And that argument is a fine one, but it's no more a defense of evolution being fake, than water not being wet because god replaces your memory every time your interact with it.
At the end of the day you have to define reality in how it presents itself because the point is to be falsifiable and predictive. Evolution is, god creating the universe yesterday at 3pm isn't.
So while it's a fine semantic exercise it doesn't hold utility.
I think you would be better served to replace the term gradual with incremental.
A simple thought experiment I like to bring up with people:
Agree with incremental
And that argument is a fine one, but it's no more a defense of evolution being fake, than water not being wet because god replaces your memory every time your interact with it.
At the end of the day you have to define reality in how it presents itself because the point is to be falsifiable and predictive. Evolution is, god creating the universe yesterday at 3pm isn't.
So while it's a fine semantic exercise it doesn't hold utility.