I find it odd how people jump to conclusions about the theory of evolution.

They often just see 2 sides. God or evolution. It could be a different theory to explain life. Personally there are way too many gaps about the theory of evolution. Even the scientific community is torn. Random is not systematic. We will probably never know. But as the molecular world is revealed like DNA, its complexity makes believing it is all random becomes hard to believe. [quote]In particular, concepts related to gradualism, speciation, natural selection, and extrapolating macroevolutionary trends from microevolutionary trends have been challenged. [/quote]

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Pikachu

Well let's be accurate: the scientific community is not torn as to whether evolution has occurred. There continues to be study and debate on the ways in which evolution occurs.

As for evolution being random...that's not really accurate. Mutation is largely random but selective pressures do not produce random results, the produce results which are adaptive to that pressure.
And evolution is certainly not systematic.

[quote] its complexity makes believing it is all random becomes hard to believe.[/quote]

This is an argument from incredulity. Finding something astonishing does not mean that it did not happen.
In the case of evolution, finding the complexity astonishing does not invalidate the synthesis of evidence pointing toward evolution nor can it dismiss the predictive power of evolution as a theory.

I don't think any god had anything to do with it but i also see no reason why a god choosing to create life couldn't have done so using evolution as the mechanism.
In fact, at this stage in our scientific understanding, it's absurd to claim a god did anything else if indeed it did anything at all.

Axeroberts · 56-60, M

@Pikachu and I agree that God created it to evolve. And as you say the debate is more about the ways it's happening. And how it effects life overall