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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Agreed. However I would take it one step further: no scientific "law", is ever immutable, no matter how set-in-stone the evidence points it out to be. A good example is in physics: the laws of mechanics and thermodynamics work precisely as they should--every time--EXCEPT when things are taken down to the quantum level, where such "laws" appear to be broken with impunity.
This is one reason (the primary reason, actually) that I question whenever a scientific "fact" becomes dogma; a belief so ingrained in the believers that they won't even admit to the faintest possibility that their belief might not be quite as rock-solid as they'd like to believe it is. Good science is ALWAYS ready (and should be willing) to revise whatever theory or "law" based on new evidence.
It is certainly that way with evolution. Things change as new facts (and fossils) come to light. We should be able to accept them, even though they might not support our own ideas or beliefs.
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Thank you for explaining this further. I agree with you 100%.