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The arguments you have used against evolution are both incorrect and trite:

If we evolved from primates, why are there still primates?

This is a question so trite, and exhibiting such lack of understanding, that even creationist websites often suggest that it not be used. They write:

...the main point against this statement is that many evolutionists believe that a small group of creatures split off from the main group and became reproductively isolated from the main large population, and that most change happened in the small group which can lead to allopatric speciation (a geographically isolated population forming a new species). So there’s nothing in evolutionary theory that requires the main group to become extinct. Source

I still fail to see what evidence you have.

I suggest this is because you have been unwilling to examine that evidence, taking rather the strawman arguments made by most creationists as accurate. Perhaps if you actually examined the real evidence you would have a different understanding of the subject.

And don’t those mutations occur inside that species? At least that’s the gist of what I understood from what I’ve read.

Mutations occur in individuals and, if not too harmful, can spread throughout a population over time. The most favorable mutations will spread the quickest. The most harmful mutations will kill the individuals in which they occur. Through this mechanism, change between two populations can occur if they become reproductively isolated. That is what happened with the forest apes: one branch was forced first to the edges of the forest, then into the adjacent grasslands. Mutations helped them adapt to their new conditions, while there was no selection pressure forcing the apes who remained in the forest to change much. Those in the grasslands had a lot of selective pressure, and changed a lot. That line eventually led to us.

Your theory of evolution is still just a theory, and scientists don’t have any evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.

In science a theory is the highest form of explanation; there is no higher level to attain. Therefore, calling the theory of evolution "just a theory" is meaningless.

A theory is the current best explanation for a set of facts. It must explain all of those facts, and none of those facts can seriously contradict that theory. To become a theory, a hypothesis must have undergone testing and criticism, and have passed those tests. A powerful theory must also successfully make predictions. The theory of evolution has been tested for 150 years, and has survived those tests. It also successfully makes predictions. It, in fact, is a more robust theory in its field than the theory of gravitation is in its field. In other words, we know a great deal more about how evolution occurs than about how gravity occurs.

I hope these answers help you to understand these matters better. You have been fed some very simplistic, and incorrect, information.

First off let me thank you for enlightening me on how stupid I’ve been. “...the main point against this statement is that many evolutionists BELIEVE (your word, not mine)....”. Again, nothing conclusive. Telling me my questions are meaningless and trite doesn’t help your cause either. Sometimes common sense prevails and you fail to convert others to your way of thinking. Again, if you want to believe this THEORY go ahead. The fact that you must denigrate me for believing the way I do reinforces my argument that there’s no valid evidence to substaniate your position. You have faith and so do I, we just happen to have faith in different things. I lack understanding about your point of view and you lack understanding about mine. I have been willing to read things about evolution from a scientific perspective. Are you willing to read the Bible so you can gain some insight into my undertanding? I kind of doubt it. Let’s just agree to disagree.