I Accept the Theory of Evolution
1) Morphological Evidence: all tetrapods--that is, amphibians, reptiles, therapsids, and mammals--have the same forelimb structure: one large bone close to the body (femur/humerus in humans), two smaller limb-bones attached to this (ulna/tibia and radius/fibula), and many tiny bones attached to these. Whether the animal lives in the sea, on land, in trees, or underground, whether it is huge, medium-sized, or tiny, this homology between tetrapods still holds. Further, three of the skull and jaw bones of reptiles can be traced throughout prehistory to the three ear-bones of contemporary mammals. And so on.
2) Embryological Evidence: all vertebrate embryos have a muscular tail and pharyngeal gill pouches--even the ones which will never live in the water at all. But maybe those gill pouches just look like gills, and happen to be in about the same place. Well
3) Genetic Evidence: in fish, gills have a number of functions, including the maintenance of salt-balance. In human beings, the parathyroid gland maintains salt-balance. And guess what? Tissue from our embryonic gill-pouches largely gets made into our parathyroid glands--and the same genes that make this happen in our embryonic development also make embryonic gill-pouches become real gills in the fish's embryonic development.
4) Paleontological Evidence: we find transitional fossils of fish able to walk on land, reptiles with non-sprawling gaits, and the like. Jaw-bones migrating to the middle ear, mentioned above.
Honestly, it's not like I consider myself Atheist in the slightest, I'm actually Jewish, but I accept evolution for what it is. I suppose I do believe there's something "more" though *shrugs* who knows... I just accept the theory of evolution as well, no one ever said you couldn't have the best of both worlds.
2) Embryological Evidence: all vertebrate embryos have a muscular tail and pharyngeal gill pouches--even the ones which will never live in the water at all. But maybe those gill pouches just look like gills, and happen to be in about the same place. Well
3) Genetic Evidence: in fish, gills have a number of functions, including the maintenance of salt-balance. In human beings, the parathyroid gland maintains salt-balance. And guess what? Tissue from our embryonic gill-pouches largely gets made into our parathyroid glands--and the same genes that make this happen in our embryonic development also make embryonic gill-pouches become real gills in the fish's embryonic development.
4) Paleontological Evidence: we find transitional fossils of fish able to walk on land, reptiles with non-sprawling gaits, and the like. Jaw-bones migrating to the middle ear, mentioned above.
Honestly, it's not like I consider myself Atheist in the slightest, I'm actually Jewish, but I accept evolution for what it is. I suppose I do believe there's something "more" though *shrugs* who knows... I just accept the theory of evolution as well, no one ever said you couldn't have the best of both worlds.