re: Rush Limbaugh thinks evolution is a hoax because gorilla never became human

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But I can find no such case.

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Again, no one is saying that you must be an atheist to understand evolution. Also, Much has been learned about speciation since the time of Darwin.

Science is fun because with each question you answer you often create a new one. You don't stop there assuming it is unknowable or god, you begin working on the answer.

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Logical guesses

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What's a "logical guess"?

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Irreducible complexity is the new way of saying intelligent design.

Same thing, different name.

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For those that don't know what irreducible means.

First you have no clue what expire Rs I have or have not performed.

Second, so every scientist now have to carry out every experiment to rely on the findings on those experiments?

You are completely hiding behind sophistry and obsfucation at this point since you cannot actually debate the facts.

Name one fact you used in your argument against irreducible complexity. You appealed to authority.

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There is no irreducible complexity to either structure. We can look at the elements of the eye and even see more rudimentary forms of the eye with gradual increases in complexity. Further, we have conducted excitements that prove that incredibly complex patterns can (and will) form even in the absence of a guiding force. Complexity does not prove there is something guiding it.

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The eye is not irreducibly complex.

A cell produces a protein
A cell produces a protein that is volatile when hit with light
Several cells produce proteins volatile when hit with light

Those cells could be on a flat, convex, or concave surface. Slightly concave and the creature has a slight advantage in sensing which direction the light is coming from. The more convex, the more directional.

The more transparent the cells on top of the eye spots, the more light it senses. The thicker the layer of transparent cells, the more it protects the eye spots.

There you have the beginnings of the lens and the more convex this layer of transparent cells becomes the more focused the light becomes. But a creature does not necessarily need 20/20 vision to have an advantage. It just needs to be statistically better at surviving/reproducing than its peers.

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if evolution was real there would be no monkeys left.

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Oh my.

You are describing, in detail, how the eye works. The question of irreducible complexity is the origin of the eye. Better yet, the slight modifications over time that led to the eye as currently in existence.

Woah woah where are your facts though? Did you do each of these experiments yourself? Did you examine each fossil yourself?