In fairness to the theists, if their omnipotent God does in fact exist, there is nothing stopping him from letting evolution happen on its own, interfering occasionally to ensure the process reaches his intended outcome.
As Simon points out, this has zero explanatory power. And as Jor points out, we have a pretty good idea of how this process happened without divine intervention. Therefore, to us atheists, there is no need for us to speculate on any such intervention.
I don't really mind theists who try to reconcile their faith with evolution. "A step away from creationism is a step in the right direction." That's my opinion on things. There's a big difference between someone who imagines that God was making adjustments at certain points during the evolutionary process and someone who thinks Genesis should be taught in biology classrooms. The former can carry on a conversation with an evolutionary biologist without missing a beat. The latter... well, the latter cannot.
As Simon points out, this has zero explanatory power. And as Jor points out, we have a pretty good idea of how this process happened without divine intervention. Therefore, to us atheists, there is no need for us to speculate on any such intervention.
I don't really mind theists who try to reconcile their faith with evolution. "A step away from creationism is a step in the right direction." That's my opinion on things. There's a big difference between someone who imagines that God was making adjustments at certain points during the evolutionary process and someone who thinks Genesis should be taught in biology classrooms. The former can carry on a conversation with an evolutionary biologist without missing a beat. The latter... well, the latter cannot.
