Islamophobia

There’s nothing theoretical in there:

I was referencing big bang vs. steady state theory, but you knew that.

OK, I have a theory that you take items and words out of context to try and support your weak argument.
It’s a theory with a fair amount of evidence, but without further study I don’t think it is an established and proven fact. As someone with a scientific background I observe, theorise and observe again checking observations against the theory.

it follows from the definitions of exist, existence, and science. What is existence? What do we mean when we say that something exists?

That an object or concept has reality. Most people hang on to the physical aspect but a simple idea or theory can exist without and physical presence.

And science – what is it and what is its domain?

Without long repetition the dictionary definition will do.

Prompted to add a late ‘off the main thread’ comment to this, prompted by the:

“But there are many other things about the US constitution I don’t follow as well, like the inalienability of the right to bear arms.”

At the start.

This also puzzled me until the rest of the relevant part of the constitution was read out. The point of this was that the people writing it didn’t want the USA to have an established continent-wide army for fear it might then impose the will of a National government on the states or the rich men who ran them. So it was akin to the ancient English idea of requiring the peasants to become practiced archers. They could then been called upon when their betters needed an army.

i.e. It was one of the measures aimed at keeping the National government weak, and let the states do as they please. They didn’t have an army and didn’t want one to form.

Later on they did, of course, form National forces. But by then the Americans had come to feel that many of them were John Wayne and it was their ‘right’ to arm bears… erm bear arms for their personal use.