And those who believe in evolution want to put out the flame of God, so I suppose it's only fair.
God isn't a flame, it has been used throughout history to keep people in the dark. Better not to look through the telescope at all then to look through it and find religious presuppositions challenged.
God and Evolution are not mutually exclusive. Ask the Pope.. How about, Evolution is the means by which God created Man?
Ah, the standard mantra of the creationist cult.
Anyone who doesn't believe in their narrow view of the bible is "godless."
Well, many of us scientists are also explicit, open Christians. We happen to believe that the study of God's magnificent creation is a form of worship itself. Indeed, He put it there before us and gave us a mind to explore it.
Moreover, the Jewish scholars in these threads have already pointed out that the litteral interpretation is incorrect, because it ignores the nuances of the original biblical language. I don't speak Hebrew or Aramaic, so I am willing to accept that perspective. I also know that something is always lost in translation.
That is an insult to Christians who acknowledge and accept evolution. Evolution is not trying to extinguish God. It never has and can't even approach that subject.