It's rather confounding how we've gotten so far in terms of science and freedoms but are now entering some new age of ignorance. It's equally surprising how a few people can equate negative words of others and uncredible arguments to truth. Are people so uneducated these days that they have lost the ability to discern that they will fall for large quanitities of poor arguments?
Besides no one has disproved common descent, since every DNA sample shows a common ancestor.
If they want to pick at theories then Gravity is a theory but the only thing here is doubt the theory of gravity you'll feel it immediately after jumping but doubt the theory of evolution not really no personal harm (except to your understanding of the world). However the mechanisms behind evolution are far more explained, proven and known than gravity itself. Of course the religious texts don't have a bone against gravity and it is quite intuitive so we won't be seeing many gravity deniers.

From the opposite end if I were to put my shoes in an ID perspective, I'd think the creator was out of his/her/its minds when they gave us tailbones, appendices and wisdom teeth. Why put in such vestigial parts? to flaw a design?

No matter how many debates there are it all comes down to the issue: the power of belief (from what people have been told) over logic and compelling evidence. With the former so powerful it's no surprise people will blow themselves up thinking they'll be martyrs for hurting the enemy. Groundless belief is a very dangerous thing, gullibility just as much. Just look at how many people sign bans Dyhdrogen Monoxide petitions on youtube without asking what it is. Dyhrodgen Monoxide = H2O = Water... not wise to ban it.

You are corect in saying a large portion of the population is so gullible they will beleave anything. But they are on both sides, Religion and Science as if they somehow opposed each other. Some people will beleave anything as long as it has data nomater if it is bogas and made up or covered up. Religion is the same, some people will believe anything as long as it has a religious heading. Others and myself to the supprise of many do not. There is a lot of teaching or theories today that is just not true. And if you are a person that does not beleaves every word a preacher or scientist says it is OK. You may not be dumb, backward or even a heretic just a person who likes to make his or her own mind. Gravity, even if you can not see it it is NOT a Theory it is a fact. Throw a brick up over your head and I will guarantee it will come back down and knock a whole in your head, fact. Man made global warming= Theory.... Big Bang= Theory... Parts of Evolution = Theory. For the people that beleave Darvins Theory of evolution I can tell you one thing that is TRUE FACT...Only the strong suvrive. The only way the US will stand is to be strong and resolve in its beliefs and freedoms through it's military or we will be run over by the strong and we will not survive.
I say have an open mind, read study question and learn. It's ok to question and disbelieve religion and science, especially from know liers and and cover-ups. It's your brain ...use it and do not let people get to you when you do not believe their THEORY by saying you are dumb. backward and uneducated. The Bible is NOT proof just as the UN said it so it has to be true. The United States of America is not a backward nation just because it questions elitest in Europe and at home. Believe or not to believe your choice in all Theories.

The circumstances involving people’s belief in some sort of a God and science as somewhat a sketchy theory follows strict guidelines. Start brainwash children for childhood and reinforces it weekly or more and the result is inevitable. This can be accomplishes with any child because they rely solely on their caretakers direction.

The true father of psychology realized early on that humans are controllable. All that is needed is a common thread real or not. Today we call is reverse engineered psychology or disinformation both work remarkably well. For this reason, ninety percent of humans are beyond objectively reasoning with matters of science.

I agree with your opinion (The author of this article), but just two things to comment ;

1- If I understood correctly, you are pointing at Christians, and also used the term "Creationists" to refer to them differently, but there is a different between both. All Christians are ALL Creationists but not ALL creationists are Christians.

2- QUOTE : "Some worship God, others the Devil, others Allah and Buddha.."
Allah is the same thing as God. There is absolutely no difference between both.

Cheers
Turki

I understand your point. I called them by different names because, historically, people have been willing to kill to prove a difference, and they still are today.

As for the creationist/christian part, you are absolutely correct, it was an oversight on my part.

Thanks for the post

Tudor Vieru

The circumstances involving people’s belief in some sort of a God and science as somewhat a sketchy theory follows strict guidelines. Start brainwashing children for childhood and reinforces it weekly or more and the result is inevitable. This can be accomplishes with any child because they rely solely on their caretakers direction.

