And the idea that a space alien just snapped her fingers and there were creatures is not speculation?
I think it's a lot more believable that species evolved over time, given the fossil record at hand.
Yes, there are holes in the record. Just like there are holes in the evidence on what happened on 9/11.
But the idea that 19 arab hijackers did 9/11, and that evolution changed species over time are both the most practical answers.
Whether God was involved, in either case, is outside the realm of science.
Narby, just for the record, I wouldn't call it scientific to say that God created the universe and all life within it. That would be outside the realm of human knowledge and science, and a matter of faith.
However, I think proponents of the theory of evolution are often so dogmatic about their theory because it's viewed as a way to shove God out of public discourse. If evolution is treated as anything other than concrete fact, they feel it opens intellectual discourse to the possibility of God. This leads them to defend evolution in a way that is downright fanatical. They treat it as concrete fact, when it is really just a theory. And as a theory, it is sufficiently weak in terms of evidence and logic that its proponents really should be quite humble in putting it forward, rather than as arrogant as they often are.
" And the idea that a space alien just snapped her fingers and there were creatures is not speculation?"
No, they are both equally conjecture.
"I think it's a lot more believable that species evolved over time, given the fossil record at hand."
Only if you make certain theological assumptions about how God would have designed things.
" Yes, there are holes in the record. Just like there are holes in the evidence on what happened on 9/11."
And, just like all aspects of history, history is nnot provable scientifically.
"Whether God was involved, in either case, is outside the realm of science."
Historical claims are always outside the realm of science.