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"We have all sorts of fossils...but nothing that actually shows a transistion from this animal to that new one."

Sure we do.

No...we have evidence that 'suggests' a transistion from one animal to the next. We do not have proof.

Just like some Dinosaurs becoming birds...(a theory that I support). We have fossils 'suggesting' this. But we do not have actual proof.

...and,BTW, "Evolution" is a Religion to some. Just look at the reaction of those who "Believe" in evolution when you just state matter-of-factly that it is just a theory. They get defensive and irate that anyone would not believe in what they believe.

redrock

"No...we have evidence that 'suggests' a transistion from one animal to the next. We do not have proof."

We don't have proof in science, we have evidence. There are transitional fossils in abundance in the fossil record that are evidence for evolution. Proof is for math and whiskey.

"...and,BTW, "Evolution" is a Religion to some."

Name them.

"Just look at the reaction of those who "Believe" in evolution when you just state matter-of-factly that it is just a theory. They get defensive and irate that anyone would not believe in what they believe."

No, they get frustrated by people who should know better who obviously have no conception of what a scientific theory is, or what kind of evidence is required to become a theory in science. Theory is the end point of a claim in science. Theories do not graduate into *proven* anythings. That someone who teaches does not know this is troubling.

No...we have evidence that 'suggests' a transistion from one animal to the next. We do not have proof.

We do have proof beyond reasonable doubt that humans shared an ancestor with apes. This is provided via the recent genome studies that have identified virus DNA inserted at identical locations in several species. There are several thousand identified matching insertions, and species that morphological studies have concluded split farther back in time share fewer such common insertions, confirming the timeline determined by those earlier studies.

Just like the DNA evidence is not absolute "proof" that OJ did it (because maybe space aliens framed him), it is proof beyond reasonable doubt, just as the genome evidence confirms common ancestors between species.

BTW, "Evolution" is a Religion to some. Just look at the reaction of those who "Believe" in evolution when you just state matter-of-factly that it is just a theory. They get defensive and irate that anyone would not believe in what they believe.

Not irate that some don't accept evolution. Irate that some misrepresent the precise language of science. A scientific "theory" is one thing, while the common usage of "theory" means another. Deliberate misuse of the word, particularly after the actual semantics have been explained over and over, cause honest people to be irate. "Religion" or "faith" has nothing to do with it.