Quote from jem:
Such "evidence"--no matter how important the dragon advocates consider it--is far from compelling. Once again, the only sensible approach is tentatively to reject the dragon hypothesis, to be open to future physical data, and to wonder what the cause might be that so many apparently sane and sober people share the same strange delusion.
Now is this how things really work in the scientific world.
String Theory --As of the nova show last week unproven
Big Bang-- now idea what happened during the original microseconds or what happened before
evolution-- discussed this on other threads. I thought dgabriel explained the state of evolution quite well when asked for the proof with the following.
The mechanism of heredity is well understood. Reproduction, genetic combination, molecular genetics have a wealth of data supporting a directive cellular code that is hereditary by its nature.
The possibility and probability for change in this code is well established. Science has witnessed genetic change over generations in simple organism, has documented this change, known as mutations.
Directly observing this type of change in more complex organisms is prohibitive if not impossible due to the time required for generational cycles.
So the way I read it as far as science goes we have no proof of evolution, we will never have it because the generational cycles are too long, but since we have an understanding of heredity, and mutations we are willing to make the great leap of faith to evolution.
Now is that what should be considered sufficient scientific evidence for the existence of God. If it is the case would already be half way done. (I just wanted to point out how disingenuous Carl Sagan and his argument is.)
