(August 14, 2010 at 10:57 am)theophilus Wrote: I used to believe in evolution because I thought that it had been scientifically proven.There is no such thing as "scientific proof". It is a misnomer. Nothing in science is ever proven; only established as very probable through the construction and testing of hypotheses, which become theories upon validation.
Gravity hasn't been scientifically proven, nor have the laws of thermodynamics, the Big Bang theory, or *insert theory here*.
Yes, there are alternative ideas to explain the evidence, but none of them explain all of the evidence. There are always problems and gaps that just don't match what we observe in reality. The theory of evolution is the only theory to date that explains all the evidence in a justifiable way.
By the way, your "realization" that God wouldn't have created the world through death and suffering just reveals your bias and closed-mindedness on this issue. Have you considered that God didn't create the world, and that therefore there are no problems that evolution poses?
