Part 3, .....and the fossil record....billions of years...   Neither do we deny the fossil record. The fact is, evolutionism assumes deep time and interprets the data accordingly and assumes the sequence relates to very slow and gradual,(with some catastrophism in the mix , cos they can't deny it any more) , whereas creationism interprets the data as an order of burial. This accords well with the evidence , such as trees through more than one layer......but perhaps that's when you will accept some kind of rapid burial!?       Steve sez, science is predicated on evidence and reason alone...well that might be true in the abstract , but it is fallible humans that practise it. People who are chasing grants, or locked into a mindset like Steve is, or afraid to buck the trend, or face ridicule, and these factors might not be exhaustive either.       I did read far enough into origins to read that Darwin himself conceded that what he had presented was open to other interpretation. Whether that was humility or diplomacy I know not , but he said it.