[Amid a series of paragraphs speaking against evolution, specifically in response to the statement that evolution has never been falsified...]
kind of hard to FALSIFY something not proven to be true yet.
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Science doesn't deal in 'proofs'. The Theory of Evolution explains what we see, and if Schroeder took the time to learn what the ToE was, he/she might realise that. it certainly can be falsified .
God, however, can't. Which is why it has no value when it comes to explaining things.
If you wanted to falsify it, you could provide something that has happened in the real world (not scripture) that evolution doesn't predict. Then scientists would modify the theory of evolution to include the new evidence, and life would continue. Given how well evolution explains things, its extremely unlikely that you will be able to provide any kind of evidence that results in evolution being thrown out completely, which it seems is what you want.
Nothing in science is ever "proven to be true". If an explanation isn't contradicted by the facts, it's considered a viable theory. If a fact does contradict it, the theory gets discarded. Sometimes, there may be several competing theories, all of which agree with known facts. In that case, scientists look for additional facts that may help select between theories. Right now, evolution agrees with all the known facts, and there are no competing theories that can make that claim.
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I thought you couldn't "prove" an hypothesis until you had formulated what would falsify it.
What would falsify the Bible?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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