Posted by seldomseen on September 8, 2007, at 21:49:14
In reply to Evolution -- it's only a theory, not a fact?, posted by Racer on September 5, 2007, at 21:43:09
well, it's a theory, but I think it does only what a scientific theory does, provides an explanation of something.
The further I got into my education, I came to realize that we don't know a lot about how we got here - in fact, we don't know a whole lot about a whole lot of things.
While I understand your defintion of "believing" in evolution, for most the word should be "accept" the theory of evolution, or I am satisfied by the theory of evolution.
I also understand that there are those that, for various reasons, do not accept evolutionary theory and favor other less scientific explanations.
I say kudos to your lab partner for being willing to at least entertain the data that make up the theory and then make a decision with a little more information.
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