Hi all! I was browsing the forums here and saw this misinformed post. Well there is a mountain of facts to back up evolution actually.
Why don't peer reviewed journals count? They are "reviewed" and debated on so as to gain knowledge and make sure all the evidence in the reports stand up to much scrunity, and this is done by several people...creationists never turn in any work to be reviewed by scientists because all creationists do is misquote scientists, or twist the facts of biology, and other sciences around, to attempt to make it sound like it agrees with their religious dogma, which is despicable. The real scientists know the truth, and so do all the people who actually look at the actual evidence. Like so many who just say, 'Na, there's no evidence for evolution at all!,' have they ever actually read a book on evolution, or went to a reputable website with good information? I'm betting no. Just saying evolution doesn't exist won't make it so.
Since I don't have the time to write out the ton of evidence for you, I'll list some good sites that can inform you...assuming you even look at them...but probably not, but I'll list them anyway.
http://www.talkorigins.org/
http://www.gate.net/~rwms/EvoEvidence.html
http://www.lifeevolving.org/
Below is also my site, which is in a blog format for my rants and raves about many of the evolution/creationism debates, as well as religion and other things.
www.geocities.com/arizonaatheist
By the way, that counter-creationism handbook is actually a very good resource...I've used it in a few debates before, and is, again, reviewed by scientists in each field of research, unlike creationists, some of whom, have written about subjects in which they know little about...though I can't find the source where I read it at. A scientist was crticizing one of the creation (so called) scientists about how he spoke of the laws of themodynamics as a cause for a creator, and got much information wrong, and the real scientist wrote a rebuttal, citing his errors.