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Welcome to "God and Darwin," the discussion community for people who know they don't have to choose between religion and science. I created this community after reading several articles about the "Evolution v. Intelligent Design" debate going on in a Pennsylvania court this week - and after visiting several evolution communities where Christians (and religion in general) were assumed to be dumb. I thought there should be a place where Christian evolutionists (and indeed, any theistic evolutionists) could have discussions without worrying about "You're going to hell!!!!11" on one side and "You believe in God???!!!1" on the other.

I thought I'd start off with a link to Kenneth Miller, a Christian biologist at Brown University. His book Finding Darwin's God is amazing, and I really believe that every creationist and evolutionist should read it. =)

If you join the community, please post an introduction thread so we can get to know each other! You might want to tell us about your religious background, when and how you learned about evolution, etc.

For my part, I was a fierce 6-day creationist until my freshman year in college, when one of my religion professors explained to me how evolution can fit neatly - even beautifully - into one's understanding of God. In the end, accepting evolution wasn't a compromise. It was an enhancement.