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Old 03-21-2008, 02:14 PM   #134
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Of course, all knowledge is provisional. However evolution is substantial enough that if/when a better theory comes along, it won't completely remove evolution, it will augment it, similar to what Einstein did to Newton. Just because Newtons theory of gravity was ultimately incorrect doesn't mean it isn't still valid.

Anything that supplants evolution will still have evolution as a component.
Absolutely. We've seen this in the development of evolutionary theory over the past 150 years. The neo-Darwinian theory is far different that what Darwin observed, but it still has elements of his theory and thought.

The problem that I have with "fundamentalist" evolutionists is there view that evolution is the answer to everything, including alot of social issues. The answers are always far more complicated than that.
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