Speciation does not occur in one generation. Individuals do not speciate, populations do. It would have to occur from one generation to the next. the reality is that for speciation to be true, the offspring of on set of parents would have to be a different species. there is nothing gradual about this requirement. Isn't this the very reason evolutionists had to come up with 'punctuated equilibrium'?
"It would have to occur from one generation to the next. the reality is that for speciation to be true, the offspring of on set of parents would have to be a different species."
Wrong.
"there is nothing gradual about this requirement."
Wrong...it's not a requirement and sciation is gradual, just like the transition from green to blue on a spectrum
"Isn't this the very reason evolutionists had to come up with 'punctuated equilibrium'?"
Wrong on two counts: it's not the reason for punctuated equilibrium and that's not what punctuated equilibrium is.
Each square represents an individual. A column of individuals represents a population. Individuals with similar colors are more closely related, and are more able to breed. Individuals with colors too far apart cannot breed with each other and are therefore different species.
Individuals in generation 1 and generation 7 are too far apart to interbreed. They are therefore different species.
But there is no point of speciation. There is no point at which a parent produces an offspring which is a different species from itself. Speciation occurs over many generations.