Unfortunately I accidentally hijacked the thread earlier and our debate at hand was not about evolution.
However to answer your question, I believe it's the best answer to why species change and adapt over time given current evidence.
I do not accept "It's a miracle!" as a valid scientific theory, and thankfully most scientists do not either or we'd probably still be wondering where fire comes from.
If someone's religion can't survive the onslaught of science that is a problem with the religion, not the science.
Personally I do not see why religion and evolution can not exist except in the case of the 6,000'ers that think cavemen were riding around on dinosaurs.
I doubt they think cavemen were riding dinosaurs. Maybe they had them for dinner, but I don't think many people think they were riding them.