I don't understand why the two stances must be mutually exclusive. Is life a series of coincidental circumstances or is life the product of intelligent design? As it stands right now, both positions require fairly large leaps in faith since science has yet to recreate the "soup of life", and God has not favored us with a second Adam.
Well, if there were no other evidence for evolution, I suppose we'd all have to go out and chase the "soup of life," (which seems to be the new "missing link," now that so many pre-human species have been found). But since there are literally mountains of evidence for evolution, I don't think there's all that much faith involved. Just reasoning.