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Originally Posted by BratWurst
We all know we could argue until we are blue in the face, and we still will disagree.
But just this one thought always occurs to me.
Is discrediting Creationism a necessary step for the future of Evolution?
I mean, Evolution is such a well known fact now, it can't be threatened a bit by Creationism now, Right? All the scientists who mean anything believe Evolution, just a few loose nuts who believe Creationism. Right?
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As I mentioned a couple of pages back, the notion that creationists have that they have found the answer to the problem hinders critical thinking and progress of humanity. If over 40% of people in a country say they believe in creationism eventhough there's really nothing to back it up, specially compared to the scores of findings that undermine evolution, then that basically means that 40% are pretty much incapable of progressing. Creationism is a rigid idea, evolution is not.
The theory of evolution - how ironic - evolved over time and will continue to evolve because of new findings that fill the gaps you call "missing links". As I said, there is a possibility that some day the theory of evolution might be disprooven, eventhough I find that scenario to be very unlikely, but noone claims that it somehow it has reached "the final stadium". Creationists do consider creationism "the final and ultimate stadium" and thus block any further "research" off.
Btw it is beyond me how the theory of evolution is any less scientific than the theory of gravity, but I don't think there's anything you can do to possibly make that belief of yours credible to me...