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On Sep 16, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
Well, I guess "just a theory" means it's really not a "proven fact."
Fossil evidence clearly shows that evolution is the best explanation
we have for how species have changed over time, but it is not
complete. And nobody really knows how life began on Earth. So that's
why it is a "theory." Maybe "just a theory" sounds like it is far
from complete or something. Either way, it is a theory. Sort of like
the Big Bang. All evidence points toward a universe that began
extremely hot and dense. But that's all we know. Nobody really knows
where all the energy/matter came from, or what happened before the
Big Bang.
I have a few kids each year who (for religious reasons?) do not
believe in evolution.
Ask why Noah forgot to include the dinosaurs on the ark, but
remembered to bring termites. The explanation I get for fossils is
that God put them there to confuse man. (I kid you not.)
You can't ever convince someone like that but you can't look hesitant
or appear to hedge when confronted.
Check out Doonesbury. This week.. but I forgot which day it was. The
teacher is teaching evolution, then he says, "By Texas law I now have
to explain the alternate theory...and proceeds to lay out the Biblical
statements of sudden creation with drawings of animals entering the
ark. Finally a student calls out , "Please stop, I want to get into a
good college."