(December 3, 2008 at 6:32 pm)Tiberius Wrote:Well I was just going by Dawkins who I respect as a biologist. When Rabbi Gluck said to him on the Root Of All Evil? episode 2: "[...]its still called the theory of evolution" Dawkins responded with "Well it is called that but thats in a very technical sense". And the Rabbi said :"But still its called that. And its not called the law of evolution." And Dawkins said "Well I will call it the fact of evolution."(December 3, 2008 at 6:27 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Sorry but evolution is a scientific fact. Also evolution is not 'just a theory'. Its a theory in the same way that the the theory of gravity is a theory. Its a scientific fact.Errrmmmm....welllll...
Corrections:
Evolution (the genetic changes within a species due to mutation) is a fact, we've observed it happen (Lenski experiments, croatian island lizards etc).
The Theory of Evolution is a theory (hence the name). This is simply an explanation of Evolution (the fact, see above). It's how we reckon it all works, and the key of the theory is Natural Selection.
So your analogy about gravity is slightly wrong. Gravity (the scientific fact) is a fact, whilst the theory of gravity attempts to explain the fact.
By the way, Gluck, at least at the time of the interview believed that the earth is 5000 years old.
Have you seen The Root of All Evil? Adrian?
And I will also note that Dawkins objected to the title of the program (The Root of All evil?) in TGD. Saying, and I paraphrase: "Nothing is the root of all anything."
