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biological molecules can reflect shared evolutionary ancestry
Only if you take for granted that evolution is a thing. Staring at chicken entrails and tea leaves can look like other things too, but it doesn't mean that they predict the future. In other words, just because there are similarities between two things does not indicate a direct relationship. On the other hand, if there is a Creator, wouldn't it stand to reason that things might be similarly designed, much as an architect's building would resemble other buildings designed by the same architect?
the de-extinction attempt of the dodo by finding its common ancestor
Having a common ancestor does not indicate cross species evolution, only that different animals can take on different characteristics over time. The fact that Great Danes and shi-tzus are both dogs does not show that dogs somehow sprouted from dinosaurs.
Only if you take for granted that evolution is a thing
It is not taken for granted as there are several fields that can prove the relationships.
Staring at chicken entrails and tea leaves can look like other things too
Yes this is mysticism, inferring relationships that don't exist, it is a cornerstone of spiritualism and early religion.
On the other hand, if there is a Creator, wouldn't it stand to reason that things might be similarly designed
You are taking for granted that a relationship exists for intelligent design but you can't show me where that is, just that it ios convenient and makes sense.
Having a common ancestor does not indicate cross-species evolution
It is not cross-species evolution. The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon (dodo-bird-evolution.weebly.com), they both have a commonality in ancestry if you go back enough.
The fact that Great Danes and shi-tzus are both dogs does not show that dogs somehow sprouted from dinosaurs.
Don't be facetious.
It does show they both sprouted from wolves (lh3.googleusercontent.com), its most recent common ancestor. Just as canis lepophagus was the ancestor of coyotes and wolves. You can go further back than this to even show common ancestory between the family Canidae and Ursidae, two completely different animals.
You keep mentioning different species as common ancestors to modern species even though the only similarities are genetic. Again, just because things are similar doesn't mean they are related.
Let's just take for granted that they are related to the same "ancestor"; this still does not prove the lack of a Creator, nor does it tell us why there is something rather than nothing, or how there is life at all.
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