"I personally don't put much stock in evolution because if all there is was created by random mutation, the fossil record should be crammed full of things that did not make it, and it isn't."
Uh? It is. "not making it" is called going extinct.
"Uh? It is. "not making it" is called going extinct."
You don't understand the point I am trying to make. What the fossil record should contain are examples of creatures that were not viable. If evolution happend by random mutation, there should be things like 5 armed monkeys or something. Things that did not go extinct per se, but things not viable to survive to begin with because some mutations would have to have been fatal. The record, from what I have been able to read, does not contain such examples. That it contains now extinct creatures, yes, that is not a point of contention.