Evolution and Extinction

I do not believe that we are experiencing a mass extinction. I believe that in the process of life, organisms live and die. Although it appears there are a lot of organisms going extinct, I do not believe we have to worry. For the other animals have gone extinct and new animals have been given life. It is a process that I do not worry about depleting all together. For some reason, when I think of mass exctinction, I think of the world becoming bare and dry, which I do not believe is the case. What are your thoughts? Please feel free to disagree.

What about theories?

The world is filled with theories. As we learned in the beginning of class, theories must be proven. When it comes to the topic of evolution, it can get very "sticky". This is becuase of how people credit what they consider to be actual evidence. Some people will accept little evidence and some require a detailed analysis on the theory. I do not believe that they people stating "just a theory" are intentionally trying to undermine the theory. They are simply stating that it is a theory amongst many theories. People pick and choose what "theories" to believe, atleast they are acknowledging it as a theory rather then avioding the subject altogether.
Unfortunately, I think people will naturally take offense when other people do not believe what they consider to be true and that is when everyone becomes defensive.