well, goodness!... My notes about what is KNOWN about evolution didn't seem to make much impression...or entirely the wrong impression

Please correct me if the scholarly situation has advanced considerably in the last few years or so (since I studied biology etc) -- but since when has Evolution been promoted from the lowly rank of scientific "theory" to a "fact"? From the shakey realm of "hypothesis" to that of true "knowledge" - which can be gleaned only through direct first-hand experience? (At least, that's how I differentiate between "knowledge" and either scientific "hypothesis" or religious "faith").

Your notes re the specifics of current evolutionary hypothesis and theory are interesting, but they are neither statements of "fact" or "truth", Bill. Nor are they compelling evidence for the "random mutation" theory about the origins of the universe/source of life.

Hmmm, maybe a better name for that idea would be the "Randomly Mutated Theory of Universally Chaotic Atomic Ordering and Sporadic Episodes of Life-Engenderment", or something of that Nature?

;)   daylia