“I see no reason why Mormons cannot, fully and without apology, embrace Darwinian evolution.” – Steven Peck “What sort of God could, would, and did create the world through evolution?” – Wesley J. Wildman When I was a freshman in High School, I wrote a bitter anti-evolution paper as a response to learning about organic evolution in Earth Science. I was dead-set against the theory of organic evolution. In college, I approached the subject with a renewed open mind. I fasted, studied, prayed, and, not insignificantly, earned a degree in biology. I extensively reviewed First Presidency statements relevant to organic evolution, heard BYU professors (notably Bill Bradshaw and Duane Jeffrey) lecture on the subject, and read some apostolic statements on the constellation of related matters. I also read Kenneth Miller’s Finding Darwin’s God, which is in the top five list of books I recommend to others. Dawkin’s The Selfish... Read the rest of this entry »