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Sep 6, 2015

The options provided are based on misunderstandings of the meaning of scientific theory and perhaps truth. Quoting from Wikipedia:

"Scientific theories are the most reliable, rigorous, and comprehensive form of scientific knowledge, in contrast to more common uses of the word "theory" that imply that something is unproven or speculative (which is better characterized by the word 'hypothesis')."

So if something is a theory, it is known to be true to the full extent of human knowledge. However, every theory is tentative. There is no practical distinction (or at lest no knowable distinction) between a scientific theory and a fact.

Evolution is a scientific theory.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth

Evolution is true to the full extent of human knowledge.

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