[DungeonMaster]

"Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory. The explanation lies, as I believe, in the extreme imperfection of the geological record." Charles Darwin (1859), The Origin of Species, p. 280. Funny, that's what Darwin said about transitional species. But NONE!

Thanks for the quote which is not exactly the way I remembered hearing what he said. There's my problem, I never read his book. Maybe in the book he said that he expected to find said links now that he had written the theory.

It's not like one 'missing link' is missing - it's ALL of 'em. And yeah, enough time has gone by that we should have found some ...

So they came up with the "unlikely monster" theory which imagines fewer steps but larger steps. Therefore it is really hard to find the steps.

Well it simply had to be something other than creation so any wild theory will be faithfully believed without regard for proof. The believers are not even aware of the lack of proof.

[GOPJ]

Well it simply had to be something other than creation so any wild theory will be faithfully believed without regard for proof. The believers are not even aware of the lack of proof.

LOL - you're right... zero awareness of any lack of proof ... It's why Darwin posited a possible explanation for the lack of proof...Now, all these years later we know the straw Darwin was grasping wasn't even real...