Let me put it this way, Wolfgang. Ignorant and opinionated people on BOTH sides of the debate about evolution have interpreted it incorrectly. Some of them are religious, some of them are anti-religious. Better?

To put it very simply, the most narrow-minded and arrogant fundamentalists and the most narrow-minded and arrogant atheists will BOTH happily misinterpret Darwin to support their own very negative biases toward one another and beat the drum they are most fond of beating.

Therefore, I say: a pox on both their houses.

Evolution is a concept that is admirably suited to harmonizing with many existing religious notions and theories in many cultures. It is not a concept that by definition necessarily denies the existence of either a "God" or of "Spirit". It merely says something about how physical creatures may have gradually evolved on this planet over many millions of years, and there appears to be much evidence to support that. All well and good.

Darwin is quite correct, in my opinion, that the doctrine he refers to in the last paragraph of your quote is "damnable". Indeed. I've always thought so too.