oh_noes wrote on Dec 27th, 2009 at 11:43am:First, I need to know precisely which question you were answering. But, lets get on with it
"The answer is that there is no need for an alternative theory if the one you have is no frigging good and leads to nowhere as the theory of evolution."
Theory: A explanation that encompasses all known data with explanatory power. It is acceptable for a given data point to remain unexplained, but not acceptable for a given data point to disagree. Either the theory must account for the data point, or the theory as it stands must be modified.
If the current theory is "no frigging good", then it is not a scientific theory.
If the current theory does not explain the phenomena it seeks to, it is not a scientific theory.
How to proceed from that point on depends on your goals. If you wish to understand reality you form a new hypothesis and test it against reality.
Or, you bury your head in the sand, call yourself goodscienceforyou, and proclaim that anything not currently understood will never be understood.
Not actively searching for explanations lead to the dark ages. I agree with you on one point, a recurrent theme. Religion is a bunch of horseshit.
If you want to indoctrinate a child into a religious socially driven, cult, like evodelusionism, then teach them "that absolute evidence, seeking to find the truth in the matter doesn't count." Then reinforce this belief with rhetoric and back it with opinions from "experts". You don't need any evidence to form beliefs.
Teach them that only a f**king religious belief in some fantasy "scientific" theory is all you need to form beliefs and become a brainwashed fool.
My father taught me much better. He told me not to believe anyone, no matter who they were, what "hat" they wear, or the titles and other false pretend crap, but to see the agendas and the need to perpetuate beliefs as the cause of their stupidity. Then to seek my own truth in the matter.
This has caused me to avoid all the idiotic beliefs of mankind and to only see to rid myself of all delusions. That is my "religion" the one of getting free of all religious beliefs and only seek to find the truth.
You can tell a religious belief because of the extreme emotional attachments to them and the hate they cause.
You can tell by all the manipulation and avoidance of direct questions.
When someone attacks my knowledge, I give them the reasons for my understandings. You can't, you just attack me as is typically of all religious people.
Now. Where is your absolute evidence, for evolution, that is irrefutable, has no other plausibilities, and has no opinions in it?
You need to seek to find the truth, rather than to be a puppet of other stupid people. If you choose to be stupid that is your problem, not mine.
If you can't answer my question, then you need to find out why and how you got this stupid belief in Evodelusionism.
If you want to be free, I have given you the gate, the door, the window to jump through in that question. If you can't find any real evidence, then why are you a believer?
If it far better to NOT believe than to believe in bovine garbage.