The true father of psychology realized early on that humans are controllable. All that is needed is a common thread real or not. Today we call is reverse engineered psychology or disinformation both work remarkably well. For this reason, ninety percent of humans are beyond objective reasoning with matters of science.

The appendix actually has a clearly-set role, it is home to a lot of good bacteria, which repopulate the intestines after an infection.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Evolution-of-the-Appendix-119798.shtml

It's not that simple and clear about so called global warming. There are serious researches substantiating fallacy of this phenomenon, to be more precise -its wrong interpretation. You mentioned oil companies interested in profits at the expense of the Mother Nature, but there is evidence that some multinationals such as Dupont are involved in global warming PR to promote their agenda. The same goes concerning AIDS. Everything is so vague and unclean (not simply unclear) in this province. It's funny to recall the things I personally believed in a few years ago when I was short of veracious information.
United States is the utmost example of what can happen when Religion, not inner Faith occupies more space in human-beings' lives than it ought to...
The Science must not become a new cult, but rather an instrument to cognize the world and its natural laws.

"dismiss fantasies such as the opinion the Bible holds on science."
Actually, the Bible does not hold many opinions on science. The Bible only offers it's observations of events, and follows the most important theme of the need for salvation for mankind, and God's kindness in providing for that. You need to read and understand the whole Bible to get what God is doing. The people who read the Bible offer their opinions, and we don't always understand the difference between science and personal interpretation of the Bible (but we think we do). Sounds like you know a lot about science but have developed a healthy prejudice toward the Bible and "religion". The Bible is acceptable as a historically accurate document. The eyewitness accounts of Jesus' life are from people who were there and wrote about what they saw. Reject the Bible if you will, but please don't reject it without an honest approach to see what these people were trying to communicate to us.
And remember, don't judge a thing by it's abuse, but by it's proper use.

"And remember, don't judge a thing by it's abuse, but by it's proper use"

You must be kidding. If not, please tell me more about the rise of Nazi Germany. Refrain from judging the abuse, and tell us all about its proper use.

Uh!

"I am not arguing against religion. Everyone is free to have their way with their lives. Some worship God, others the Devil, others Allah and Buddha, and others nothing at all, or Mother Earth. But when individuals from one of these groups want to infringe on my freedom (of being correctly informed, for instance), or on my children's freedom, I draw the line. American Christian fundamentalists can keep their kids homeschooled, and teach them that Darwin was an ape and global warming does not exist, but they must not, under any circumstances and at all costs, be allowed to take their erroneous beliefs to public schools and into governments. "

if only more people would think like this.

side note: if religion didn't exist, cancer would be curable, humans would be living on mars and the moon now, basically everything would be better without religion.
side note 2: Religion indirectly kills. You got cancer? blame religion!

@CarlJ
I am by no means religious. Admittedly, I am dealing with a personal prejudice, developed over the years, to christian fundamentalism in its various forms. However, as ironic as it may sound, there are some interesting ideas about the beginnings of the "age of reason" having connections to the literal hermeneutics developed around the Protestant Reformation. In sum, when protestants begin to literally translate biblical scriptures the nascent school of modern science asks itself why not literally translate the natural world. The emphasis on individual freedom and thinking also associated with the aforementioned reformation are important as well, insofar as the modern mind is concerned. Whether you are referring to a world where religion never existed, or a world in which religion faded out - I am insure. For that matter, do you simply mean western religion or all religion? Although I have no affinity to any form of religiosity, and tend to think of organized religion as a corruption of the idea of faith - as a fan of sound societal strategies designed to create order and adherence to the principles of law, it does have its place. Although I suspect you are being facetious (and if you are not - I still find your comment funny), it is a dangerous path when oversimplification is your guiding star (bad pun intended).
@author
Nice article. Sure, you bait the fish hook a little overtly (subtlety is a dying art - I'm terminal too :), but your points are dead on.

