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My husband asked me to respond to the question of how a person educated in the biological sciences could possibly reject the evolutionary theory. Frankly, I used to be completely of the same opinion as I grew up and attended college. After all, the only thing we were ever taught was evolution. The alternative was pretty much snickered at because there wasn't any supporting evidence - because none was presented. For those that have never dealt with scientists, I can say that you pretty much look for evidence that supports your theories, and gloss over those that don't . Why open a can of worms when you're looking to get a name, or just publish the next paper?

The probability of life developing on its own or "evolving" is very slight. Genetic manipulation only changes existing species; it doesn't create. I am more likely to believe the intelligent design theory - but I know the designer is my God, Jesus. Any Christ-follower that is born again, baptized in the Holy Spirit, and regularly sees a demonstration of His blessings, power, and authority comes to know this.

Disclaimer. That last post was my wife, and doesn't quite reflect my opinions.

I just asked her about the similarity between DNA question, she is scoffing at me like I'm an idiot.

Now I asked her about the chimp vs human DNA being 92% or some such similar. And she then asked me to define what kind of DNA strands that statistic is comparing. She seems to be suggesting that the this statistic was calculated in a way that more resembles counting individual words or letters between different books, rather then comparing whole sentences or paragraphs (she is using words I don't know, and I have to live with her, I'm bailing).

FYI. We both believe in Creation, with me leaning to long term (including the big bang and evolution) and her convinced of short term like in the literal story of Genesis.

Genetic manipulation only changes existing species; it doesn't create.

I would very much like to hear what you think of the data in this paper...

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/88/20/9051.pdf

I can provide many more examples, however lets just start with this.

If evolution cannot occur "between species", how can you account for this finding?