3 basic reasons for why I don't accept evolution.

By the way, this is an opening statement, and not meant to rebut anything yet. Evolution is one of the most elaborate and complex scientific theories out there, and yet it is relatively easy to understand. At the core of evolution is something called "Natural Selection", that is, a system where only the fittest survive long enough to breed and spread their own DNA. Let us first look at a hypothetical to help us understand this concept. Say for example, there is a large colony of bugs living in a controlled bio dome. Suddenly, one day, the temperature of the bio dome drops significantly. A large number of bugs will die, but some will survive due to advantageous genes of different kinds, all of which help the bug survive in this new environment. Now these survivors will breed and pass down whatever genes that allowed them to survive to their offspring, and over time, the entire colony will be cold resistant. The idea of this is small changes, such as cold resistance, every now and then, and over time, these small changes add up, and over millions upon millions of years these small changes can become big. Small changes adding up to big changes. Not a new concept, for it is seen everywhere, from sand dunes to erosion to hard work. Now let us look at some real life examples. Every year, a new flu vaccine is administered, while new chicken pox and small pox vaccines are administered much less regularly. Why is this? This is because the flu virus mutates so rapidly that your immune system no longer recognizes the virus and must be reintroduced to it through a new vaccine. Now how does this virus know to mutate specifically so that the immune system doesn't recognize it? Well, it doesn't, but the virus continues to mutate until it evolves a surface cell protein that can evade the immune system, and because it doesn't get eaten by white blood cells like the rest of its brethren, it reproduces, and eventually becomes dominant. This is the same with plants, insects, animals, cancer cells, micro organisms, even humans. Humans evolve slower than say, a mosquito, because humans don't breed as often as mosquitoes. However, evidence for evolution in humans is very much observable. Sickle cell anemia is a birth defect that is relatively common in Africa. It makes the red blood cells crescent shaped, which means it cannot hold as much hemoglobin (carries oxygen), which causes various cases of oxygen deficiency in the victims. Malaria is also common in Africa, and perhaps not coincidentally, sickle cell anemia renders its victim immune to malaria. Now we can look at macro-evolution, the part people have a difficult time comprehending because they can't imagine a fish turning into a land animal. My first response to that would be just because you can't comprehend something doesn't mean it isn't true. There is a huge amount of evidence supporting macro evolution, ranging from the fossil record to vestigial organs, from genetic similarities to physical structure. If we look at a human's anatomy, we see an immense amount of vestigial organs, namely, the appendix, the tonsils, the tailbone, wisdom teeth, goose bumps, and bodily hair. This is not to say that these organs are entirely useless; there are some health benefits to keeping your appendix and your tailbone, but the these organs are so far removed from their functions that their removal would be inconsequential to overall bodily functions and routine. If we were to look at the fossil record, we can clearly see the gradual change of a species, at least through bone structure. Let us look at the horse, for example. The horse started out as a very dog-like creature, that is, short stature and toed feet (with claws of course). Over time, this creature grew bigger and bigger and it's toes became less and less prominent until it became what we know today as the horse. Diagram:http://www.doctortee.com... There is much more to evolution than this, but for now, I will try to keep it as simple as possible. http://en.wikipedia.org...