Are Fossils evidence of evolution ....or are the evidence of fossils

[teddyv]

3 minutes ago, BeyondET said:

Plate tectonic movement isn’t a theory, it can be measured, the earths continents are moving.

Yes, they can be measured, but it still is a theory. Some of the driving mechanisms in the mantle are still not satisfactorily explained, although my knowledge may be out of date on that. 

Just because we can observe cells, does not make Cell Theory not a theory anymore.

[BeyondET]

1 hour ago, Sparks said:

You will need a time machine to show any evidence for Pangea, and you would have to set it for just before Noah's flood to see it.  Pangea is just a theory otherwise.  

What they show as continents fitting together is fudged a bit, by shrinking down Africa and most of South America is removed.  I have already mentioned this in this post.

Speculating (guessing) is not the same as direct evidence.  If you sent back a satellite, in time, and it took photos of the planet before Noah's flood, that would be considered direct evidence.  

"Well this piece sort of looks like it would fit with that piece" is speculation.

Or a Bible verse, the water was gathered in one place, the land must of been in another place if the water was gathered only in one place. the verse doesn’t say let the dry lands.

Genesis 1:9

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

[BeyondET]

2 minutes ago, The Barbarian said:

As you see, they claimed to have the bones of the cyclops.   It was a fossil elephant, the skull appearing to them, to have one eye.   They found dragon skulls, too:

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And griffin skulls:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fossilconnoisseur.com%2Frapidcart-2%2Ffiles%2F70_Protoceratops_Skull___Med.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

Regardless on what they found, cyclops is a real thing it happens, has there ever been a person live longer than a few days might of.

[Sparks]

31 minutes ago, teddyv said:

And you would still find a way of dismissing it.

You continue to repeatedly use the phrase "just a theory". Anyway Pangaea is not the theory anyway, it is a consequence of Plate Tectonic Theory, which meets all requirements of a legitimate scientific theory. 

Yes, a theory.  You said it.  Theory.   Where do we disagree on that?  We don't.

[BeyondET]

18 minutes ago, teddyv said:

Yes, they can be measured, but it still is a theory. Some of the driving mechanisms in the mantle are still not satisfactorily explained, although my knowledge may be out of date on that. 

Just because we can observe cells, does not make Cell Theory not a theory anymore.

If it can be measured yet still a theory I’m not understanding that could you elaborate. If cells can be observed yes it’s no longer just a theory if cells exist 

Edited April 28, 2021 by BeyondET

[BeyondET]

8 minutes ago, BeyondET said:

If it can be measured yet still a theory I’m not understanding that could you elaborate. If cells can be observed yes it’s no longer just a theory if cells exist 

Ahh I understand little better, the word has a double meaning.

Dictionary:

In everyday use, the word "theory" often means an untested hunch, or a guess without supporting evidence. But for scientists, a theory has nearly the opposite meaning. A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws,

[Sparks]

28 minutes ago, BeyondET said:

Or a Bible verse, the water was gathered in one place, the land must of been in another place if the water was gathered only in one place. the verse doesn’t say let the dry lands.

Genesis 1:9

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Yes, I would settle for scripture about it.

[Justin Adams]

To be a hypothesis, a theory had to be demonstrably capable of proof or disproof. It also must be repeatable by other disciplines. When that happens, then a 'law' is written regarding the results and thus it is no longer a theory.

[BeyondET]

1 minute ago, Sparks said:

Yes, I would settle for scripture about it.

I gave one, the waters gathered in One place, let the dry land appear.

[BeyondET]

3 minutes ago, Justin Adams said:

To be a hypothesis, a theory had to be demonstrably capable of proof or disproof. It also must be repeatable by other disciplines. When that happens, then a 'law' is written regarding the results and thus it is no longer a theory.

From what I’ve read on the definition of the word it is used differently.

like the theory of Education is based on a set of principles.