Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?

[TheBigOhMan]

A scientific realist can also call any theory an approximation of the truth (as they claim to be nothing more to begin with).

Hmm... you are right. But I still have the funny feeling it have to do with something in the philosophy of epistemology.

[Rahul]

To be fair, isn't gravity a law?

No actually. I've about this before. Newton came up with the Law of Gravity. But as someone already mentioned, after Einstein came along with General Relativity, the tendency of calling any scientific theory a "Law" is no longer done.

With any scientific theory at all. Einstein changed all that.

Evolution isn't a fact. It's about a billion facts that comprise the Theory of Evolution.

The Theory of Evolution is more rock solid than the heliocentric model of the solar system.

[KichigaiNeko]

Thing is...whether you believe in a scientific theory or not does not detract from the facts that support that theory.

[ideologue08]

To be fair, isn't gravity a law?

No, fuck no. There is no such thing as crafting laws of the universe, don't let stupid phrases like "law of gravity" fool you, or Newton's "laws" of motion.

[Silver]

One has to be absolutely blind and ignorant to not understand that evolution is a fact of life.

[KichigaiNeko]

Or muslim?/ xtian?/ judaic?/ {insert blind religious faith here}