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I want to hear from people who discount evolution from a strictly
non-dogmatic point of view.

In honesty, I am like the chicken in the middle of the road...
battered by traffic from both directions
(materialist/evolutionist VERSUS creationist/ID).

Some days I consider the total materialistic approach that is
really what evolution is. Life started by a random co-mingling of
the right molecules in some pool of water at the right temp.
And proceeded via a nearly timeless chain of random chances.

Other days, I look at electron-microscopic images of certain
biological structures and say "Just the product of random chance...
and I'm going to hit the jackpot with one throw of the dice in Vegas!".

I suspect that this sort of struggle goes on in the mind of
millions of my fellow beings.

Oh ye of little non faith.....

It is ok to be uncertain and to not know. Insisting on iron clad absolute certainty is a mind killer.

Approach the problem, the academic science, from the scientific method. Become a scientist.

Find a small slice of bioscience to study. Say wild flowers or birds or butterflys. Make yourself a semi expert on some small slice. Go into the field as often as possible and observe your area. Take notes on your observations then read a little on exactly what you saw. If possible, get a buddy to go with you.

Once you begin to really see what's out there as opposed to reading what others tell you or hide from you or just plain lie about there may come revelation born of your own eyes and mind and study. You will see for your self the individual differences that produce species and genera and families.

A Peterson guide, some binoculars or a magnifying glass and a good hard bound notebook are very cheap. A frequent stroll in the outdoors be it a city park or some wilder area is great recreation and best of all, it is cheap.

See my profile for some of my studies. It's easy to be an expert, just find something you like and apply your mind and talent. You have a lifetime so there is no need to hurry.