What water? Before we worry about where the flood water went let's see if there was any flood at all.
Not looking for reasons why you can't find evidence of something that doesn't seem to have happened is not denial. It's what I do every morning when I don't look for reasons why I can't find...
I don't know of any doctrine of evolution that deals with fossils but the lack of any explanation that stands up to the slightest critical examination from young earth creationists is most parsimoniously explained by them being wrong.
The planet Venus can be taken as a UFO and bumps and hills on Mars can be taken as a face. Not all interpretations of the evidence are rational or supported.
Who are these imaginary scientists seeking new and better fruit flies?
Natural selection acting on variation produced by mutation is a proposed mechanism.
I don't believe you when you say things like "evolutionists claim..." "Evolutionists think..." "Evolutionists used to believe..." It all...
I think the problem is energy efficacy. Eukaryotes with all those mitochondria are the only ones capable of sustaining and moving big bodies. I could be wrong of course.
CSI is a joke as a criteria for falsification. It's not measurable nor objectively definable and humans, the only designers of the type you want who we have evidence for, do not necessarily produce complex or specified designs.