At 01:24 AM 05-02-03, Ken Kogler wrote: >but why is everyone so ready to believe that all life slowly >evolved from a big puddle of goo? That's just as nuts to me... 'Cause there's actually - gasp! - evidence supporting it. A lot of it. Too tired to type, I offer more links: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/ and if that's not enough reading for a few days, I give you: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-speciation.html And bonus: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/jury-rigged.html I'm outta here. Got a trip to pack for. Ciao! M