DARWIN'S MACROEVOLUTION: Why Unscientific?

[Mister Agenda]

That's the loophole some try to use, now that they realize they cannot explain how life started from non-life. So tell me, where did this "common ancestor" come from? Who gave it life, in order for all other living things in existence to have then evolved from it? Let me know.

We have a variety of possible explanations for how life came from non-life. The only problem we're having is pinning down exactly which one (or which group) was actually the case. Abiogenesis is a hypothesis, it doesn't rise to the level of a theory yet, and it simply is not part of the theory of evolution but a separate field. If there is a God, it could have 'poofed' the first microbe into existence, and evolution would have applied thereafter. If you prefer to believe that, at least it requires a lesser level of science denial than defending creationism in the sense of all taxonomic families currently in existence being specially created.

But that's just it. I have educated myself, and all I keep finding are admissions from paleontologists that the fossils record is full of nothing but gaps. The existence of gaps is another way of saying: "There are no bones linking one type of animal/species/family to an entirely different type."

Getting all your information about evolution from creationist sites is not educating yourself, it's mis-educating yourself. And it shows in your lack of comprehension of basic evolutionary concepts.

Below are a couple examples of what the paleontologists have been saying for the past 30 years.

Quote-mining is a form of lying. Your creationist sites have deliberately (you didn't know any better...but they did) lied to you, you being their target audience. They deliberately took a portion of what these people said out of context to make it seem they meant something very different from their actual positions. It's a morally bankrupt tactic of dishonest propaganda. I would hope you will have a problem with that now that you're aware of it.

I will respond to the remainder of your rebuttal in another post.

Looking forward to it.