(June 10, 2015 at 10:15 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Again, science doesn't deal in "facts". If you're trying to ask what is the current consensus that is supported by mountains of evidence, then yes, #2 and #3 are the best model we have. "The whole history" is a goddamn gotcha bullshit trap, as you'll point to any single gap or hole and suggest that has implications on the entire theory of evolution. But I'll bite. Yes, the theory of evolution is one of the most substantiated scientific models we have in any regards to any field on any topic.
Okay. I am not as sure as you about #2 and #3. Only time and further study will (may) tell. Many Christians will continue to beat on those two points but no one is going to yield because no one has to at this point. I don't find it productive.