Proof is impossible…unless you read the proof
There are some things in life that can be definitively proven: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, how many marbles are in a particular jar, how old I am. Even how much alcohol is in my system can be fairly easily determined through hair alcohol testing. And scientists can demonstrate the age of the universe through carbon dating and other means; and it’s possible to demonstrate the truth of the theory of natural selection through fossil evidence as well as observation.
I was reading a National Geographic article a few weeks ago which reported on a Russian genetic experiment which bred wolves and foxes and artificially selected individuals for breeding on the grounds of their adaptability to human company. This isn’t definitely a proof of the theory of natural selection of course - it’s an experiment in artificial selection which is designed to explore the way in which humans and domesticated animals may have come together. But it’s a demonstration of the fact that the behaviour and even the nature of organisms can change according to circumstances.
What does this tell us? For a start, it would seem to demolish the creationist argument that the world and the universe were created in more or less the way we have them now. It doesn’t necessarily disprove the idea of a God - after all, Darwin himself was a Christian - and it seems silly for people to criticise the idea of religion as such. But the “creationist”argument doesn’t quite stand up if we look at the world and see it for what it is.
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