Originally Posted by Teacher
Is there any great reason that evolution cannot be applied to inorganic things, given that we apply the term to man made objects, eras etc. and life came/evolved from inorganic things? We even hear, 'the universe evolved..." So maybe it's not strictly true (o is it?) but we could really talk about evolution from the big bang couldn't we?
The reason not to call these other things "evolution," without any qualifiers, is because it is misleading. The Creationists are already misleading people; there is every reason to try not to follow suit.
Also, as Delphi noted, just because two disciplines use the term
foo does not imply that they mean the same thing by the term. All the more reason to be careful.
~~ Paul