Can somebody help me get my feet wet?

It's as accepted as the theory of gravity, or the germ theory of disease. Well, there always is, just as there's always the possibility that the Germ theory of disease is wrong and that diseases are caused another way.What is true is that the theory of evolution is the only origins explanation supported by all the evidence. Isn't that what's important? Why should they? Maybe it's better to ask, why should they get a better chance at "believing" that evolution is false than people get at believing that the theory of gravity or the theory of disease is false?Why should anybody have to get a chance to believe in a theory that is wrong? Anyway they still have a chance. They just have to believe like all creationists have to believe - in the face of a significant weight of evidence that they're wrong. Why don't you ask a scientist instead? Surprising as it may be, an honest biologist is more than willing to explain to you exactly where the least-supported areas of the theory of evolution are, because that's where all the exciting research is happening. (What, you thought scientists sat around and proved stuff we already knew about? The problem you're going to have is that a lot of the Creationist literature for people your age is filled with distortions and outright lies. (Actually, that's true of the stuff for adults, too.) Stick with the scientific literature instead.[This message has been edited by crashfrog, 01-27-2004]

But they're both wrong. It's totally your perogative to seek out Creationist information. I do it too. But that doesn't mean that the information you're going to get isn't wrong. Quite frankly, you look like you're out to find Creationist information for the wrong reason - you think it has merit. I guess I'm just trying to stop you before you make a mistake.For instance there's nothing improbable about evolution giving rise to new species. We observe it all the time. Something that happens all the time can hardly be improbable, right?