I feel like I should revive my old thread, "God's Dicey Cup". There's some good discussion in it about Cosmology vs Creation and Evolution vs Adaptation. The straight Darwinian theory is pretty much on life support. The old theory of catastrophism would go much farther to explain the gaps or "missing links" that exist between species than a gradual change due to survival of the fittest. But again, that ranges far from the topic of THIS thread. My Mudcat New Year's Resolution (see) was to try to stay on topic and prevent thread drift.