I believe that faith in Jesus is one way to God, but I do not believe that it is the only way. I do not believe that a loving, all -powerful God would create any conscious being that suffers eternal, meaningless agony. God has given me an intelligent, reasoning mind as well as a profound sense of optimism, and I am deeply grateful for both of these gifts. Both my logic and my optimism lead me to believe with every fiber of my being that God never completely shuts the door on any soul. So long as there is consciousness, there is always hope.
Evolution is a fact of life just as fundamental, unavoidable, and well-documented as gravity.
The only reason that so many people can so easily deny the existence of evolution is that it occurs so gradually that its effects are not obvious to people who have not been taught how to see it. I'm sure that if you studied the evidence for evolution you would come to realize that it is built right into the very nature of our physical existence. God has designed the universe so that evolution is as unavoidable as apples falling from trees or water running down hill. The big question about evolution is not whether evolution occurs, but whether the currently known mechanisms of evolution can ever explain such puzzles as the origins of life and the origins of consciousness. Here, I believe, is where spirituality and science must work together.