(February 3, 2015 at 10:16 am)Drich Wrote: but again they are both just PURE theory based on logic. The application of the theory in these cases takes observiable phenominoma like the fossile record and 'old light' and assimilates them into what is believed. Nothing conclusive in the fossile records point to the viablity of Evolution, nor can the theory of evolution be vetted through the scientific method. That why it remains pure theory with no empirical evidence that supports it. Rahter it works backwards from real science. In real/applied science the observation of emperical evidence supports a theory from the ground up. In fringe sciences like with evolution and the big bang, their creators (darwin and Lemaître 'a priest') postiulated their theories LONG before we have anything to support what they thought. So in the cases of the big bang as well as evolution we are working from the top down. Meaning we have a core theory and then we look for anything to support what is already believed. (confirmation bias)
Which aagain has been attributed to belief in God.
It seems to me 'science' is the faith based system of belief while Belief in God is supported by evidence.
My understanding of science is that somebody develops a hypothesis and then tests that hypothesis using data that was not available to develop the hypothesis (otherwise we get the Texas sharpshooter fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy ).
The hypothesis can be developed any way we want - as long as it isn't developed using the same data we use to test it later. A person can develop a hypothesis by consulting a Ouija board if he/she wants.
The data we use to test the hypothesis can be from the past - as long as it isn't used to develop the hypothesis. So a newly discovered fossil can be used to test the theory of evolution. Likewise a newly observed star from billions of years ago can be used to test the theory of the Big Bang.
So evolution and the Big Bang are perfectly scientific. (Again, I hope somebody will correct me if I have the details wrong in my explanation.)