Okay, let me just say a few things here:
First, let us
please make sure we prevent this from turning into a flame war. Â This is a topic likely to get people riled up (usually when people bring up Pastafarianism, it has been my experience that they're already somewhat upset, or at least severely irritated), and so I'd like to remind us to remain civil and understanding of people's POV's that do not coincide with our own.
That said, I would like to state that I disagree with Macroevolution on a
Scientific basis. Â I don't feel that the theory holds up well under scrutiny, and I've studied it extensively. Â While I do believe that the Scriptures imply that God made man in a different fashion, I do not believe that the Bible absolutely eliminates the possibility of it. Â However, I do not feel that Macroevolution is a sound theory.
[It may also be noted that no one here is disagreeing with Microevolution (a.k.a. genetic variation). Â It's Macroevolution we disagree with. Â Microevolution is observed every day in one sense, and is a normal part of life]
Entropy, you will find that every single one of your arguments is addressed at
www.trueorigins.org (the best resource I have found to date on the subject), on
scientific grounds (no appeals to the Bible. Â Just cold, hard, science. Â In some cases, the authors even go out of their way to exclusively use works published by well-known evolutionists at accredited universities to make their cases).
I will not simply go pasting what is there here to address your arguments because:
a) you bring up several different issues which would each need to be addressed.
b) I would simply be pasting much of what is there rather than adding "new" information, and you would simply be pasting what you have read here, or would be regurgitating what you've been taught and have kept in memory.
c) the discussion would get extremely technical and convoluted, and, judging from arguments elsewhere, would really not get anyone anywhere.
Just know that you'll find all of your issues addressed at that site. Â And if you feel that any issue isn't addressed, I will be glad to look and see if I can find an answer. Â If not, we can always email Timothy Wallace - he's always ready to answer questions (though it sometimes takes him weeks to respond; I can only imagine how much email he gets), and if there's a big hole that's unaddressed at TrueOrigins, he may just write an article about it.