1. Evolution
(the transformation over a long period of time from one species into
another) is a fact--as well-established as any other fact in the world
of science. What theory of
evolution is the explanation for how
that transformation occurs
2. Although fossil evidence sufficiently demonstrates the fact of
evolution, even more compelling evidence today comes today from DNA
testing of species. In the future, most of our additional
knowledge of evolution will come from what we can learn from DNA.
3. To call evolution
a "theory"
says nothing about its ability to accurately explain facts observed in
the world. The sun-centered solar system of Copernicus and
Galileo
is a theory.
8. It took over 200
years,
but eventually the Catholic Church accepted the scientific evidence
that
the earth revolved around the sun. Eventually, most
Fundamentalists
will come to accept the theory of evolution as well--whether in 20
years
or in 200 is hard to say. But it will happen. Facts are stubborn
things.
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