RE: Happiness level after embracing atheism
February 13, 2016 at 5:20 pm
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2016 at 5:31 pm by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(February 13, 2016 at 4:40 pm)Lek Wrote:(February 13, 2016 at 4:30 pm)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote: Right, it's just a theory. Just as music is just a theory, math is just a theory, gravity is just a theory, and the proagation of light waves is just a theory.
Theories explain things that are real. You need to learn the difference between "theory" and "hypothesis". Natural selection isn't "just a hypothesis", it's a theory (that's right, I said that), and it's a damned good one!
If you think it's a good theory that's OK. I won't try to belittle you for that. Just don't try to say that it's proven to be undeniably true.
You still don't understand (or are refusing to recognize) the difference between an untested hypothesis, and a theory which explains proven facts.
EDIT: Please see Aroura's point above on hypothetical abiogenesis vs. factual and theoretically-explained natural selection (for which the word "evolution" is a more general term, much as "vehicle" is a more general term for "car").
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