ATTENTION THOSE WHO SAY EVOLUTION IS “JUST A THEORY”
Some scientific explanations are so well established that no new evidence is likely to alter them. The explanation becomes a scientific theory. In everyday language a theory means a hunch or speculation. Not so in science. In science, the word theory refers to a comprehensive explanation of an important feature of nature that is supported by many facts gathered over time. Theories also allow scientists to make predictions about as yet unobserved phenomena.
Theories are falsifiable, meaning it is logically possible they can be proved wrong. This is an essential feature of science since anything that cannot logically be proved wrong (sound like anyone you know?) is absolutely useless to use within the scientific method because it leads to tautology and truism which is what science is trying to avoid.
That something is falsifiable doesn’t mean there isn’t evidence (or proof even) for it, just that it is theoretically possible to discover evidence that *could* require the theory to be altered.
There is more evidence for the theory of evolution (much, much more) than there is for the theory of relativity, or the theory of gravity, but you take no issues with those because they don’t clash with your preconceived religious notions. Furthermore, chances are that everything you learned about evolution was creationist ignorance or outright falsehood.
