ok mister reasonable i'll hold you to that look at it this way no one can 100 percent prove evolution, right? its just the greatest explanation for complex life ever conceived and it fits what all of the data tells us. in no way is this proof, it is just accepted that this is the best theory we have and we might as well treat it as truth because it is for all intensive purposes but we reserve the right to keep an open mind in case we discover some new evidence that makes us reevaluate our ideas. the same practice is used for most theories such as relativity and quantum mechanics. i assume you do this as well. you accept these ideas as 'soft facts' because they fit into our understanding of 'the natural world'. but this is where you become closed minded because i can do the same thing offer the best existing theory which explains all available evidence but instead of going with it until a more complete theory comes along like you would with some others, you shun the idea because you've been taught by the liberal media to discriminate against certain ideas automatically.