sadly, keith, I have heard of vicars that are more or less atheist in their private views, but hopefully a small minority.

well stu, I see you evade the invitation to supply an answer.
and as you concede, I might well say the same thing. there are biblical creationists, old earth creationists [ utilizing various ideas to assimilate "science"] and of course theistic evolutionists.
even among biblical creationists there are different schools of thought as to which geologic layer represents the flood.
and yes , "evolutionist" is a catch all term, by which I mean those believing that life evolved from simple organisms on to complex, right up to man. that life came from non life which came from absolutely nothing.....the whole or the parts, interpretation of data at best, and a faith position at best....esp the very beginnings.
I am not asking you to answer for every shade of Darwinism, just the question in hand from your own line of study.

bill. its all very well to infer that all those complex scientific studies validate evolutionism, but that seems like an appeal to authority, rather than engaging the argument....is.nt that some sort of fallacy ?.