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Science has a formal structure of precedence in its range of - hypothesis,
theory, law - and for any "hypothesis" to acquire the status of "theory" it
must have much supporting evidence.  To become a "law" (in the scientific
sense) it must have even more, and be capable of proof in a laboratory or
field test.  That "the theory of biological evolution" is *only* a theory is
because it cannot, AS A WHOLE, be proved/tested in a laboratory, etc.  This
doesn't mean it has no evidence to support it.
In Religion, on the other hand, any belief can become a dogma once it has
achieved priestly imprimatur; thenceforth it is sacred and not to be
questioned.  Creationism is a pre-scientific guess as to how the universe
and humans originated, has no supporting evidence, and differs according to
which religion you belong to.
Biological Evolution is a mechanical, haphazard process, according to which
some chemical formulas achieved the ability to reproduce themselves (thus
becoming "life" forms), and this led to increasing complexity of structure,
until it produced humans and other organisms.  "The survival of the fittest"
in adaptation to environment, by the process of "natural selection", sums up
the theory of biological evolution.  There's no moral argument involved - a
tapeworm has the same "right" to exist, as the most virtuous human.  Indeed,
Humans themselves are only an accident of Nature; with our 70 vestigial
parts, we are a defective organism, and our disproportionate cerebral
cortex, based on primitive instincts, almost guarantees our extinction in a
decade or so.  The Earth will then be left to insects and some few remaining
complex animals and plants which have happened to survive our predation in a
polluted planet.
"God" himself has evolved - from (1) primitive Naturism, through
(2) Animism, to
(3) Polytheism (when gods and goddesses thrived); declining to -
(4) Monotheism, as a result of the "jealous god" tribal deity, to
(5) Atheism of recent times.
All gods and goddesses are memory projections of our feared authoritarian
ancestors (tribal elders), with "God" being an attenuated, magnified, image,
imposed on the cosmos.
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"Jabriol" <jabriol@Batosai.jp> wrote in message
news:40734785_1@news.athenanews.com...
>
> On  6-Apr-2004, "Zachriel" <spam@zachriel.com> wrote:
>
> >  And the scientifically consistent alternative theory is what exactly?
> > >
> > > which one would you accept?
> >
> > To be called a scientific theory it must be validated by the scientific
> > method: hypothesis, prediction, observation, validation, repeat. If you
> > can
> > propose an alternative theory that is consistent with the evidence and
> > capable of making valid predictions of future observations, then please
> > do.
>
> and how does evolution as the origin of man pass the above?