If evolution is not a sound scientific fact why do so many people believe in it?

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Evolution has always been a hotly debated topic within society. It is widely accepted as the origin of all life, including humans. It is supported by a broad array of scientific disciplines. Every theory is incomplete because in science, any theory can be potentially shown to be false,but some have such broad data supporting them that they come to viewed as established fact. Evolution has just such broad data support, enough to be considered fact.

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Since evolution is taught as an indisputable fact in public schools and colleges and is promoted vigorously in the media, most people do not realise how unproven it really is. Many people have never heard of frauds when they are exposed. Some continue to appear in textbooks for years after their exposure as fakes. Two good examples of this are the classic peppered moths and the faked embryo drawings of Ernest Haeckel upon which the false idea of embyonic recapitulation is based.

Most people also do not realise that Creation scientists have access to exactly the same facts as do evolutionists. They, after all, live on the same planet, and research the same rocks and fossils and universe etc. The difference is not the evidence at all but the presuppositions which each brings to their science. A good example would be the Grand Canyon. The evolutionist will explain its origin by saying that it took a long time and a little bit of water (as today). The Creationist will say it took a lot of water and a little bit of time.

AnswerIt is not a matter of sound scientific fact. The earth is round is a matter of fact. There has never been an observation of one species "evolving" into another. This is just a guess. Many people believe in evolution because not to believe in it would make them possible proponents of the creationist theory. If you start looking for proofs of either theory, you will find precious little. Both theories require a great deal of faith in the unknown. The answer to the question depends on who or what one wants to put their faith in. AnswerEvolution is a matter of scientific fact and it is not a matter of who you have faith in. It is as strongly supported as the theory of gravity or the theory of electromagnetism.

The theory of evolution is the best explanation of the existing data that has emerged from multiple fields -- Biology and all of its various sub-branches, genetic research, Paleontology, and so forth. Evolution is not a hypothesis, it is a theory, like the theory of gravity. No theory is every finished, because new data may emerge to force alteration. But theory is the highest order of scientific organization of data. It allows for multiple hypotheses that can then be tested, and allows for the data to be integrated into a larger picture. The vast majority of life scientists endorse the theory of evolution because it makes the most sense of the data. (Many also retain their religious beliefs.) Many of the scholars who challenge evoltuion have advanced degrees in other fields of inquiry, not in the field that directly deals with the data of evolution.