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The appropriate scientific response to "Do you believe in evolution?" is...

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    #1:
    "Because of the overwhelming observable evidence
    provided by radiometric dating and other scientific methods,

    I accept the fact that the Earth is billions of years old.

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    #2:
    "Because of the overwhelming, observable evidence provided by...

    • the fossil record
    • biogeographic congruences
    • empirical patterns in nature
    • homologies in
      • DNA and protein
      • embryo development and adult morphologies
      XXX...among living things

    ...I accept that life has changed over billions of years.

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    "So, to answer your question:

      "No, I do not believe in evolution.

      I accept it as the most logical explanation for observable facts.

      Belief is not required."

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Evolution is a natural, empirical phenomenon.

It is not an ideology.

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