Your teaser relies on evolution which is a theory and not fact. We cannot accept such a teaser.
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Creationism is a hypothesis, and a badly formed one at that.
Evolution is a fact, but there is also a theory of evolution.
Well, let me tell you something. The atomic bomb was never dropped on Hiroshima.
The theory of aerodynamics is just a theory, so the Enola gay could never have taken off.
The theory of Gravity is just a theory, so the bomb would have just floated within the cargo hold of the plane.
The atomic theory is just a theory, so the bomb could not have exploded.
The satellites supposedly orbiting earth are also there because of "gravity" which is a theory,
And the satellite's times do not have to be co-ordinated to the theory of relativity. As this is just a theory
Any components in the satellites which are right-angled triangles do not have a hypotenuse who's length squared is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. That's just a theory.
But Creation is real, and that is because a middle-eastern book written by superstitious men who borrowed ideas from other religions and had parts of the book edited by the romans to suit their own ideas is irrefutable evidence.
@Justanotheratheist
It's sir, and thanks.
Your teaser relies on evolution which is a theory and not fact.
So what? Facts are a dime a dozen. I can tell you all of my computer's specs. I can tell you how much RAM it has, how much hard drive space it has, what company made it, and I can tell you every program that's on it. If you don't know how to use it I might as well be describing alien technology. While facts are the "what", "where", and "when" of science, theories are the "how" of science. They're what allow scientists to make predictions (the Theory of Evolution was used to predict where and how deep to dig for Tiktaalik) and puts facts to use (for example, medicines and vaccines account for the evolution of viruses and bacteria). It's nice to know that dinosaurs and birds are related but it boils down to nothing but trivia if we don't know how that happened and what that means for the future. Scientists use the Theory of Gravity and the facts of planetary orbits and the position of asteroids to predict potential Earth impacts. In the same way, scientists use the Theory of Evolution and the fact of common ancestry and the high mutation rate of certain retroviruses to develop new vaccines and track viruses that have the potential to jump to another host species.
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, facts change. It used to be a fact that Egypt used a slave labor force to build the Pyramids. Now we know that while some slaves were used on some pyramids, most of the pyramids were built using paid labor. Speaking of the Pyramids, it used to be a fact that they were built using a giant ramp. Now there is some evidence that the Pyramids may have been built from the inside using an internal ramp. The problem is people consider facts to be magical and beyond challenge but they are merely the collection of information we have at a given time. Facts are no more stable than theories and both can be changed or thrown out with new evidence.
Yes, evolution is a theory.
Which part are you having trouble with? Evolution, or "theory"?
I'd explain the difference is between theory as the layman understands it and scientific theory is different, but I'd be wasting time. If they don't know the difference in terminology, they sure won't willingly understand the theory itself.
@ dionysis
Facts are no more stable than theories and both can be changed or thrown out with new evidence.
Going by this, is "creationism" a "fact", or was it ever?
It's about as unstable an idea as there ever was, and there is for damn sure evidence for "throwing it out". Why does it keep coming back, like a bad penny? Why, God, Why!?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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