Still, 200 years is a blink of an eye in the evolutionary timleine. We have seen some pretty rapid evolution of hominids in the last 3 million years or so.
Missing link between humans and what? ‘Apes’/Homo erectus, etc.
Just to be clear, we didn't evolve from any existing species of great apes- we just share a common ancestor with them. Paleontologists have discovered a couple of dozen of our hominid cousins and ancestors, such as Homo Erectus and Homo Neanderthalis. If you're looking for a really good link between Hominids and apes, you'll want to read about Australopithecus.
I have tome to expect it to be Dogma in scientific circles, absent specific and incontrovertible proof.
The TOE is, currently, the theory that best explains the available evidence. That's about as good as it gets when it comes to science.
he dismissal of those who ascribe to a Biblical worldview by academicians reminds me of the original lecture in the movie ‘Stargate’ in which the character of Daniel Jackson was met with hostility and personal attacks.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Biblical worldview" plenty of scientists, probably the majority, are theists.
However, that people who believe so strongly in evolution without incontrovertible proof in the face of scientific practice and strictness of proof makes the adoration of evolution more religion than science.
Science doesn't deal with "proof." The best that can be said of any theory is that it has not been disproven, as is the case with the TOE.
Thanks for the comment. As someone who studied biological science but loved geology, I still went another direction in my working life. Ordinarily, the people I speak with who are evolutionists are prone to personal attacks, such as the ‘collegiate courses’ implication made to me in an earlier post on this thread. The ‘nose in the air’ person is a type I see frequently in my own life. I turn the other way now, and simply don’t engage, as I am no longer willing to prove my educational background or professional accomplishments to anyone.
By the way, I would not have expected any scientist to be a theist, which tells you something about the people I have met that are in science.