I'm no longer religious, but my parents—both PhDs—are. Their take on this has always been along the lines of "The Bible says God created the world, and all the

I'm no longer religious, but my parents—both PhDs—are. Their take on this has always been along the lines of "The Bible says God created the world, and all the creatures in it. Evolution is the tool He used in that creation process." So long as you're not dogmatic and don't insist on treating the Bible—particularly any one particular edition—as absolute, ironclad Truth, religion and science are absolutely not incompatible. Many of the professors—both sciences and humanities—at the college they both work at also go to their church (American Episcopal, fwiw).