Do you believe in Charles Darwin's theory?

Answer 1

It's more of a matter of acceptance than belief. Belief implies there is no evidence, so one has to rely on faith. I personally accept the genetic, embryological, and paleontological evidence that supports Darwin's theory. It eloquently explains the diversity of life on earth today.

Answer 2

I, personally do. It all makes sense to me. I never even thought of it as a theory when I was younger- it just makes sense. (My opinion.)

I do not believe in it. This question asks for personal opinion, so I will share mine as well. I accept the theory, however, on the grounds that it best explains the evidence and observations. If a better theory comes along, I will reject Darwin's theory and go along with that one instead. The possibility that will happen appears to be extremely remote, however, in that we have accumulated vast amounts of data to indicate Darwin's theory is essentially correct.

One thing Darwin was wrong about concerned the rate at which evolution occurs. He assumed it was typically slow and gradual, based on the limited range of fossils he had accumulated. His observation is accurate in respect that most species experience relatively long periods of stasis in which little change occurs. However, Gould and Eldredge note that these long stretches are occasionally punctuated by periods of rapid change protracted over intervals as brief as a hundred thousand years. One example of this is the period of rapid change of cetaceans from terrestrial creatures into marine mammals, a transformation that took place over just a few million years.