evolution is not 99% proven it is more like 30%(but scientist don't have any other ideas so this is the "most" true to them) . I think if you had an open mind you could "prove" either theory. A thousand years ago you could "prove" the earth is flat, who knows how our thinking will change as new thinks are found out? ( one interesting thing is that the bible says that the earth is a "sphere or circle hanging on nothing" in the book of Job thousands of years before it was "proved").
I guess what we have here is a poor understanding of the word prove (courtesy of dictionary.com):
prove Pronunciation Key (prv)
v. proved, proved, or prov·en (prvn) prov·ing, proves
v. tr.
To establish the truth or validity of by presentation of argument or evidence.
Law. To establish the authenticity of (a will).
To determine the quality of by testing; try out.
I would like to think that evolution is more than 30% proved, given that the fossil line aggregates overwhelmingly conclusive evidence that certain animals have overwhelmingly similar characteristics of their predecessors and future generations. Certain homologous body parts (of many different species -- forelimbs of unguligrades vs. wings of birds) have very different phenotypic expressions, but, upon closer examination, we can see they are not so different after all. When the fossil record is closely examined, you can see a gradual transition from one manifestation to another. I am not saying that there aren;t huge gaps in the fossil record (e.g. - the missing link), but scientists are resolved to find that answer. They have made some bold (BUT REASONABLE) assumptions, and would gladly reject these should someone come up with a more plausible explanation, OR, irrefutable evidence that contradicts previous beliefs. The point being, that science is not blindly inflexible, as are religions, especially zealots, who mistakenly believe their way is the only way.
What really killed your argument was saying that 1000 years ago, someone could prove the earth was flat. They were stupid then, and they would be even dumber now. OK, wrong was a better choice than stupid, but your statement was ridiculous...if sarcasm was intended (and I believe that it wasn't) then you did a poor job of representing that. 1000 years ago, no one ever sailed across the horizon and fell off of the earth. Had something like this happened we would have had some evidence that the earth COULD be flat. Not proof, just evidence. If some medieval scientist then did a double-blind study and sent 1000 random ships toward the horizon, and 993 of them fell off; I would say you were strongly teetering on proof. It wasn't provable then, and it still isn't. Don't proliferate stupidity, it doesn;t serve any of us well. I know crap about computers (more than most, but not as much as many of the trained (or untrained as is often the case) professionals here) but I come here to listen, learn, and participate when I can. I don't spout anything that I can't backup....which is why you'll never hear me banter about overclocking, multipliers, shading and rendering.....you should do the same about topics that you know nothing of. BTW, for decades (centuries, even) Europeans and Americans were taught creationism.....then, at some point, they started to independently analyze the idioms that had been passed on from generation to generation....low and behold, new theories about evolution (with evidence...NOT PROOF), sprang up, and we continue to search for the answers. I have to say, I think that most Christians no longer accept the Bible as fundamentally and historically true. There are a bunch of nice stories that portray good and evil, and help to elucidate to children the merits of a pious life. Perhaps if you read the Qu'ran in the same vein, the world wouldn't appear so dismal to so many muslims. IMHO, many modern day muslims are doomed to repeat the earlier trials and tribulations of the crusaders. By blindly accepting the beliefs of crazed, greedy, and/or immoral leaders, they will plague humanity with a terrible scurvy that only a large war will end. The ultimate result will be heavy losses for both sides, decades of rebuilding, and future generations that will look back and say...."how could they have been so stupid?" Sorry about the length of this, this stuff really gets me going.
-Rick
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