The main problem here is that, contrary to what has been said in this thread, prior to Darwin Christians did not just take the Bible literally. That is just factually wrong. Some indeed did, but the doctrine of sola scriptura and Biblical literalism is rather new to Christianity. For example, two of the most influential Christians - Augustine and Aquinas - did not take Genesis (much less the entire Bible) literally. This is just a wrong-headed view many atheists have and I'd wish it'd go away.
It really sounds stupid if you think something like "Blimey, this Darwin guy showed Genesis couldn't have literally happened... REJECT SCIENCE!!!111" happened.
It really sounds stupid if you think something like "Blimey, this Darwin guy showed Genesis couldn't have literally happened... REJECT SCIENCE!!!111" happened.