Of course evolution is real. But it's rather sad over half the United States still think it's a load of crap LOL.

Also Creationism and Evolution aren't mutually exclusive. We know evolution has taken place, there is NO QUESTION at all, you cannot turn a blind eye to the amount of evidence. BUT how life truly began is still a mystery, how that first little bacteria formed. There are theories of course, but nothing confirmed.

Evolution is confirmed, origin / Genesis is not. though there are several theories.

I am very impressed with SOME of the posts here. I spent many a day in the Physics department and it was SHOCKING how such intelligent people would accept something so blindly.

-Darwinian Evolution is comprised of 3stages
1) Life developing from matter
2) Changes within a species (bigger, darker, harier)
3) Change from one species to another through the appearance of new features like a new organ or limb.

Everyone accepts 2, but there's not much proof at all for 1 and 3. Speak with an evolutionist and he'll keep bringing up evidence for nr 2.

Never accept anything blindly, even if 'intelligent' people say it's a fact.

The origin of life is a separate matter from the evolution of life once it had originated.  Calling it "Darwinian" just emphasizes your wrongness on this point.  

As for (3), you don't need to grow another arm to be a new species ... and wouldn't being hairier be a new feature?   

Actually you're quite wrong. Your step one is entirely different from evolution, it is something called abiogenesis. Your steps 2 and 3 are actually the same thing, there is no clear definition between species. Species do evolve new traits (which we have seen in action).

You're right that you should never accept something blindly, you should always look at the evidence and the studies and understand them as best you can. There is an incredible amount of evidence for evolution being the cause of the diversity of life on earth, which is why I (and most others) believe that it is the case.

Not only do we have the historical evidence of it happening, we also know the mechanics of how it happened.

We don't have enuff evidence yet.

The Dawn of Man is still a mistery.

^^ You're both wrong.

When you speak about evolution and the origin of life then there's basically one model that's propounded. You need those three steps for the model to work. I'm not talking about the WORD evolution, I'm talking about what it means.

"There is an incredible amount of evidence for evolution being the cause of the diversity of life on earth, which is why I (and most others) believe that it is the case"

WELL LET'S HEAR IT THEN cause I disagree.

^ WRONG

Why does evolution require any particular means of creation of the original life? Aliens could have done it, or a god, or whatever. No?

Urgh, you just have no understanding of evolution then. Evolution is a scientific theory that deals with changes from one form of life to another, it doesn't even relate to abiogenesis. It is quite possible to believe in evolution and to not believe in abiogenesis (in fact I know many who do believe this) a common form of old earth creationism is that God created the first lifeform and then basically let it run its way up to humanity.

Also you fully have the right to disagree, several small but key pieces of evidence have already been posted in this topic (notably the evolution of the horse and the near complete set of skulls leading up from an ape ancestor to modern humans).

Have any of you visited this site?

www.answersingenesis.org

It is a Christian site that defends Creationism and has a lot of resources and material, whether to criticize it or to agree with, depending on your side.

Well, we have a stubed bone at the top of our bums, (you can feel it) which is in the exact same position as the monkeys tale.

Also our appendix has no function, in the monkey is is used to help them break down things such as leaves.

Thats enough evidence for me, think what you will.