I just wanted to know what you guys think the biggest support for evolution is. For something that has never been 100% observed, I find it strange that people accept it as fact. I think you're going to need a tremendous amount of evidence to believe that we came from an amoeba that came from a rock billions of years ago. So what am I missing? Convince me that evolution is a fact.

@angrypoolman

There is a reason why it is called "The Theory of Evolution"

Evolution is indeed fact... but in the sense that over time something changes in order to adapt to something new. The theory of evolution you are refering to is the biggest crap theory of the worlds creation there is.

A lot of things in biology are based off of this theory. And you're kidding yourself if you think most people don't believe in it.

Well the term evolution is a confusing one, as it has many different meanings. Evolution really is a fact, but extrapolating data and assuming that one kind of animal can change into another is something that I am not ready to accept.

Same with me. If we came from gorillas how come only some of us evolved.

There are two different kinds of evolution. Macro evolution and Micro evolution.

Macro evolution is the belief that beings will evolve in major ways over millions of years.

Micro evolution is the belief that you evolve in small ways to help with your enviroment

Edit: I believe that Micro evolution is probably true. Though I highly doubt that Macro is

There is actually six different kinds of evolution. You will hear people refer to evolution when they talk about the origin of the universe (cosmic evolution i.e. the big bang). There is also chemical evolution (every element evolving from hydrogen. all i have to say about this one is WTF). Stellar evolution. A lot of scientists think they know how stars have formed. This is questionable as it has never been observed. And then there is biological evolution (abiogenesis). All of these along with macro evolution have never been observed, whereas micro evolution has.

To me, evolution is a better explanation than "intelligent design".

Oh man, I have had to face palm so badly in this topic already. Alright I'm not going to argue the evidence for evolution (because I know you all have probably already seen it and ignored it) but I'll correct a few falsehoods that have been posted.

1) Micro/Macro evolution are different.

They are the same thing, just viewed at different timescales. The theory of evolution provides the mechanics for small changes but over a long time these add up to big changes. Even in a short time evolution that is far more than cosmetic can occur.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417112433.htm

2) Evolution has never been observed.

Fossil record is a perfectly good observation. Take the horse for example.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/horses/horse_evol.html

You are I believe taking a distorted view of 'observed'. Observed does not require that we observe something as it happens, it only requires that evidence of what happened has been collected. Whether it occurs at the time of the event or 13 billion years later is not important.

3) Evolution deals with the origin of life/the univserse/stars/molecules.

No it doesn't, while evolution may be used in the terms for those theories it is not the 'theory of evolution' we are talking about.

4) Evolution is only a theory.

Actually according to the scientific view evolution is a fact, the theory of evolution is the explanation of this fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_theory_and_fact

Edit: Oh and answer the question in the title, it's the fossil record.