Today, I will be addressing skeptics and seekers. Interestingly, in pre-20th century biology circles, evolution referred to development of an organism, i.e. the unfolding of the fertilized egg into the adult form. But we're concerned with its usage today and primarily it relates to ideas introduced most pursuasively in the modern age by Charles Darwin. The common ancestry hypothesis. This view says nothing necessarily about the origin of life.
Evolution sometimes refers to a philosophy of nature, especially in popular literature.
God is not involved. Often evolution is seen as a substitute for God as an explanation for the way the living world is. To me these distinctions are extremely important, especially the distinction between the first three aspects and the fourth one. The crux of my answer to both of our questions centers on properly understanding these distinctions. So you are pursuaded that evolution is true.