# Is Evoloution Regarded as a theory because of religious opposition?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 6, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-evoloution-regarded-as-a-theory-because-of-religious-opposition/605219 "2011-12-06T02:07:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-evoloution-regarded-as-a-theory-because-of-religious-opposition/605219/41 "2011-12-08T21:24:45Z")

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> [@Blaster\_Master](#):
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> I specifically remember through much of my education up until college being taught that a theory was an experimentally validated hypothesis, and that when a theory got enough evidence it became a law. I can’t imagine I was the only one who was taught this, especially since it was in multiple school districts and one of those was a magnet school specifically for science.

Yes, you aren’t the only one; I recall being taught that as well.

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**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-evoloution-regarded-as-a-theory-because-of-religious-opposition/605219/42 "2011-12-08T21:47:03Z")

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> [@Blaster\_Master](#):
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> The problem I’ve often run into more recently, when I’ve had discussions about this and explained the difference, instead of getting “well, it’s just a theory”, I get a counter-argument like “well, they haven’t tested EVERYTHING, so it’s still possible that it’s wrong.”

Well, it _is_. There’s always room for doubt and new evidence. That’s the beauty of it.

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