OUTLINE
 1. Evolution - The MOST Powerful Idea in Science

1.1. Do You Believe that Children Inherit Traits From Their Parents?
1.2. Do You Believe That Genetic Mutations Can Occur?
1.3. Then You Believe in Evolution
2. Darwin's Theory
2.1. It's "Just a Theory"
2.1.1. Two Definitions of "Theory"
3. Evolution of Life Through Geologic Time
3.1. Tree of Life from Fossil Evidence
4. DNA Evidence corroborates Fossil Evidence
4.1. Tree of Life from DNA Evidence
4.2. DNA and "Expert Testimony"
5. The Evidence for the Theory is Irrefutable
5.1. Direct Evidence
5.1.1. Fossil Evidence
5.1.1.1. There are Gaps- The Missing Link
5.1.1.2. Transitional Forms
5.1.1.3. Paleobiology Of Early Hominids
5.1.1.4. Only Humans are Bipedal
5.1.1.4.1. Only Humans are bipedal - Very Important Evidence
5.1.1.5. Ardi - THE MISSING LINK!
5.1.1.6. Lucy - EX-Earliest Evidence of Homo Sapians
5.1.1.7. Research Literature
5.1.1.7.1. Science Magazine's Coverage
5.1.1.7.2. Rigorous Research
5.1.1.7.3. Skeletons In Our Fossil Closet
5.1.1.7.4. More Links to Fossil Evidence Journal Articles
5.1.1.7.5. Horses - Most Complete Fossil Record
5.1.1.8. Age of Fossils *
5.1.1.8.1. Age of the Universe
5.1.1.8.1.1. Astronomy and Cosmology
5.1.1.8.1.1.1. Oldest evidence of age of universe
5.1.1.8.1.1.2. Stephen Hawking - A Short History of Time
5.1.1.8.1.1.3. Cosmological Distancing*
5.1.1.8.1.1.4. Radiation from outer space*
5.1.1.8.1.1.5. Rebutting Creationist Claims
5.1.1.8.2. Age of the Earth
5.1.1.8.2.1. Absolute proof of minimum age of earth*
5.1.1.8.2.2. Meteorite confirmation *
5.1.1.8.2.2.1. Measuring the age of meteorites
5.1.1.8.2.2.2. The history of meteorite age determinations
5.1.1.8.2.3. Geologic Column
5.1.1.8.2.4. Geologic Timeline
5.1.1.8.2.5. Coral
5.1.1.8.2.6. Evidenciary Articles
5.1.1.8.3. Radiometric Dating*
5.1.1.8.3.1. Methods of Radiometric Dating*
5.1.1.8.3.1.1. A Sample Page From Radiometric Dating Methods *
5.1.1.8.3.1.2. Tutorial on Radiometric Dating
5.1.1.8.3.1.3. How Half-Lives Are Determined*
5.1.1.8.3.1.4. Isochron Dating
5.1.1.8.3.1.5. Consistency of Radiometric Dating
5.1.1.8.3.1.6. Radiometric Dating from Christian Perspective
5.1.1.8.4. Non-Radiometric Dating Techniques
5.1.1.8.4.1. Carbon 14*
5.1.1.8.4.2. Tree Ring Dating
5.1.1.8.4.2.1. Creationsts Acknowledge Validity of Tree Ring Dating
5.1.1.8.4.3. Ice Cores
5.1.1.8.4.4. Varves
5.1.2. Genetic Evidence
5.1.2.1. How DNA Works
5.1.2.1.1. Phylogenetic trees
5.1.2.1.2. Molecular Clocks
5.1.2.2. Fruit Fly -> Nobel Prize in Genetics*
5.1.2.2.1. More about Fruit Flies
5.1.2.3. JUNK DNA -STRONGEST EVIDENCE!
5.1.2.3.1. Junk DNA in humans, rats, mice
5.1.2.4. 850 Evolutionary Biology Articles
5.1.2.5. Earliest Multicelluer Life - the Sponge
5.1.3. Proof of Recent Evolution
5.1.3.1. Stickelback Fish
5.1.3.2. Evolution in the Congo
5.1.3.3. Eve is Not From Adams Rib - Proof
5.1.3.4. Mongoose immune to King Cobra Snake Venom
5.1.4. Microevolution
5.1.5. Macroevolution
5.1.5.1. Evidences for Macroevolution
5.1.5.2. 21 Proofs Of Macroevolution*
5.1.5.3. New Species Forming As We Speak
5.1.6. Sex
5.1.6.1. Sexual Selection
5.1.6.2. Love
5.1.7. Species Evolved via Modern Breeding
5.1.8. Our Closest Ancestor
5.2. Circumstancial Evidence
5.2.1. Evolution of Race
5.2.2. Molecular Biology
5.2.3. Embryological Evidence
5.2.4. Botanical Evidence
5.2.5. Anatomical Evidence
5.2.6. National Geographic's "Genetics" Project
5.2.7. Vestigial Evidence
5.2.8. Evolution of Language
5.2.9. Scientific Professional Organizations Certain Darwin Got It Right
5.2.10. Evolution reproduced in the lab or documented in nature:
5.2.11. Evidence from proteins
5.2.12. Biogeography
5.2.13. Homology
5.2.14. Bacteriology
5.2.15. Ed Yamauchi Believes Darwin Is Right
5.3. What It Would Take to Disprove Evolution
5.4. Not Convinced? Then Disprove Fundamentals
5.4.1. Anatomy
5.4.2. Embryology
5.4.3. Astronomy
5.4.4. Biology
5.4.5. Botany
5.4.6. Chemistry
5.4.7. Cosmology
5.4.8. Geology
5.4.9. Palentology
5.4.10. Physics
