I'm sure many of you, the members of this site, have spent a long time debating with creationists. You probably know what sort of things they ignore, what things they won't understand, and what things they don't want to know.
So, taking all this into account, what is your personal opinion regarding the evidence for evolution? What piece of evidence have you been successful with in debating creationists? Perhaps you have an 'old faithful' example, maybe a transitional or a homologous structure, that always does the trick. Maybe you once were a creationist, and some amazing evidence did the trick. Or do you think that nothing works, and the only way for a creationist to work things out is to come to the realisation it himself (or herself)?
In my opinion, I don't think genetics, atavisms, radiometric dating, fossils or biogeography are very useful evidences, because they are too complicated for creationists to comprehend. Too often, they will resort to a creationist website instead of trying to understand it. Also, I used to think that structural homology was better evidence, but I came across a creationists who said that "A modern Corolla and a Camry share the same design, because they are both made by Toyota" so that stopped that line of reasoning. Personally, I'm now giving up on evidence-based approaches, and am going on the defensive: just refute creationist claims until they realise that they are wrong, and let them work it out from there.
So, this is why I wanted to start this thread. Help re-inspire me that creationists can, sometimes, understand and be convinced by evidence.
PS:I hope this topic hasn't been done recently. Actually, I you know of it being done at all, please link to it as I would appreciate reading it.
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