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The scientific community doesn't accept something until it has been conclusively supported by evidence and has been shown to fit the facts. The religious community saw it as a threat to their belief system (and some still do today).
I accept the modern theory of evolution by natural selection. You can not just on a whim put forth a scientific theory. I suggest you access a good dictionary. The scientific meaning of " theory " is generally the primary meaning.
In the relevant fields (biologists), 99.99% accept evolution. In science generally, the figure is slightly lower, around 98%. Those that disagree usually do so on religious bases, not scientific ones.
Evolutionary theory is a scientific theory, and stands separate from any religious belief, just like one does not have to have or lack any particular religious belief in order to accept gravity or general relativity.
Darwin's theory of evolution is very well supported by scientific evidence. It has been accepted as true, by most biologists. Some controversy does remain, however, on religious grounds. Whether you choose to accept this theory is up to you.
150 years
150 years
how long after their discovery did it take the scientific community to accept the existence of cells
150 years
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They go through critical evaluation .
after it has been evaluated and tested repeatedly
No, most religious systems can accept the existence of intelligent life (and death) on other planets
after it has been tested against a control group with stats
Alfred Wegener was the proponent of the Continental Drift Theory. The scientific community accepted this theory due to the phenomena of paleomagnetism, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics.
An apatheist is a person who may or may not accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about the existence of that god.
an ideal community would be a place where people accept you for who you are.