5.5. Summary
5.6. How DID Life Begin then?
6. Christian Leaders Speak for Evolution
6.1. Clergy Letter Project 12,000+ Ministers
6.2. Statement of Pope Paul
6.3. United Presbyterian Church in the USA (1982)
6.4. Presbyterian Church
6.5. Methodist Church
6.6. Archbishop of Canterbury backs evolution
6.7. Episcopal Church
6.8. Episcopal Church Leader
6.9. Jewish Rabbis
6.10. Leader of Human Genome Project is Evangelical Christian
6.11. Millions of believers in God accept evolutioin
7. Morality too ... evolved
8. How Life Began - not part of Darwin's Theory
9. Why Do People Not Believe that Evolution Happened?
9.1. Common Misconceptions and Rebuttal
9.1.1. "It's Just a Theory"
9.1.1.1. "Its a theory in trouble"
9.1.1.1.1. Famous scientists reject evolution- NOT
9.1.1.1.2. Many current scientists don't believe in evolution
9.1.2. "Evolution is only a theory; it hasn't been proved."
9.1.3. There are no transitional fossils."
9.1.4. Evolution has never been observed
9.1.5. Evolution cannot be "proved"
9.1.6. Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics
9.1.7. Evolution Theory has never been tested
9.1.8. We just can't have come from monkeys
9.1.9. All this couldn't have happened by chance
9.1.10. Evolution is Atheistic
9.1.11. It is good against evil
9.1.12. Fueled social ills like racism and abortion
9.1.13. It is the source of evil
9.1.14. Personal Incredulity
9.1.15. Gonorrhea
9.1.16. Evolution Proceeds by Random Chance
9.1.17. Other Sources
9.2. Scientists Perpetuate Their Sinecures
9.3. Specious Arguments Against Evolution
9.3.1. Source of specious arguments
9.3.1.1. Creationists
9.3.1.1.1. Index to creationist claims
9.3.1.1.2. Creation Museum
9.3.1.1.3. Rebuttal
9.3.1.2. Intelligent Design
9.3.1.2.1. ID Proponents
9.3.1.2.1.1. Michael Behe
9.3.1.2.2. Rebuttal
9.3.1.2.3. Let's Teach The Controversy
9.3.1.2.4. "Teach The Controversy"
9.3.2. Nature of specious arguments
9.3.2.1. "Scientific" Arguments
9.3.2.1.1. Radiometric Dating Gives Erroneous Results
9.3.2.1.2. "fossils deposited by Noah's flood"
9.3.2.1.2.1. Black Sea deluge mistaken for Noah's Flood
9.3.2.1.3. Violates Second Law of Thermodynamics
9.3.2.1.4. Some Things Are Irreducibly Complex
9.3.2.1.4.1. The Human Eye
9.3.2.1.4.2. Blood Clotting
9.3.2.1.5. "We Can't Get Published
9.3.2.1.6. Odds Too Great to be Chance
9.3.2.2. Religious Arguments
9.3.2.2.1. Violates Adam and Eve
9.3.2.3. Arguments of Last Resort
9.3.2.3.1. God Gave The Appearance Of Age
9.3.2.3.1.1. The Problem with Starlight
9.3.2.3.1.2. Execllent Summary
9.3.2.3.1.3. Oxygen
9.3.2.3.1.4. Problem with SuperNova 1987A
9.3.2.3.1.5. probably not useful, keep for now.
9.3.2.3.1.6. Short Time For MAJOR Accomplishments
9.3.2.3.1.7. Philosophical Meanderings
9.3.2.3.2. A "day" is really an epoch
9.3.2.3.3. Speed of Light changed
9.3.2.3.3.1. Speed of Light is Constant
9.3.2.3.3.2. TCS Musings
9.3.2.3.4. Earth's Magnetic Field is Losing Strength
9.3.2.3.5. Apes/Humans have different number of cromosones
9.3.2.3.6. Flood Created The Himalayan Mtns
9.3.2.3.6.1. The Truth About "The Flood"
9.3.2.3.7. Half lives of nuclear isotopes is not constant.
9.3.3. Answers to Creationists
10. My Motivation For This Discourse
10.1. What Got Me Interested In This
10.1.1. People I Care About
10.1.1.1. Not trying to change your perception of God
10.1.1.1.1. Can You Believe In Genesis Today?
10.1.2. Concern About Science Education
10.1.2.1. Louisiana attempted to get "creation science" taught in science classes
10.1.2.1.1. Initial Rant That Started It All
10.1.2.2. Dover, Pa tried to get "Intelligent Design" into schools
10.1.2.3. Other states, boards are still trying
10.1.2.4. "Academic Freedom"
10.1.3. Concern About My Grandchildrens' Concept of Science
10.1.4. Need to Organize My Thoughts
10.1.5. Concern About the Status of Evolution Theory
11. Interesting but not crucial to the discussion
11.1. Darwin's Early Musings
11.2. National Geographic's article about evolution
12. Resources
13. leftover junk from above page