My perception is that while Darwin's theories have their problems, there is at least some truth to the idea of natural selection. Otherwise every animal breeder in history was a whack job. As to a literal interpretation of Genesis - well, it doesn't look to me like God created the earth in 7 24-hour days.
Lysenko is Darwin's best argument.
And as for a literal interpretation of Genesis, I also don't share. So much of the Bible is allegory. And after all, what is a day in the life of an infinte God? A billion years or so for us? Sounds about right.
"My perception is that while Darwin's theories have their problems, there is at least some truth to the idea of natural selection. Otherwise every animal breeder in history was a whack job. As to a literal interpretation of Genesis - well, it doesn't look to me like God created the earth in 7 24-hour days."
I really don't disagree with anything you say here. However, I can still disagree that natural selection is a sufficient explanation of the origin of man.