The Nature of Scientific Inquiry; Is Evolution Science?

Well the question we are concerned about is whether evolution is or is not science. And it seems to me that scientists are a valid authority on that question (indeed, given the "demarcation problem" it is reasonable to argue that the judgement of a clear majority of mainstream scientists is a valid criterion - perhaps the only valid criterion).What would constitute a similar question for priests ? Presumably it would be on matters of doctrine, and I think that if a large church of priests over a long period of time agree that their church holds to a particular doctrine then it would indeed be valid to agree that their church did indeed hold that doctrine.Note that neither question deals with the truth of either a scientific theory or of a religious doctrine.

As this post demonstrates:http://EvC Forum: Splintering our Education System based on FAITH -->EvC Forum: Splintering our Education System based on FAITHFaith starts with religious dogma nad assuems that the evidence must conform to it. Science starts with the evidence and works to conclusions.

Time to show that you can support your claims.Where's your evidence that the Bible is an eyewitness account of the creation of the Earth and it's history up to the supposed Flood ? If you can't produce that then all you've got is a religious dogma and a closed mind.And I've got one BIG piece of evidence that what you have is religious dogma - your posts. The way you make lame excuses - for instance trying to deny the point that the appearance of birds in the fossil record is a change towards the pattern of life we see now by talking about what you imagine birds would do during the Flood. And the way you dismiss the evidence for evolution without even caring to know about it - or even denying that it could exist (e.g. island species aren't REAL species because that would be inconvenient for you).