[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.

[orionblamblam]

> Laymen have seen H-bombs go off and 16-ton weights crush things.

Just as laymen have seen the evidence of evolution.

> but we have never actually seen it occur

Incorrect. Do some research.

> the arguments for Creationism.

There are no valid arguements *for* Creationism. Creationism is the John Kerry of the "origin of species" world; nobody is "for" it, they are just against the GWB of evolution.