The Power of the New Intelligent Design...

In common parlance, prove means proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and that definitely applies to common ancestry.

What in the world is a "normal cell"??? Do your stomach cells produce egg and sperm? Do your skin cells produce egg and sperm? Do your muscle cells produce egg and sperm?When somatic cells, the cells that make up your body, divide they produce new cells with full diploid genomes. Given the distribution and uniqueness of meiosis in eukaryotes it tends to point to common ancestry. We can find meiosis and sexual reproduction even in single celled organisms.

Then show me all of the species that lived in the pre-Cambrian and show us how they can not be ancestors of what is in the Cambrian. You don't need transitional fossils in order to produce a nested hierarchy. Perhaps you should learn what a nested hierarchy is.

All living species fit into a nested hierarchy. That is without looking at a single fossil, transitional or otherwise. We don't need a single fossil in order to evidence a nested hierarchy. The fact that you don't understand these basic facts says a lot.

Prove to us that they are non-existent. Show us every single fossil that is in the Earth right now.

I know that the evidence is consistent with humans and bacteria sharing a common ancestor.

It always fascinates me when theists try to project their own beliefs onto atheists in order to discredit atheists.

Sure. Here you go:By comparing the genomes of chimps and humans we can find the differences between the genomes. As I have demonstrated in this thread, the differences are due to mutations and the commonalities are due to common descent. We can also measure sequence conservation throughout each genome which evidences natural selection.So the physical differences between humans and chimps is due to evolutionary mechanisms, and we can even see the transitional steps in the fossil record.

You haven't demonstrated that this gap is real. Please show us all of the species that lived during that time. You claim they don't exist, so prove it. And that's what living species have, similarities. You are forgetting about the similarities.

Troll gonna troll.In common parlance, prove means proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Live with it.

I know that the evidence is consistent with humans and bacteria sharing a common ancestor.

Troll gonna troll.

So you accept common ancestry of phyla? Apparently you are unaware of the genetic evidence which forms a nested hierarchy between the phyla.

Apparently you don't understand the difference between common usage and technical accuracy. All of the time we hear that someone is proven guilty in a court of law, and yet court decisions are as tentative as scientific conclusions.When someone says that a theory has been proven true it is in the same sense that someone is proven guilty in a court of law.

The only reason why there would be gaps in an incomplete fossil record is if common ancestry is true. If species groups were separately created then there wouldn't be gaps because there would be no reason to expect something transitional between any two groups. Because life has evolved from a common ancestor we do have a nested hierarchy, and that nested hierarchy tells us where the gaps are.