Hi group, Just want to pull a few lines from some of the posts today and comment; 1) "Understanding evolution is vital to understanding biology" This statement is propagated in various forms and lacks merit of any kind. Genetics is vital, and a proven science. Evolutionists assume because there are similarities in genetic make-up between different species,one morphed from another. I have made it a habit over the years to look in the index of high school biology books under the topic of evolution and I have found very little. Often not even a chapter. I understand that it is one of the least covered sciences on the university level. Often not even required for related fields. So maybe an example of how its understanding is so critical is in order. 2) "Number of evidences that the Universe is older than it is" I might add there are evidences that it is younger than supposed also. Einstein said all the clocks in the Universe run at different speeds (rough translation). One thing the science of Cosmology has revealed over the years is how complex and mysterious the Universe is. 3)"Information Theory the death knell for Neo-Darwinism" What goes on in a single cell is mind boggling. is like a little city with a host of creative activities taking place. The information rich DNA in that cell is the key to all life. The authors of The Mysteries of Life's Origins said that the information in the DNA is mathematically identical to the information in a written language or computer code and indicates an intelligent cause. And these are just regular scientists. Francis Crick, Sir Fred Hoyle, and even Richard Dawkins give credence to this notion. In the documentary "Expelled" in the interview with Dawkins, he admitted that life's origins are so unexplainable that possibly beings from another world planted life here. He also acknowledged a 50% chance that God exists. I saw and heard those statements. I choked on my popcorn. 4) Palmaris longus muscle and tendon group is missing in 14% of the population and is attributed to muscle variation mostly along ethnic lines, which is quite common. The assertion that it is evolving away, that wisdom teeth are leftovers from our cud chewing ancestors, the appendix was a second stomach are nothing more than fanciful asumptions. Ron