It's as rational to believe that the earth is flat and that the sun orbits the earth (as the bible suggests ) as it is to believe that evolution is not an established fact . There is a ton of multidiciplinary scientific evidence in support of evolution and essentially nothing to refute evolution .
There are plenty of links between species and scientists are discovering more of these missing links. A 100,000 year old human fossil is significantly different from one that is 250,000 years old but both are clearly not apes and both show that humans existed far before one would conclude based on the bible.
There are many examples of evolution occuring in our lifetime.Check out talkorigins.com for details on this.
Can any of you creationists tell me when single cells first appeared on earth and when humans first appeared?It's consistent with the principles of evolution that single cells began about a billion years before a complex species such as humans arose.Single cells which arose first have only a tiny fraction of the DNA of complex species.
You say that evolution is refuted by the fact that species can only reproduce with their own kind . There is overwhelming evidence that through mutation , migration and other factors one speies can become two species who can no longer breed with eachother.
A mutation is not simply an error that results in a loss of information . A change in one base pair such as from adenine to cytosine can change a protein in a way that can be "adaptive" and confer a reproductive advantage or disadvantage and the sum of these changes over millions of years results in dramatic changes in species.DNA strands can also increse in length over time producing changes in species.
What is the name of this scientist in Montana with these 2000 year old dinosaur fossils?
It is true that one does'nt need to be an honors graduate of a top of the line university in order to obtain access to scientific research and discussion . You also don't need to be a PhD. I do think that you need to have several undergraduate level classes in many sciences to be able to understand the scientific evidence and draw conclusions.
One does not need to conclude that the bible resulted from a vast conspiracy. People needed to have explanations for phenomena such as earthquakes and eclipses . Many people living in the areas hit by the sunami a few years ago believe that it was an act of God whereas scientists have other explanations .Nothing was written down about Jesus until long after his death so who knows about all of the accounts of the alleged witnesses.