Punctuated Equilibrium

So I'm in line at the auto parts store today and the guy behind me decides its time to have a serious conversation with the cashier and me. Here is what I captured from his monologue:

I'll call him Bill

Bill: "Have you guys ever heard of punctuated equilibrium?"
Cashier: "Pun cu ated Equi lib rium......hmmm....sounds familiar."
Me: (unwilling to engage)
Bill: "You may remember it from high school biology. It's why we can talk to each other. Before the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs we couldn't talk to each other. But when everything was wiped out there was then space for evolution to take place. There is no space today and that is why we don't see things evolving."
Cashier: "Oh"
Me: (still unwilling to engage)
Bill: "I think we need some punctuated equilibrium with politics today. We should wipe out all the Republicans and give the Democrats some room to evolve and make things better. Did you know that in 1956 once you earned 3.5 million dollars you were taxed 90% on everything over that? They considered anything you made above that amount wasn't a result of your own effort but from using others. Did you know that Dick Cheney was only taxed 12% on the 30 million dollars he earned last year? What do you think about that!?"
Cashier: "wow"
Me: (still unwilling to engage)
Bill: "So you see, what we need is some punctuated equilibrium. We sure as hell don't need some Sarah Palin!"

This was out of nowhere. I don't know if that is exactly what punctuated equilibrium is. Nor do I know how much Dick Cheney was taxed last year. Heck, I don't even know what I was taxed last year. I generally steer clear from politics. All I know is this, that guy seemed crazy. Like the same kind of crazy Christians are labeled for believing in God.

Now I understand that at times it is very much counter intuitive to believe in and order your life around a God you cannot see. I can sympathize with people who get frustrated when I explain that God requires faith even when we can't see Him. I can understand why people may think my explanations for why God works or doesn't work certain ways are just cop outs.

But why is it not as crazy to believe that the reason evolution doesn't take place today is because there isn't the "space" for it? Isn't that a cop out answer? Why can someone be considered rational for believing that the reason we can talk today is because a meteor created punctuated equilibrium thousands of years ago? Has anyone actually witnessed something like that taking place?

All I am saying is this.....If I am crazy to believe that God created and sustains the universe, then those who believe that there once was nothing and then a bang created a perfect universe are just as crazy. Frankly, I would argue they are more crazy.

Peace