First of all a couple of definitions. Editorial = Opinion & Theory = Not yet proven but has some varied amount of evidence for the opinion. Such as the Geocentric Orbit Theory, The theory believed by such great thinkers as Aristotle, Ptodemy and most of the rest of the educated world of the time. The main disinters were the Christian / Islamic community as as with this artical I'm sure many was called STUPIT, Backward and uneducated and discounted by the so called scientific community. However we now know the Earth and the rest of the planets revolve around the sun. Which is not THEORY but proven fact. Theory as stated by Darwin in his book " The Origins of Species". Any change it human developement change happens before conception and little if any while in the womd, another Theory that we know as just a theory not fact. Now the THEORY of global warming and the thought that anyone who questions KNOWN liers data to be accurate is dumb, backward and holding on to their guns and religion. THEORY= Global Warming FACT= Falsified documents, coverup of the truth, political pressure. The truth is the Earth is constantly changing. I remember in the late 70's the scientific community was so worried about the tremendous build up of Ice at Antartica. The science said the alarming build up could cause a polar shift. Now we have warmed from the coldest time in known history is a suprise and something to be alarmed about. The Earth is constantly changing. Scientist in large numbers including NASA says there has been NO GLOBAL warming in over 10 years. Yes there are areas of the planet that might be warmer just as there are colder as well. Antarcia unquestionablely is colder in all areas except one, so let's stop the sell of all gas powered cars and planes except AL Gore's of couse. Big Bang, For almost all history science has stated that as far as the existance of the universe it was eternal. NO ending and no begining with the religious scoffers stating the creation in an instant by THE ETERNAL GOD. Now we have the Big bang THEORY that states the same thing except we do not know what caused the big bang and where the marble sized matter came from. So the only question NOW between Science and Religion about creation is the ~32000000000 th of a second before the big bang. Evolution, Most people know a large part of the THEORY of evolution is correct the only argument is the evolution from one species to another that is in question. For anyone interested The Bible says God created the heaven and earth. It does not say when or how or by what means. Big bang Theory might be true and biblical. The bible says GOD created man not when or by what means. Now the elitist statement that there are no feelings in a theory was proven wrong just by reading this arrogant artical.
I am a Christian and love true science and more times that not they agree if you do not have a blind hatred of either and it is very clear you do!

Your comment is very misleading, and is based on the same time of faulty reasoning that proponents of creationism rely on - no scientific data to back up your claims, but a lot of "educated guesses."

Where did you come up with the "fact" that NASA disproves global warming? All studies from the agency that I've read (and there were at least 100 of them) argued for the warming trend. Antarctic is also not cooling, that is not misinformation, that is a straight-up lie. You lie people to follow you? Way to go! Antarctica is beginning to warm even in the ONLY place that remained cold thus far, its eastern sector. Maybe you should actually pick up some science books, rather than talk about it.

Of course the Earth is changing, I think everyone agrees here. Is it changing constantly? Yes, it does. Is it changing due to countless factors (Sun, gravitational influence from other planets, volcanoes etc)? Yes, it does. Is it changing faster now than ever before, without these factors bearing the same influence as they did before? Also, unfortunately true. That difference, my friend, is human activity, pollution, GHG emissions and so on. Dig your hand into the proverbial sand all you want, but don't spread lies around. Global warming was not disproven by the poorly-set-up "ClimateGate" fiasco, if that's what you're referring to. It was a manipulation set up right before the Copenhagen summit, so as to persuade countries GW is not a problem.

Now, please, unless you have something useful and TRUE to add, take your pseudo-science and creationism ideas somewhere else. I for one have said this 1,000 times. Go read studies and books other than the Bible, and everything, as they say, shalt be revealed to you. The Bible is not an argument, in any scientific discussion. So please don't bring it up in this space again. Scientifically-valid arguments, on the other hand, are welcome.

You ar very correct the bible is not an argument it IS A THEORY and like just about every theory you either believe or disblieve. No problem, except the only THEORY that seems to be relevant can not in any way give any possibility of the existant of a god. Which is crazy. My point is not to prove God or disprove God but to state the clear fact of this artical. If you do not beleave in MY Theories you are somehow dumb, backward and uneducated and need to be taken out and shot and your an your outdated books burnt. The other point of the artical was to state the fact that WE the United States of America are stupid backward people that need to get in line with the enlightened ones ,Liberal Socialist European coutries. Well if you look around the globe the largest desent today of the Global Warming scam sorry THEORY comes from Europe, Germany leading the way. They are begining to see the UN scam as it is a power grab by Socialist Liberals. And as far a reading books other than the bible I read plenty including the ones listed above. And your point about NASA well Nasa has stated several times they do not have any DATA to support Global Warming they just copied the data from the now known scientist ( losely called) from Copenhagen that now admit they have no facts and made up and covered up anything they did not like. NOW THAT IS A FACT not Theory and you know it as everyone else does that hates to say I'm sorry for spreading the lies. Because they have toooooo much INVESTED!!!! Bible, GOD, Big bang, Parts of evolution and the man made Global Warming all theories, believe what you want and let others do the same. When it is proven it will become fact.

