"Now, the fact that you find your own faith more compelling than many direct observations by highly qualified eyewitnesses is interesting...and it's typical of most human beings."

This constant belittlement of anyone whose view challenges yours demonstrates your arguments are based on speculation, supposition, fallacy and hearsay. You seem to have brushed away my opinion, which is based on the current evidence science presents to us. I will change my opinion if empirical evidence is brought to light that would enable me to alter my opinion according to the facts. The facts presented in my post were made by highly qualified palaeontologists and (according to current understanding) give us insight into the way natural selection works and the role chance plays in the development of life.

With one breath everyone's saying there can't be any such thing as life we can't recognise and in the next post they're discussing why Greys have no bollocks, and then I'm getting lectured for trying to engage in a bit of meaningful discussion about the possibilities for extraterrestrial life but no-ones interested.