Bob Rosenberg notes "The way I address people like the folks on the Kansas State Board of Education is with this short little essay:"

Evolution is 'only' a Theory.

When engaged in conversation by someone arguing for 'Intelligent Design' or 'Creationism', I respond thusly [it's better aloud, with appropriate emphasis, than it is on paper -- but, it works on paper]:

Evolution is 'only' a Theory.  Some people will tell you that a theory, "... is just somebody's idea of what 'might' happen."

Well, Evolution is 'only' a Theory.

The dictionary says that a theory is, "the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another".

So, Evolution is 'only' a Theory.  Evolution is 'only', "the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another".  That means Evolution is 'only' a discussion of the existing empirical evidence.

Anyone who has difficulty understanding that concept is welcome to discuss it further with me.  I will suggest to them that we continue the discussion at the 'so-called' Trinity Site in New Mexico.  I choose that location because I know some of the same people who say that,  "Evolution is 'only' a Theory" (that Evolution is just somebody's idea of what 'might' happen") actually believe that if you bring together, in a small dense enough mass, some so-called 'enriched' Uranium it will spontaneously explode.  They even have a name for this 'Theoretical' idea:  The name they have for it is a 'so called' "Atomic Bomb".

However, we all know that Relativity is also 'only' a Theory.  It's just somebody's idea of what 'might' happen.

Relativity is 'only' a Theory -- Just like Evolution.   "It's just somebody's idea of what 'might' happen" -- just like a 'so called' "Atomic Bomb".

-Bob Rosenberg
via Interesting People

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