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I'll believe in an old Universe with a constant, omnipotent, loving caretaker making sure things work the way they do.

But evolution denies God as a caretaker, it denies that God has anything to do with how living things, and especially man, his greatest creation came about. So how can you reconcile evolution with the idea of a benevolent caretaker?

No, you say that evolution excludes God. Evolution says nothing about God and has nothing to do with a creator. It neither includes nor excludes.

But evolution denies God as a caretaker, it denies that God has anything to do with how living things, and especially man, his greatest creation came about. So how can you reconcile evolution with the idea of a benevolent caretaker?

Well, according to the Roman Catholic Church evolution, with God working the puppet strings, is A-OK.

Pope John Paul II - October 23, 1996

Evolution and a belief in God are not mutally exclusive. I prefer to believe that God does not play tricks on us and that the Universe is around 15 billion years old. I believe that God created our solar system roughly 4.5 billion years ago. I believe God created all forms of animals that existed and died off long before man walked the earth. And I believe God molded us in the form he wanted and in the timeframe he wanted.

BTW, after Cain killed Able and was expelled to the land of Nod, where did his wife come from in Genesis 4:17? There was no mention of her nor her peoples creation in the bible? Hmmm, something doesn't seem 100% kosher with that. But the Bible can't be a little sketchy or lack information from 4,000 plus years ago can it?

But evolution denies God as a caretaker, it denies that God has anything to do with how living things, and especially man, his greatest creation came about. So how can you reconcile evolution with the idea of a benevolent caretaker?

Evolution is the change in alelle frequency over time. Why the alelle frequency changes and exactly what "forces" direct the changes is not an issue, thus divine intervention is permissable as a driving force for evolution (it's simply not scientifically testable).