[BroJoeK]

annalex: "You can call me Alex. Ann is my wife."

I have a daughter named anna, so have been reading your name as anna-lex, but then wondering if maybe it wasn't some complaint against a previous an*l-ex? ;-)

annalex: "I, too, find theistic evolution compatible with Catholicism and I am Catholic.
It is evolutionists who often credit themselves with a proof that God is not "a necessary hypothesis" anymore, and bring in the anti-religion sentiment to a discussion of science."

Some comments on theistic evolutionsim:

"Theistic evolution or evolutionary creation is a concept that asserts that classical religious teachings about God are compatible with the modern scientific understanding about biological evolution.
In short, theistic evolutionists believe that there is a God, that God is the creator of the material universe and (by consequence) all life within, and that biological evolution is simply a natural process within that creation.
Evolution, according to this view, is simply a tool that God employed to develop human life."

American Scientific Affiliation says:

"A theory of theistic evolution (TE) — also called evolutionary creation — proposes that God's method of creation was to cleverly design a universe in which everything would naturally evolve.
Usually the "evolution" in "theistic evolution" means Total Evolution — astronomical evolution (to form galaxies, solar systems,...) and geological evolution (to form the earth's geology) plus chemical evolution (to form the first life) and biological evolution (for the development of life) — but it can refer only to biological evolution."

"...Theistic evolution is not a scientific theory, but a particular view about how the science of evolution relates to religious belief and interpretation.
Theistic evolution supporters can be seen as one of the groups who reject the conflict thesis regarding the relationship between religion and science – that is, they hold that religious teachings about creation and scientific theories of evolution need not contradict.
Proponents of this view are sometimes described as Christian Darwinists..."

"...This view is generally accepted by major Christian churches, including the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and some mainline Protestant denominations; virtually all Jewish denominations; and other religious groups that lack a literalist stance concerning some holy scriptures.
Various biblical literalists have accepted or noted openness to this stance, including theologian B.B. Warfield and evangelist Billy Graham...."

"...Theistic evolution holds that the theist's acceptance of evolutionary biology is not fundamentally different from the acceptance of other sciences, such as astronomy or meteorology.
The latter two are also based on a methodological assumption of naturalism to study and explain the natural world, without assuming the existence or nonexistence of the supernatural.
In this view, it is held both religiously and scientifically correct to reinterpret ancient religious texts in line with modern-day scientific findings about evolution.

St. Anselm described theology as "Faith seeking understanding"
and theistic evolutionists believe that this search for understanding extends to scientific understanding.

"In light of this view, authors writing on the subject, such as Ted Peters and Martinez Hewlett, say that

"The best science and our best thinking about God belong together." Peters and Hewlett see science as a means of evaluating, understanding, and using to our benefit the intricacies of the world that God has created for us...."
"....creationism has come to mean some fundamentalistic, literal, scientific interpretation of Genesis.
Judaic-Christian faith is radically creationist, but in a totally different sense.
It is rooted in a belief that everything depends upon God, or better, all is a gift from God.”
—Fr George Coyne, Director, Vatican Observatory, 1978-2006

[annalex]

I agree that theistic evolution is solid theology, but it still awaits a scientific proof that we in fact have evolution.