Evolution is a basic, biological process

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A theory becomes law when the theory is proven based on empirical data.

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That's dead wrong. A theory is often a whole body of thinking - as evolution is. The theory of thermodynamics includes no less than 4 laws. How, then, would it make sense to change the theroy to thermodynamics to THE law of thermodynamics even if every part of it were "proven".(Perhaps you would also like to consider the law of faunal succession and how it relates to evolution ?)

THE law of thermodynamics ? Which is that the first, second, third or zeroth law ? I thought that it is well known enough thatthere is more than one law of thermodynamics that that point would not be questioned.
As I said the theory of thermodynamics incorporates at least four laws. Newtonian mechanics is another theory encompassing more than one law (you HAVE heard of Newton's laws of motion haven't you ?). Like thermodynamics and mechanics evolution is a body of thought that is far greater than could be encompassed in a single "law".

Well if none of these officers have heard of the laws (plural) of thermodynamics or Newtons laws (plural) of motion then I can't think that their opinion should carry any weight. If they lack such basic knowledge then it is unlikely that they have seriously studied physics at even a high school level.