hi #, no idea who you are but best to you too. thankyou for a constructive post, though it seems I will have to wait for part 2 to get at what you are saying.
it has been a long standing disagreement between me and evolutionists, that I draw a distinction between operational science, and origins science which is not observable in the here and now.
you can of course examine data relating to the past , but the worldview of the scientist will colour his interpretation....as gfs says "ideologically driven".
sciencegeek,...whether you can trace your forbears back a thousand generations [how long ago would that be?] says nothing about validating your bacteria to biologist belief. still less about the very beginnings of the evolutionary story. imo it is a faith position. or as you say "fantasy and speculation"
I don't need to be a scientist to know that you are a long way short of evidence.
not everyone, and not just the lesser educated believes Darwinism...neo or not. .... maybe you need to get over it yourself.