[orionblamblam]

> I don't believe that just because you say so.

Good! Skepticism! Display similar skepticism in claims in ancient texts, and you'll be on your way.

> if someone doesn't fully understand the theory, how can he be so certain of its veracity?

Do you understand the tensor calculus required for a good understanding of the Theory of Relativity? No? Would you be willing to stand next to an H-Bomb, then? Do you understand the math behind quantum gravity? No? Then would you be comfortable standing under a suspended 16-ton weight?

Heck, I make rockets, and I don't have a deep understanding of the relevant combustion phenomena. I routinely cast urethane resin parts from silicone rubber molds built off of Bondo originals... all of which use chemical reactions I don't know squat about. Yet I am substantially certain that if you mix A and B together, you get a solid with reliable properties.

Similarly, one doesn't need to understand the complexities of mutations and continental drift and sediments turning into rocks to look at the fossil record and notice that critters change over time.

[fr_freak]

> if someone doesn't fully understand the theory, how can he be so certain of its veracity?

Do you understand the tensor calculus required for a good understanding of the Theory of Relativity? No? Would you be willing to stand next to an H-Bomb, then? Do you understand the math behind quantum gravity? No? Then would you be comfortable standing under a suspended 16-ton weight?

This is a false analogy. Laymen have seen H-bombs go off and 16-ton weights crush things. There is no need to understand their mechanics to know that they happen. We have not, however, seen evolution occur. It is a theory pieced together from various sources, but we have never actually seen it occur. To accept it as fact with the same certainty that one accepts things that have been demonstrated is to take a leap of faith.

Good! Skepticism! Display similar skepticism in claims in ancient texts, and you'll be on your way.

You're assuming a lot here. I simply recognize that the arguments used to prove evolution are not all that much more convincing than the arguments for Creationism.