 pm)Lek Wrote: Rob said he hoped I didn't equate belief in evolution with immorality and I clarified my position. I wasn't insinuating anything else. I'm sure that you're a great and wonderful person, and I won't hold it against you if you're an evolutionist.
There's no such thing as an evolutionist, so you can stop bandying that word around now. Evolution is simply a general word for a forward process, not necessarily related to scientific ideas, and one of those ideas which has been proven through observation of empirical data within the bounds of the Scientific Method is natural selection. The Scientific Method is itself no doctrine, it has more than proven itself basic to the nature of human intelligence by proving to be reliable since at least the time of Aristotle as the best method for evaluating, re-evaluating, correcting, and perfecting ideas as they evolve. Other explanations for natural selection are exclusively used by theists, and they twist and abuse the Scientific Method, therefore they are insidious garbage.
My definition comes from the dictionary; and I agree that it is not a doctrine. Since life has never been created from inanimate matter in a controlled environment, it remains a theory. If someone wants to accept it as fact, go ahead, but don't belittle those who don't accept it. If it's proven maybe they will.
