Originally posted by divegeester
I believe that evolution being the origin of homo-sapiens remains a theory, not a scientific proven fact.
The word you are looking for is hypothesis, but you are wrong.
Theory and fact are not mutually exclusive concepts.
Saying evolution is a theory is saying that evolution is an explanation for how
the diversity of life came about. And that it has been experimentally verified.
Calling it a verified Fact is saying that it has been proven true.
Evolution is both a theory and a fact.
let me put it this way.
NONE of modern biology, or medicine, (to name but two) makes ANY sense without
evolution. Both of those fields made huge advances since the advent of evolutionary
theory.
Everything you would expect to find if evolution were true has been found.
And anything you might expect to find if evolution were not true has not been found.
Plus as I say, it is a logical imperative that evolution occur in any system where parents
pass on a blueprint to their children that contains errors/mutations.
Evolution is a FACT. It is the ONLY explanation for the diversity of life. It can be observed,
and has been.
If you want to understand evolution and the evidence for it there are a host of good books that
explain it in detail.
Whatever the media in your country say, or your preacher preaches.
There is NO scientific debate as to whether evolution is True.
There is of course debate over the precise details of how elements of evolution work,
And of the precise course of evolution throughout history,
But the question of if evolution is true has been settled.
(which is akin to asserting that it is a fact that there is a force that keeps you stuck to
the surface of the earth (gravity) but we still debate the precise minutia of how it works.
It says nothing about the existence or otherwise of gravity that we are not totally sure of
how precisely it works.)
Saying otherwise marks you out as dishonest or ignorant.
And in today's world, with the number of good sources of information on the topic, there is
no good excuse for either.