since the theories aren't exactly completely incompatible.
[link|http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/living/10448441.htm|http://www.fortwayne...ving/10448441.htm]
Professional danger comes in many flavors, and although Richard Colling doesn\ufffdt jump into forest fires or test experimental jets for a living, he does do the academic\ufffds equivalent: He teaches biology and evolution at a fundamentalist Christian college.
At Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., he says, \ufffdas soon as you mention evolution in anything louder than a whisper, you have people who aren\ufffdt very happy.\ufffd And within the larger conservative Christian community, he adds, \ufffdI\ufffdve been called some interesting names.\ufffd
But those experiences haven\ufffdt stopped Colling \ufffd who received a Ph.D. in microbiology, chairs the biology department at Olivet Nazarene and is himself a devout conservative Christian \ufffd from coming out swinging. In his new book, \ufffdRandom Designer,\ufffd he writes: \ufffdIt pains me to suggest that my religious brothers are telling falsehoods\ufffd when they say evolutionary theory is \ufffdin crisis\ufffd and claim that there is widespread skepticism about it among scientists. \ufffdSuch statements are blatantly untrue,\ufffd he argues; \ufffdevolution has stood the test of time and considerable scrutiny.\ufffd
His is hardly the standard scientific defense of Darwin, however. His central claim is that both the origin of life from a primordial goo of non-living chemicals, and the evolution of species according to the processes of random mutation and natural selection, are \ufffdfully compatible with the available scientific evidence and also contemporary religious beliefs.\ufffd In addition, as he said bluntly, \ufffddenying science makes us (Christian conservatives) look stupid.\ufffd
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That it does.
Its interesting how one can be a real scientist and maintain a belief in religion.
I recall a HS physics teacher who was asked by a student "why does that happen?" His answer: "we'll never know why - we only know how".