There are all sorts of problems with this description. Let me take first crack, before better men arrive and tear it to shreds.
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1. Evolution is an explanation, compatible with the limits of the human natural mind for observed life and order, to satisfy those who cannot accept the notion that there is, in the universe a dimension of understanding and power above the ability of finite man to comprehend, known as the supernatural.
It's a well-known fact that many (possibly a majority) of those who support the theory of evolution believe in or accept the existence of the supernatural, myself and many others here included. This alone invalidates definition #1. Some day you will have to accept that evolution was not invented to take the place of a god.
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2. Evolution is a theory contrived by one
More correctly, it has been developed and refined by thousands over the last 160+ years. Keep an eye out for those details.
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and believed by most
(and just maybe because the evidence overwhelmingly favors it?)
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which attempts to explain the observed existence of life and order solely by billions of random/chance happenings and interactions involving things pre-existing for no explicable reason.
At least you're actually approaching reality here. Still, if you think you've actually described the theory of evolution as it exists anywhere but in your own mind, I'd really like to see where you got your information.
[This message has been edited by zephyr, 05-05-2003]
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