KRose writes:
we should see a fossil record that is littered with mostly "in-between" life forms
What makes you think we don't? Seriously, every single life form (except clones) is an in-between life form, in-between their parents and their children. You do know that fossilization is a rare event and it's even rarer that we would find them. The fact that we have found millions of them is astounding but that's not good enough for you, you want us to have found certain specific fossils showing "in-between forms" whatever you mean by that. And we have but you won't accept that, just as you keep jabbering on that modified corn is still corn because just being different doesn't satisfy you because in your mind they aren't different enough.