GLADMAN wrote:
To assume it a given - in view of the fact that no religion, in my opinion, has come even remotely near to providing a credible alternative theory - that Darwinian/Wallacian natural selection (if that's the right term) is the reason we, and all the other organisms on this planet, exist in our current state
Religion may not be the best place to look for alternative explanations though. I think natural selection and evolution have some pretty big logical holes that can be driven through them.