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A '''scientific law''' is a [[law]] that is scientific.
A '''scientific law''' is a [[theory]] that has been confirmed by many years of [[experiments]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>
Law and Theory
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A Scientific Law is a description of a observation as opposed to a Scientific Theory which is an explanation of those observations. A good example of this is [[Gravity]]. Where in you have the law of Gravitation which states: any particle in the universe attracts any other particle with a force that is proportional to the product of the masses of the two particles and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Then you also have the [[Theory of Relativity]] which explains the law of Gravitation.
Contrary to popular belief, a law is not superior to a theory. A theory will never be a law. Just as a description can never explain anything. If all we had were laws of science we would have a very well described universe but nothing would be explained.
==References==
Webster's Dictionary
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