Posted by Midwestwizard at hmhost.horacemann.com on February 09, 2000 at 12:01:05:
In Reply to: Not exactly true (and a little pompous)... posted by Wolveroach on February 09, 2000 at 11:27:22:
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: : Darwinism is not a theory. It is proven scientific fact. If you want to disregard evolution, then you have to deny the effectiveness of antibiotics...and most of modern medicine for that matter...as well as the fossil record.
: I hate scientists (and I'm not saying you're one, just ranting) who act like whatever they believe at a given point in history is "scientific fact." The truth is that current scientific belief will be looked at as naive and backwards in a few hundred years. History teaches us this. For centuries Newtonian physics was "scientific fact." I realize that Darwinian evolution has quite a bit of evidence to support it, but there are competing scientific ideas. Stephen Jay Gould wrote a book on one that claims that evolution isn't random, as Darwin claimed. Recent scientific experiments support this idea. Anyway, alls I'm saying is to realize that dogmatic science is just as narrow-minded as dogmatic religion (hey, this ended up kind of on-topic!)
Steveen Jay Gould Rocks man...I had to read some of his books in college...totally blew me away!!!!