[Terriergal]

Are you suggesting we can't know anything unless we know its entire history?

no, you are.

[ALS]

One day they're all gonna be traipsing off to the computer to partake of their Daily Dissing of the Diety and suddenly THIS happens.

IMHO

[Right Wing Professor]

Are you suggesting we can't know anything unless we know its entire history?

no, you are.

Then I shall have to ask you to clarify your previous statement "All these 'missing link' discussions are moot if you cannot explain where the stuff came from by natural means.". I maintain the evolution of life as we know it from a few single celled organisms, for which we have abundant evidence, is a separate issue from the issue of where those single-celled organisms came from. I certainly think we should look for a natrualistic explanation for their origin, too, but I don't see why the issue of their origin impacts their later evolution.