I always find it funny that evolution advocates dwell on natural selection. Yes, natural selection is real and it does occur. But it isn't evolution.
Natural selection is the process through which evolutionary changes are allegedly preserved, if they occur, but the fact that natural selection occurs doesn't prove evolutionary changes occur.
Natural selection explains why creatures become extinct, not how they allegedly evolve.
There's an old joke about this. A science teacher was pounding his fist, declaring evolution to be an absolute fact. A student asked the teacher to explain how any living creature evolved to what it is today. Specifically, he asked where long haired arctic wolves came from. The teacher replied that the icy arctic cold killed off the wolves with shorter hair, leaving only the long haired ones. With a smirk, he said, "That's how they evolved!"
It's like the famous British peppered moth case. Nothing actually evolved, yet it's cited as evidence, if not proof, of evolution. Yet, nothing evolved.
Just think of all the countless millions of species on earth. Then ask yourself, which occurs faster.....evolution or extinction? If evolution occurs, it would have to occur faster than extinction. To end up with millions of species, it would have to occur a hell of a lot faster than extinction.
If you had a situation where there were 20 species on earth, and everytime a new one evolved, two became extinct, the number of species would drop.
We observe extinction occuring all the time, but never observe evolution.
In addition, why would big things ever evolve? They're LESS fit than small things. Big things become extinct. Dinosaurs are history. Whales and elephants are always endangered. But single celled organisms always survive. Yet, evolution demands that those single cells, through natural selection and evolutionary progress, led over dinosaurs, whales, and elephants, all of which are less fit for survival than an amoeba.
Just a few thoughts!
TYPO ALERT: In my post, "led over" should be "led over time to"
This is confusng 'mutation' with 'evolutionary changes'. Evolution is mutation followed by natural selction; it is not merely mutation.
Natural selection explains why creatures become extinct, not how they allegedly evolve.
Natural selction most certainly explains why bacterial populations develop antibiotic resistance.
We observe extinction occuring all the time, but never observe evolution.
It will be ironic if you happen to contract a multiply-resistant bacterial infection, because you'll have been killed by what you claim has never been observed.
If you don't know how evolution works, you don't know that it's wrong. You don't know how it works.