Why do some people think evolution is only between living things?
Here's my rant. When I compare evolution to technology some, keyword some, atheists freak out and say don't use that word if you don't know what it means. Haha Yes I know evolution exists, yes it is a fact, yes natural selection occurs, yes genetic mutations occurs yes I understand. Things changes just like technology. But wait, we have a panic attack when I compare evolution to babies to adults, caterpillars to butterflies, and iphone 3G to iphone 5.
Oh, last I checked, evolve in the dictionary means to gradually change. Oh so now the word evolution only applies to biology regarding natural selection? So I look up evolution in the dictionary and what do you know, it says
1. Any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
2.a product of such development; something evolved: The exploration of space is the evolution of decades of research.
3. Biology.change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
Anyways that's my rant. I'll probably delete this question after I sober up.
tl;dr evolution is a fact but doesn't always apply to biology
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Because you are using a broader term, rather than what that word usually implies.
Usually when someone says evolution they are referring to the Theory of Evolution.
But contextual implications will tell a person whether or not that is what you are referring to…
Evolution can have different meanings. Biological evolution is one of them. Maybe you weren't clear.
The problem is when fundies get scared and try and obfuscate. For the discussions of religion, evolution refers to biological evolution. When the idiots try and run for cover, Ben Stein is a good example, they say Darwin's evolution never addressed the big bang or gravity or cosmology and on and on. OF COURSE HE DIDN'T ADDRESS THOSE because he was working as a biologist not a physicist or cosmologist.
Yeah… I know.
Why have you joined the Chrsitians in getting so worked up about it?
Oh yes - of course you have imbibed so you will sober up - if only Chrsitians could do the same about evolution.
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