In fact, I believe that evolution is not necessarily a false concept. One of the things that jumps out at me is that most writings I've viewed utilize "might", "possibly", "could" etc. a great deal. So while those, like yourself, who are totally sold out on the evolutionary mindset, feel that it does not require faith, I perceive that it does. There are points in the hypothesis that simply don't connect, and the "mays" and "mights" have to be included. It is irrefutable proof only to those who already accept it without question.
Again, this is simply not true. There are plenty of very well educated, very intelligent scientists who ascribe to ID. Many feel that there is validity in some respects of evolution. You are the one with your head in the sand to deny any validity to their views.
As a Christian, how and what mechanisms God did or did not use is irrelevant. And certainly no comfort. That is not where any comfort I need stems from.
Most of the arguments against ID and for evolution remind me of the old saying, 'thou dost protest too much'. For many, the tactic is to denigrate those of opposing view. It smacks of having to beat up on the other guy to make yourself feel good.
Thanks for the welcome Truth....
Let clear up a few things that you seem to have problems with. First, evolution is an explanation of how species developed into what we see today - it is NOT an explanation of how life was created in the first place. A lot of scientists has some quasi-plausible explanations how life started from nothing, but the proof of this is far less extensive than the scientific explanation of how life changed and evolved once it was formed.
I believe your argument that the theory of evolution is filled with "could have, should have, would haves" simply is no longer true. Evolution is a rapidly evolving field and you really must make a point of reading the recent scientific literature to understand how far the theory had evolved into indisputable fact. The focus right now is on what path evolution took to produce a certain species - not on whether evolution is true or not.
As far as scientists believing in ID (intelligent design) - that is one possible explanation of why evolution moved in the way it did. You can say that it was God's hand that guided the path of evolution. No one can prove that change happened simply by chance, by ID, or with God's help. It is absolutely clear, however, that all animals have changed in response changing circumstances. It is also clear that genes do mutate on a regular basis, and the species with the best combination of genes will survive. It is up to you whether you want to believe this happened by chance, by ID, or God. The mechanism is clear... only the philosophical question of "why does anything happen" remains unanswered.
As far as my tone of certainty in my argument, perhaps it is because so much hard evidence has been developed fairly recently that place evolution into the category of known scientific fact. I spend most of my time in Indonesia and I can see the physical differences among human species. For example, genetic scientists can point to the exact gene which makes humans lactose tolerant (they drink milk). This gene developed in humans 5000 years ago in Europe.
Four years ago I had a son who is of mixed blood - half Indonesian, half American. All the native babies stop drinking milk after they are weaned from their mother's milk. The stores don't sell milk; nobody drinks milk, eat cheese, or any other milk product. My son continues to LOTS of milk - just like an American kid would drink milk. He demands it and I must go to a special store to buy fresh milk imported from New Zealand. My son has genes from me that make him different from other kids. People in a tropical environment don't need milk to get their calcium and other minerals and vitamins - a wide variety of other food is readily available year-round. European needed milk during the winter when fresh fruits and vegetables were not available.
I see these genetic differences every day. Local three-year-old kids can hit a dog on the run with a stone - my son can barely get a stone airborne. There can be no other explanation for these differences other than generic differences which have evolved from different groups of people living in different places and adapting to their environment.
You simply cannot deny evolution based on the argument that insufficient proof exists to support the concept. Evolution is as much a accepted scientific fact as other scientific facts such as gravity and the speed of light.
