tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post2609399617308437247..comments2023-12-01T18:05:24.875-05:00Comments on Debunking Christianity: Language Matters: On Not Using the Word "Theory" When it Comes to EvolutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-40889356345416766272014-02-14T11:16:31.049-05:002014-02-14T11:16:31.049-05:00No, really just no. The difference between a theor...No, really just no. The difference between a theory and a fact is that a theory has the power to explain the world, facts are at best just data that can lend support to a good theory. Revealed Truths on the other hand may satify our emotions or intuitions, but explain nothing and predict nothing.<br /><br />To abandon this usage is to abandon the whole point of science, which is that our understanding of the world SHOULD be based on theories instead of myths.<br />The theory of evolution is better than the myth of creation precisely because it is a theory, and not merely because it happens to be true.<br /><br />Ultimatley science is not about which facts happen to be true, but about how we go about knowing the world, not the particulars details of history.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808475021649286560noreply@blogger.com