Ironic Quote of the Day: It’s not evolution; it’s just … different kinds!

It’s been a while since I’ve dismantled some ignorant stupidity from Ray Comfort, hasn’t it? Well, I’ve already had my FAIL Quote of the Day segment, so I suppose this will be the day’s Ironic Quote, instead:

I am continually being accused for not being educated on the theory of evolution, but most of its believers haven't any idea what it's about. Bacteria developing new strains of bacteria isn't evidence for evolution. The bacteria is still bacteria, no matter how resistant it becomes to antibiotics.

… Which is exactly what evolution is and does. Seriously, it’s the textbook definition. People tell him again and again, but Comfort really doesn’t get that evolution doesn’t mean a cat giving birth to a turtle. Evolution is nothing but small, tiny, minute changes that occur through generations and that accumulate over time, until, at some point down the line (be it thousands or millions of years), the new offshoot is so clearly distinctive that it becomes a separate species altogether.

Bacteria developing new, antibiotics-resistant strains is a perfect illustration of evolution, adaption and natural selection in action, one of the few kinds we can see with our own eyes, in our own lifetimes. To claim that it is not evolution … Well, we return to that “not being educated” bit.