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Originally Posted by gideongallery
The only valid proof would be observing the changes in a species over time.
So until time travel is invented evolution will never be proven.
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Ever hear of culling sheep? Or the species that have adapted in our lifetimes (like that predatory fish that evolved rudimentary legs)?
Evolution occurs. That is a fact. The only point up for discussion is whether or not evolution is the only force at work.
Even the Catholic church regards evolution as a 'fact'.
Monsignor Gianfranco Basti, director of the Vatican project STOQ, or Science, Theology and Ontological Quest, reaffirmed John Paul's 1996 statement that evolution was "more than just a hypothesis."
"A hypothesis asks whether something is true or false," he said. "(Evolution) is more than a hypothesis because there is proof."
The thing that bothers me is that people don't understand the concept of a 'creator' isn't incompatible with the concept of evolution if they'd take five seconds to really think it through rather then just arguing in circles.
Trying to put 'intellegent design' into a biology class is a travesty. It's a philosophical concept. Evolution as a theory is not trying to identify the origins of existence it's an observable scientific phenomena, that has no bearing on whether or not the universe was created or not.