Whatever makes you sleep at night. I don't know why you dragged Europe as a continent into this, you make absolutely no sense. Do a search on the terms NASA and global warming and see what comes up. Also, please give me the source of your information. Where did you read that NASA said it does not support global warming? What does Socialism and Liberalism have to do with global warming? Do you even now what those terms mean? Have you ever talked with a Socialist? Or do you think Capitalism is the way to go simply because it's the only thing you know? The fact of the matter is that you are all words and no proof. Please list EVIDENCE for what you are saying, not that you've read something somewhere. I never said people in the US are stupid and backwards, I said some are. And this is the case around the world. I know you love to get offended by stuff, but you should get over it.

P.S. as far as I know, the most tangible evidence that global warming is taking place comes directly from NASA satellites.

@boss4908
You say,
" Gravity, even if you can not see it it is NOT a Theory it is a fact. Throw a brick up over your head and I will guarantee it will come back down and knock a whole in your head, fact. Man made global warming= Theory.... Big Bang= Theory... Parts of Evolution = Theory. "

Therein lies the misunderstanding or misuse of the word "theory". A "theory" is not a statement of fact, it is a descriptive testable explanation of observed reality. You say "Gravity... is not a theory(,) it is a fact".
In fact :-), the scientific usage of the word "gravity" denotes the very precisely measured mutually attractive behaviour of massive objects towards each other... "Gravity" is a behaviour and that's it. But how does one explain this behaviour of massive bodies? Einstein figure it out. He showed that the rules of gravity can be derived from the properties of space-time itself: General Relativity. General Relativity is the Theory of Gravity. It explains gravity.

Similarly, Man-made Global Warming is an suggestion TO ACCOUNT FOR the rise in global temperatures in sync with the growth of industry and the theory behind it is that the Greenhouse Effect is possible on a global scale. The global greenhouse effect (Global Warming) idea was put forth (by Carl Sagan, I think) to explain the climate on Venus. It then occurred to researchers that if it has happened on Venus, it could happen here on Earth if we made the earth's atmosphere more Venus-like. It turned out that we are indeed doing just that by pumping CO_2 and friends into it. The only question about this issue that is in debate is if human activities actually ARE the MAJOR cause of the recent rise in global temperatures or if the rise is a consequence of other factors and it is just a coincidence that the temperature rise is in sync with the increase in our usage of fossil fuels and deforested land and more.

The very well observed expansion of the universe meant that everything in the universe was closer together in the past. Using the observed speeds at which matter is flying apart, one can calculate using basic middle school maths, where the any lump was at what time in the past. It turns out that every lump of matter was at the same place 13.7 billion years ago. Something really powerful must have caused all this stuff to overcome all the gravity of the universe and fly apart. It could have been a bang. That's the explanation the Big Bang theory provides. It accounts for and explains the expansion of the universe.

As for the the presence of the wide variety of species ans sub-species in the bio-sphere, The Theory of Evolution is as simple an account as it gets: In any population individuals best suited for a new environment, thanks to the small differences between individuals of the same species, survive longer and leave more offspring who carry forward the traits that made their parents better suited. Over generations, these traits accumulate and the population starts appearing distinct from their distant ancestors to the extent that individuals from this new environment wouldn't produce offspring with those belonging to the old environment. Darwin's milestone was that his theory assumes that there is a quantifiable amount of information that passes from one generation to another (traits). (We now know that this information is stored as genes in our DNA). It explains how populations diverge to make new species.

The words "theory" and "fact" are not related to each other like "absolute" and "relative", or like "up" and "down". A theory accounts for what you call a "fact". A theory tells you why a "fact" is a fact. A theory is the what connects what you call a fact to the rest of reality in a way that can be measured in definite quantitative terms like kilograms, metres, seconds, coulombs and rates.