so, the color of hair of a bunch of humans is analogous to two separate species being linked together way back thousands of years ago?
Yes. And it is millions, not thousands.
and you cant guarantee me *anything* about modern gorillas no more resembling anything of their ancestors cause... well, science doesnt go back that far, now does it? or are you going to tell us now that all of history is written down somewhere?
Yes -- the fossil record is pretty complete, especially in the last few million years. The record is, indeed, "written down."
as for where this discussion started, there are untold records and books about Jesus and his part in mankind's history. heck, there are even *gasp* artifacts that date back to those times. as someone already stated some pages back, science relies mostly on theories and those are proven and disproven over and over again.. depending on who has the purse strings.
The Bible was written hundreds of years after Jesus died. Imagine writing about George Washington right now with zero written records. But I accept the Bible as the Word of God on theology, with interesting historical notes.
And I see I must once again educate someone. I really wish you would READ the upstream posts before popping off. A Scientific Theory is the HIGHEST form of organization in the scientific world. Lay people think that there is a hierarchy that goes something like Guess>Hypothesis>Theory>Fact. That is completely incorrect. A theory is a general explanation of a large number of interrelated data and phenomena.
the fact that separate and independant theories and faiths cannot coincide inside your mind at once is telling... it seems the most vehement deniers of God are fairly close minded about many things in this life, and for that, I feel bad for ya. but I'm not here to debate whether God is science or not; I could care less what a person of science tells me about their 'facts' since I know that fashion or time will render that person's facts obsolete and they will be onto their next big idea..
Did you read my posts? I said there is no conflict within me between faith and science. And repudiation of facts and the scientific method pretty much describe Luddism.
not even 50 years ago, 'scientists' told doctors ,who told the rest of us, that smoking was an ideal way to keep our waistes slim. now how exactly did that turn out again?
But TToE has been developed over 150 years and has been investigated by millions of scientists and supported by billions of artifacts. And FWIIW, smoking does promote thinness by supressing appetite. It kills you but you die thin.
right now a whole of 'scientists' believe that man made global warming will do humanity a bunch of damage in ten years or so.. and you wont count the majority of Americans as agreeing with it at all.
Yes, but they are merely substituting one physical model for another. No scientist substitutes "a miracle happened here" for even a hypothesis. Which is what AGW is. It isn't even a theory and it is an infant "science."
in fact, the I tend to think that people in general view modern day scientists as a nuisance who find answers to our problems only for the right amount of money..
So I would suggest you not take drugs such as Metformin, Lipitor, ACE inhibitors, antibiotics, etc. etc. etc. They were all formulated by these nuisances and -- horror of horrors -- could never have been developed in the absence of TToE. Oh and cancel your next Md appointment. He or she is also on the take.
I am not saying some scientists are for sale -- almost all of the AGW crowd are. But to suggest that the millions of Life Scientists who understand and apply TToE are on the take is way beyond incredulity.
