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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense
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RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense
October 11, 2013 at 5:45 am
(October 11, 2013 at 3:54 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I have a pathological fear of all things horsey.

Accidentally walked in on a "Brony" convention once?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

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RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 10, 2013 at 1:28 pm
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Dunno - October 10, 2013 at 2:21 pm
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Chas - October 12, 2013 at 7:58 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 11, 2013 at 5:45 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Cato - October 12, 2013 at 12:07 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 12, 2013 at 10:39 am

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