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?
The Pope said "truth cannot deny truth". He said that any theory that denies the divine creation of man and makes him an artifact of nature is against the faith. Because truth cannot deny truth, evolution is false according to the Pope. That is what the Encyclical means, not what atheist theologians say it means.