As a born again, bible believing Christian... I have no trouble at all with believing that scientific study is a great thing and that evolution is happening even now. What I can't get my head round in that context is the way things are.... The intricate make up of the human body... the make up of a tree from its roots to the tiny veins in every leaf.... to the diversity of different flora and fauna.. the aqua dwelling life... the make up of the air... and most of all 'The Balance' .... I can believe in a supernatural beginning... made by a great designer... but I can't get to feeling that mere chance caused the multiplicity of existing things on this earth. The thought that a cell (where did it come from in the first instance) decided to split into two and so everything living begun does not compute within my brain.
I didn't become Christian until 43 yrs of age and was definitely not indoctrinated. I became aware of something more in my life than just me.... Even before then when I had been feeling at my lowest.. I had prayed to God..... to ask Him to get me out of whatever bad situation I was in or to help someone in my family or a friend in distress... I now believe that to be an instinct to pray to my maker in times of difficulty. How many people will admit to having prayed when their lives have been at an extremely low ebb or for a member of the family or a friend..... how many have actually tried to make a pact with God... "God if you do X for me I will do Y for you".... I was not a Christian when I did those things.... and certainly not a believer.