So, the sense I get from this discussion is that my options are to 1) accept your position that all animals evolved from some other animal or 2)
No, wait, there is no option two in your world.
My father had a similar view -
Rule 1) I am never wrong
Rule 2) If I am ever wrong see rule 1.
Lousy world to be raised in.
Provide a valid alternative scientific theory.
You certainly can have an "opinion." But some opintions are valid and othrs are not.
If your opinion was 1+1=3 you would be called on to support your position.
Your opinion against TToE is the same. You don't get to just blatently assert things and not be called to support them.
And the larger problem is people are calling on our schools to teach our schoolchildren that God says 1+1=3.
That is why we man the logic ramparts. To keep America from dumb itself down even further.
If we can keep people away from willfil ignorance, so much the better.