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As I mentioned in our discussion I consider myself to be very religious. I am a methodist who was born and raised in the church, I have helped run sermons and special events and my Mother works as a secretary at a church. I believe very strongly in the teachings of the bible and in the Christian faith.I am also an anthropology major with a minor in bology. I have been convinced that the theory of evolution is correct and have no qualms with any of the proven scientific theories of our age. (I'm still a little confused by quantum theory but that's neither here nor there). 

At a young age I was essentially told that I would eventually have to give up one for the other. I could not believe in both science and God. After some careful consideration I decided that that was simply not going to happen and from then on I have worked hard to understand both science and religion and have since found some amazing similarities between them. I refused to give up my love of either and just wanted it to be known that science and religion are not mutually exclusive and it was quite frustrating in class to hear people dismiss one view for the other.

i just wanted to let this class, this school and this world know that it is possible to have both God and evolution. The most intense religious experiance I have had in my young life occured as I read the introduction to Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" a book about the history of scientists and their theories. Don't be exclusive of any story and please, respect the fact that science and religion are equally important in the lives of some of your class mates.