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Bob

I used to believe in Darwin.

Mistake.  I don’t believe in Darwin, I don’t know anybody who does.  Darwin was 1 man who worked in the mid 1800s.  He made some very good observations, wrote a seminal work, and left many question unanswered.  He wasn’t a god, nor was he perfect, nor would I take his word for anything.  He presented very good evidence for his proposals and that evidence has been corroborated and expanded upon over the centuries and shows that Darwin was essentially correct and gave us a fine start with a groundbreaking work of epic value.

The fossil record shows a variety of creatures, but each one of them is identified as a particular creature from some inception date to some extinction date.  If evolution were true, the vast majority of fossils should be of some in-between creature.

Your error is in thinking evolution would have to be steady and smooth over time.  Adaptation tends to occur in response to environmental changes.  A stable population in a stable environment might evolve very slowly, then along comes a climate change or a new predator moves in or whatever and that can trigger rapid change.  Gould called this punctuated equilibrium.

 The fossil record shows no missing links.

False, there are many, here are some:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transitional_fossils