(September 18, 2013 at 9:16 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: They need to be told that gravity is only a theory, too.
Someone should probably also mention to them that there's also Music Theory (go ahead creationists, tell me how I have to prove Bach and Beethoven before you'll believe their music exists!), Germ Theory (it's only a theory, so why wash your hands or bathe, ever?), Atomic Theory (no need to worry about nukes! it's just a theory!), etc.
I like AronRa's explanation best, from the 16th video in this playlist (the whole series is great, though), explaining the use of the term using gravitational theory as an example.
The FACT of gravity is that things tend to fall down (rather than in any random direction).
The LAW of gravity is that matter attracts matter (and all the related math).
Now, why does matter attract matter? That's the THEORY of gravity; the overarching explanation and exploration of the facts and the law of gravity.
We actually have much more evidence supporting evolutionary theory than we do gravitational theory.
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