Evolution?

[publius2k4]

......science and religion fit nicely together absent the presumption of certainty.

Ah, but that is the problem of it....religion purports certainty. By contrast, the scientific community thrives on uncertainty. In religion, if you say "god did it" then you have no reason to seek the truth any further. In science, the idea is to change the phrase from "we don't know" to "we know."

Strictly to the subject: The theory of evolution is completely independent from the study of the origin of life (known as abiogenesis). It's likely that we will never know exactly what caused the very first cells to form. When we study evolution, we are not studying how the first cells formed. We are studying how these cells reproduced, and what changes occurred as the reproduction took place.

I recommend a video series entitles "The fundamental falsehoods of creationism" on youtube. Here's a small sample:

[video=youtube;HmuLxPklXrc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmuLxPklXrc[/video]