Quote Originally Posted by zimabog
We do see evolution in other animals.
They are already the kings of the ocean. But they do evolve, but very slowly.

You are kind of correct here, most of the time old species die out because they are not competitive. But old species can still survive and live on. But in what you are talking about... Humans did not evolve from chimps or gorillas, but we do have a common ancestor at one point. They just evolved one direction and we went another. Humans did not branch off of modern primates; but many many years ago our ancestors came from the same branch.

Just getting things cleared up there.
thanks for PM'ing me.

The fossil record does not accurately depict the in between transitions for any species. That is fact. It shows that there have been numerous species of animals that have existed and are no longer around, but it does not accurately show that anything really evolved.

Science takes snapshots and makes a mosaic of time and attempts to make links when there is no evidence of a link. However there is evidence of similarities.

Another problem that hurts the idea of evolution is the origin of life itself. Some believe it was the perfect cocktail and a lightning strike. Some believe it was a comet (but this does not answer the origins of life question). Either way if it were that simple then we would have already conquered death and disproved the existence of souls.

We cannot revive a person who has been dead for a certain amount of time. we cannot take the elements of life and put them in a jar and strike them with lightning and watch bacteria form. There is just no way around it. If life was stated this way then we would have duplicated this a long time ago.

Evolution leads you to believe that life is just an ever molding thing that is working its way into some sort of nirvana state. The problem is that in order make a claim for evolution you have to also make a claim for origins of life.

A person who dies of a heart attack would get a new heart and get shocked and pick right up where they left off. This doesn't happen because there is MUCH more to life than the idea of big bang, a lightning bolt and then natural selection.