Why is there such push back among critics and scientists in using the word "theory" for discussing "The Theory of Evolution"? The word "theory" is used by scientists when they are not sure about something and have not done adequate experimentation or research. This results in the spread of possible false information meaning "The Theory of Evolution" is not accurate. The word "theory" is used to describe a body of thoroughly tested and verified explanations for a set of observations of the natural world. This implies that it could be disproven which leads certain critics and scientists to not accept it despite the same vernacular being used for the theory of the atom and the theory of gravity. Back in the 1800 s when deciding what to call "the Theory of Evolution" there was a joust between two famous scientist at the time. One wanted "The Theory of Evolution" to prevail while the other preferred "The Code of Evolution". Well "The Theory of Evolution" ended up winning but there have been sore losers who rarnun with the nuch hark aven to thic dave Last saved 4:48:55 PM.