[island_dude]

Here we go again. Let me tell you how this thread will go. A few people with scientific backgrounds will post how the theory is sound and how it in no way contradicts mainstream religions. A few people will chime in to agree. Then the folks on the religious right (you know who you are) will tell us its all crap and that a literal bible version is the only truth, so all of our data, observation etc. are meaningless. They will play word games saying that evolution is only a theory (twisting the common definition of the world theory to make it seem much less than they way it is understood in the scientific community) and isn't really widely accepted. We will be told that only traitors and liberal scum promote this flawed, godless view of the world.
A few religious folks will come back and say how there is no problem with evolution and their religious values, and that religion is in the real of phylosophy not scientific observation.

Then the whole thing will end up devolving into a name calling exercise.

For the record evolution has stood the test of time and keeps getting reinforced, not weakened by the relentless and mostly stupid attacks by the creationists. Intelligent design is not a pathetic attempt to dress up creationism in its many forms so that it looks scientific.

I will not sit on the sidelines and watch the fireworks.