Spoonseeking

The argument that is typically made here against the Theory of Evolution is that it is just  a theory.  This is left hanging out there leading the audience to fill in the blank - the blank being that science has yet to prove  it to be true.  This stems from a lack of understanding, or intentional miscommunication, on what a scientific theory is.  Part of the problem here can be the equation of a scientific term with a conversational term.  We use theory in common language, and when doing so, theory generally means something more like an idea or guess.  This is definitely not what a scientific theory is.  A scientific theory is as good as it gets.  It will never transition from a theory to a law, although there is probably a general belief that it will. A scientific law describes a what  about nature.  A law is short, typically mathematical, and does not address the how .  Laws are typically created when repeated observation shows a very repeatable result, and it describes that result.

I have been struggling with what direction to take this blog.  If anyone is actually reading this, you'll probably note it has been a long time since my last entry.  I do not want to create data for the sole sake of creating data.  Lately, I have been researching both the Theory of Evolution (TOE) as well as some of the attacks on the TOE.  As I get up to speed on this subject, I will be making some posts.  My goal here is to bring to light some of the bad attacks on the TOE that are often used by opponents and to discuss why  they are bad from a view that is, while hopefully fair and balanced, from a fellow believer.  I am not going to go so far as to plan this entire series out before I start, so it may be a little chaotic chronologically speaking.