Originally Posted by: Tonja_ReneeI don't beleive that we all "evolved" from microbes.. if that were the case there would be at least one species on the planet evolving from one species to another.

There are countless such species. Evolution is an unbounded process, not a 'point A to point B' one.

I do beleive that individual species micro-evolve to adapt to climate etc...

The theory of evolution makes no distinction between 'micro' and 'macro' changes. The distinction is nothing more than subjective bs created by people who don't want to fully accept the theory of evolution.

And the joy and fulfillment I get from my religion is incredible... and if I go through my life.. filled with joy and fulfilled and then I turn out to be wrong (which I don't think I am) who does it hurt?... But what if I'm right?

I can support that, but remember that Pascal's wager is not logically valid for 'witnessing'.