"Science has nothing to do with belief. Everything to do with evidence. No point boring the forum yet again with what is and what isn't evidence. You don't listen anyway. And a small list of things you don't understand (I do seem to have mentioned this before but you seem determined to continue to enjoy life in the remedial class): abiogenesis; phyla; "set by its genetic make up" [sic]; "information""

You do realise, of course, Steve, that pete is merely parroting stuff that he reads on the websites of US "fundamentalist whack jobs", don't you? He doesn't actually understand any of it.

I've realised that the other thing that he parrots is the creationist's "show us the evidence" line/tactic. In 'The Greatest Show on Earth" Richard Dawkins relates the story of his encounter with a creationist woman on a TV chat show. She demands that he "show her the evidence" for something or other. Dawkins gives her chapter and verse, itemising the relevant fossils and where she can view them. She then abruptly changes the subject. A bit later she demands that he "show her the evidence" for something else - and when he does she changes the subject again - and so on. These grossly dishonest and ignorant people would be laughable - if they weren't so dangerous!