[Minus_The_Bear]

You make the mistake of framing this argument as disagreement between the enlightened vs. the simple minded. Parties who argue between macro-evolution and creationism are simply religious fanatics of different orders.

Just because one fossil follows another does not prove causation via macro-evolution. This is an illogical conclusion. Evolutionists like all 'true' religious believers are not dissuaded by facts or even the many falsehoods uncovered in their "holy books."

[Coyoteman]

Just because one fossil follows another does not prove causation via macro-evolution. This is an illogical conclusion. Evolutionists like all 'true' religious believers are not dissuaded by facts or even the many falsehoods uncovered in their "holy books."

You seek to demean the theory of evolution by comparing it to religion and religious fervor? Do you not undermine your entire argument?

[Dimensio]

Just because one fossil follows another does not prove causation via macro-evolution.

No one claims that evolution is "proven" by anything. No scientific theory is ever "proven". Rather, the fossil record -- both the layout of the fossils in geological strata and the similarities across fossils -- is one piece of evidence that further strengthens confidence in the explanation of evolution.

Evolutionists like all 'true' religious believers are not dissuaded by facts or even the many falsehoods uncovered in their "holy books."

To what falsehoods do you refer? Please be specific.

[thomaswest]

Re248: You make the mistake of framing this argument as disagreement between the enlightened vs. the simple minded. Parties who argue between macro-evolution and creationism are simply religious fanatics of different orders.

Religious orders of various degrees of enlightenment?

I do not understand your post. I do prefer an enlighted/educated doctor over a priest or witch doctor or psychic about my systolic blood pressure. No doubt about it, I have a bias toward those enlightened by education.

I confess to a skepticism toward those who say my medical condition is due to inadequate prayer and failing to sacrifice chickens in the right way. I may be wrong about this, but on the whole, I am inclined toward medical understandings of the last century, and I have a distinct bias against Biblical notions of leeches and demon possession. In coming to a little faith in modern medicine, I have the confidence that no biblical writer even knew what blood pressure was. In Biblical times, the idea of the circulation of the blood was as remote from them as the moon.