Quite often (
darwin plackards,
bumper stickers,
life in our anti-christian America),
Darwin seems to be considered some kind of
religious figure. I don't think Darwin should be looked at that way, nor the
Origin of Species be compared to the
Bible or other religious writings. Darwin was not, nor ever claimed to be, a
theologist. Nor was the Origin of Species supposed to be a religious book. Darwin was just a scientist, trying to figure out how the world works. What he said goes against a literal, radical interpretation of the
bible, but the theory of
evolution doesn't go against all religions or philosophies either - many more 'earthy' religions like some of the
Native Americans, make perfect sense with evolution as part of the world. I don't even think it goes against any reasonable interpretation of
Christianity. (who says 7 days for God is 7 days for humans?)
I believe that some Christians are anti-evolution for the simple reason that it forces them to aknowledge that we are NOT seperate or better than other forms of life on the planet, and the rest of the planet is not here simply for us to use. For some reason, people seem to be scared of lumping humans with animals (or plants) Other than that, I don't see any issue. I've spent a lot of time out in nature, and what i've seen makes me strongly believe in evolution, but has in no way weakened my spirituality - in fact it's strengthened it.