I am not saying that humans did or not evolve from a chimplike-ancestor. I am stating that it can only be inferred.
Only? Inference is a valid and powerful logical process. Perhaps you don't understand what it is. You and I both do it all day every day. We come to conclusions based on what we see (evidence, that which is evident). You see that you there is very little milk left in the refrigerator and correctly infer that you will need to get more or run out.
You come across the body of a man on the ground with blood oozing from a knife wound in the back. Can you make any valid inferences from that observation? I could. The man was probably murdered. Somebody else put a knife in his back. I can also infer that he had parents who conceived him, that he developed in his mother's womb, that he was born, and later learned to walk, etc..
That's what inference is. And you keep calling it evidence for some while agreeing that it is not evidence. You make no sense.
Yes, we infer that human beings evolved from chimplike ancestors based on multiple lines of evidence. If you are able to follow along, you are welcome to join us. If you simply cannot or will not understand that the matter is settled science and why, that's fine as well.
And what I mean by settled science is well-established science. The scientific community is always willing to look at new evidence, especially any that could falsify their hypotheses or theories.
But we're not expecting any, and the only competing hypothesis would have to be some form of creationism. So unless somebody can muster up a reason to consider creationism seriously, there is no other possible explanation for the fossil and genetic evidence than that man evolved from chimplike ancestral apes (not chimps as we know them today, but their ancestors, which looked much like they do today, one population of which was a common ancestor of both lines, Pan and Homo).
I am interested in communicating with people who are not emotionally charged
Then you've come to the right place. We're interested in communicating with people who can make their points clearly and cogently, and can take a counterargument without falling to pieces in an emotional display.
who aren’t quick to get their nerves all tangled up and react with hostility, quick to tell others they do not understand
If telling you that you don't understand is too violent an idea for you to read, then you've come to the wrong place.This is what we do here. We discuss and debate. People offer ideas and others agree with them or contradict them.
I cannot even state that inference is enough evidence for many, a simple one sentence and another stating I do not understand that inference is not evidence. A simple one sentence cannot even be read correctly. My point all along was that inference is not evidence.
Sorry, Set Free, but the problem is yours. That claim is as trivial as saying that most people think that a cat is a bell, but it isn't. The first part is self-evidently incorrect in two ways - cats aren't bells, and most people do not confuse the two - and saying so is pointless.
I cannot even state that much without others getting overly defensive, nerves being rattled thinking their ideologies are being threatened
You're being defensive, not others.
And there is nothing to defend coming from you. You make outrageous claims such as that inference is evidence to most people, and that all people and even all subatomic particles are creationists and evolutionists, as well as repeated irrelevant references to anthropomorphism and scientism. I doubt that anybody has any idea what you are talking about. Several of us have told you that already.
If the sciences truly brings out these morals in others where emotional defense of ideologies are priority over having a respectful conversation or debate, then I’m not interested in engaging.
What evokes the reaction you are getting is your manner of discussion here, not the sciences. There is a spectrum of personalities represented on any forum. Some will be more diplomatic and others more in your face. If you can't tolerate them all, then this is not the place for you.
