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It pretty much can't get more complicated than the interplay between Evolution and Religion.  Many say you can only believe in one or the other, but many also say (myself included) that you can believe in both.  I always was perfectly content to call myself a believer and also a scientist- why couldn't I have both.   But the more I read on this very interesting subject, the harder I am forced to think about whether or not one can really have both. 

 What makes us feel the need to express ourselves through art, music, performance, when there exists no real evolutionary benefit.  I think its important to consider the fact that a great number of artistic creations contain a religious theme.  Which came first- I don't know. But my guess it's sort of the chicken or the egg question.  No, this art does not make the human species superior, but it does make us different.  Our desire to add meaning to this story of evolution hints toward an aspect that perhaps we aren't capable of understanding. 

So, despite having read so many, many, arguements supporting evolution as a purely random process, I am having a difficult time buying that randomness as the reason for the differences that the human species so obviously displays.