The Theory of Evolution = biological evolution, as if biological evolution is the only type of evolution.
It's just a name. The theory of evolution is just the name of the principle theory in biology. If you are talking about The Theory of Evolution, most people would assume you are talking about the Theory of Biological Evolution, because that's the only theory referred to as 'the theory of evolution'.
You might want to be pedantic about it, but you can't force everybody to change the way they use words. Darwin himself didn't like the word, but eventually gave up and went along with it. Since you can't change the words people use, it is incumbent on you to try and understand what they mean when they say things, rather than trying to pick apart the technical difficulties in the words being used.
You again state The Theory of Evolution can only refer to biology.
Actually, it can refer to a banana, my nonexistent car, my watch, your eyes, or a chimpanzee. However, when a speaker uses the words "The Theory of Evolution", you would be best not falling over yourself to think they might mean a banana or stellar evolution, but that they are referring to a theory of biological evolution that explains the changes that occur in biological populations as being due, in part, to allele frequency changes which are driven by a variety of factors such as natural selection and recombination.
Why is this Forum named Biological Evolution instead of ToE
Biological Evolution is about the change in populations of life.
The Theory of Evolution is the theory that explains how populations of life change.
One is a fact, the other explains the fact.
Just like Gravity and the Theory of Gravity. Diseases and the Germ Theory of Disease and so on and so forth.
If we are talking about the theory of gravity, we aren't talking about situations of great import/seriousness or dignity - we are talking about stress tensors and spacetime distortions.
Now, if you want, you can continue using these words in a manner differently than everybody else - but that would simply cause communicational difficulties. It would be easier for you to simply use the words in the same way everybody else does than for you to change the way everybody else uses the words.
The thing is, that once a phrase or a word becomes popular - even if it is technically wrong, it's not going to be easy to change. I can understand you don't like it, but if you don't get used to it, you're just going to be spending a lot of time trying to be understood.
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