text: what would jesus do if we taught him about evolution and showed him the evidence?   it always amazes me how bilical literalists are so quick to claim (falsely) that there is no evidence for evolution, yet conveniently neglect to mention that there is no evidence for the literal creation account taken from genesis.  all creationist arguments boil down to either... appeal to ignorance (you don't know, therefore my theory is correct),  appeal to incredulity (i can't imagine how the archer fish could have evolved, therefore they must have just magically appeared out of nothing).   appeal to authority-this is often lead into by quote mining.  usually these quotes are from evolutionists, but the text is handpicked by creationists to give the reader the impression that a leading academic is doubting his own work.  sometimes, the quote is from a creation "scientist" whose seeming academic acheivement makes his or her judgment trustworthy.  in any case, it is still a fallacy because scientists do not accept evolution just because darwin, or anybody else, says so.  they simply agree that the theory best explains the evidence.  half truths-scientists do have an explanation for how the archer fish developed its "firing apparatus."  even if they didn't, it wouldn't be proof of literal creation.  many fish have mouths, roofs of mouths, movable tongues, and binocular vision.  the oldest fossilized fish had no jaw.  when creationists discover the fossil of an archer fish, buried unintrusively in the same age of gelological strata, then maybe they'll have evidence.  and outright lies!  darwin never recanted on his death bed.  anyway... jesus wouldn't need to have anything explained to him.  he is god in the flesh, and as such, he would know all that the creator knows, including the evidence for evolution and whether or not it was correctly interpreted.  his response would be the same, whether it was a creationist, a theistic evolutionist (like myself), or an atheist...  "as long as you all engage in these petty, unnecessary, immature squabbles about what the bible says, you will never get to understand what it means!!  i created you because i love you!  i died for you because i want you to live with me, eternally!! you need to know why.  you need to understand why.  you need to accept why! it doesn't matter how all of this was done. it was done for you!  that's all you need to know."