Thanks. Many people believe that a deity created the universe and created life. Many of those same people believe that evolution and other natural mechanisms are why it looks like it does today. There's really nothing barring those who have a belief in a deity from believing in the Theory of Evolution or any of the other sciences which attempt to explain things like Geology.
I have no argument with people's beliefs. My only argument is with the misrepresentation of what the Theory of Evolution discusses and the misrepresentation of the actual physical evidence used to support that theory.
Every religion has its creation story. All involve supernatural events. I, personally, disbelieve in supernatural events and entities, so I treat those stories as mythology. Others believe otherwise. More power to them.
Beliefs, however, are not proper subject for discussion in science classrooms. Such discussions belong in philosopy classes.
"Every religion has its creation story. All involve supernatural events. I, personally, disbelieve in supernatural events and entities, so I treat those stories as mythology. Others believe otherwise. More power to them."
I agree with the scientific approach of your belief. But I know that even science fills unknowns with assumptions and theory. Scientist work to prove and disprove theories. Quantum Mechanics is mostly theory as most of it cannot be "proved." There is faith in science predicated on logic. We continue to update the theory of evolution as new artifacts discovered call into question what was previously accepted as scientific fact.
In the end, as humans, we all rely on a level of faith to make sense of the world around us. Through my life experience and wisdom, as well as my education, I believe there is more to our mere existance than happenstance luck. I also believe that our awareness makes us unique in the universe (that may change in the next 2000 years). Faith that something, someone started this whole explains what science never will. The question of why does the universe exist will remain unanswered for eternity for many. I believe that one day I will know. And that knowledge will come from another level of awareness granted by the "supernatural" being that set it all in motion.