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500 years ago science revolted against theological dogma as the source of all knowledge. Today it is science that is trying to assume the mantle of the sole arbiter of truth. On magazine covers such as this month's National Geographic and in legal battles across the country, the scientific community has become absolute in its belief that evolution will answer all of the questions regarding our beginnings.

Evolution answers many questions about the continuousness, "progress" and changes of life forms through time, but nothing about the "beginnings". There should be no arguement.

Case closed.

I agree.

Many years ago my mother was hit by a drunk driver. The accident broke her neck and caused major swelling in her brain. She died and was resuscitated only to slip into a coma. Each day that passed, convinced her doctors more and more that she would not be coming back to us. They had begun preparing our family for the worse.

And late one evening 2 nurses went to roll her on her side to change her bed sheets just as they had done many times, but this time one of the ladies lost her hold on my mother and she hit the floor and screamed.

Needless to say our many many prayers had been answered and our little family never questioned it was God that had pulled her through it.

After being quiet for so long, now she was talking up a storm! She told my grandmother how she was never frightened. She said she walked to a beautiful sunny shore where a tall masted ship was docked, it's sails blowing in the breezes. She wanted to go aboard but she was told she could not board yet. She said she understood and was comforted and then she said she woke.

We were blown away.

Her faith got her through the next couple years too. When her doctors said she wouldn't walk, she worked until she could jog. When she was told she may not recover all her mental capacities, she went back to school and mastered in physical education and also got certified to teach earth science.

She was among those considered for Nasa's First Teacher in Space program and was recently Teacher of the Year. She was honored by the NRA for her years teaching gun safety. And she is a incredible mom (of course I am biased!).

So what does this have to do with Darwin's theory of evolution?

In my mother's eyes faith and science never have to be mutually exclusive. Just like Beyond The Sea wrote, the two can exists just fine.

My mom teaches middle school earth science and they have a fat chapter on the Big Bang Theory. And when the kids ask, "But the bible says..." she lets them know that she personally believes it is God's hand that has always gently directed nature. And then she encourages her students to talk to their parents and make their own decisions.