[Superman]

I'm not surprized that ape DNA is largely similar to ours. I think they compared human DNA to the DNA for a dandelion once, and found them more than 99% similar.

Correct. There is little "proof" or hard evidence of God's manipulation of physical things. If there were, then the choice we are offered would not be the same. Wouldn't be much of a choice. Or maybe there is plenty of evidence, but that we're so used to seeing it that we miss it. At any rate, some folks are just "I'm not going to believe it unless I hold it in my hand" people. In my humble view, and even outside the arena of religion, I'd assert those folks miss lots of stuff. Truly the old addage "Seeing is believing" is also true in reverse. Some things have to be believed to be seen.

True, we don't have all the answers yet. That's my point. Until that post, it looked to me like you thought you had those answers. I'd also agree there is some interesting evidence regarding natural selection and the development of specific improvements in species. BTW, last I heard, there has never been an instance of one species actually becoming another species. Except in the minds of evolutionist, that is.

Again I say that the folks who proudly conclude that anyone with a brain should accept the conclusion that we evolved from an ape-like creature, are not in unanimous agreement with scientists. Scientists continue to attend church, many accept what they read in their bibles and most of them are still scratching their heads on this fossil record thing and wondering what happened. The ones I have talked to basically say that evolution is an interesting theory and may be true, but that there are some problems with that construct. There are certain questions raised by that conclusion which are not resolved. Like the speed thing. Creature seem to adjust a little over a HUGELY long period of time, but in order for evolution to be true, that process had to see BREATHTAKING ACCELERATION in the last several tens of thousands of years. Right about the time the bible asserts there was divine intervention. That raises questions unless you're not a rational, objective thinker. Remember, scholars believe the bible does not start out "in the beginning the earth was void and formless" In reality, they now think that phrase ("Tobu Wahobu") means "In the beginning, the Earth was, having been beautiful in the beginning, ugly, and was therefore replaced so it could be beautiful again."