My goodness, there is so much information to process in the study of evolution, but the basics are easy enough to grasp. I have a theory, based on a movie of all things, that the most important thing in life is Necessity. As in, any human being in any given circumstance will do whatever is considered necessary at a given moment. Including relieving pressure in one's bladder, getting a sex fix, chowing down on a meal, or doing what it takes for self-preservation. Very few people are immune to this. If a scientist can legitmately and morally find justification for a god or an intelligent designer to be responsible for the diversity of life, he'll likely do what's in his power to promote the hypothesis. So few do, though, even though (contrary to fundy and WT assertions) it would be to their benefit - it would be great, in fact the greatest science experiement ever, to study a god, where it came from, how one works, etc. The evidence is just too scant or non-falsifiable and thus a neat idea but not one to be taken terribly seriously. And in the 7 or so years I've read countless essays and studies, I find those who support a non-theistic explanation for the diversit of life to do so with much more honesty than their creationist counterparts. That makes all the difference in the world to me, as they're the ones I have to go by. God hasn't talked to me except the almost non-audible message that he gave up caring when he allowed Fred Franz to wither away and die without seeing his ultimate dream realized.
