Darwinian Evolution

Darwinian Evolution, as explained in the book, has four very important parts:
1. The Ancient Earth Thesis (stating that the universe is about 15 billion years old, and the earth is about 4.5 billion years old.)
2. The Common Ancestry Thesis (life originated from nonliving matter over 3 billion years ago in a single place.)
3. The Progression Thesis (life, once originated, has progressed from relatively simply to relatively complex forms, unicellular to multicellular.)
4. The Naturalistic Selection Thesis (natural selection took place by a chance progress of genetic replication of species striving to survive by adapting to their environment and in the process developing mutations which favored some members over others.)

It comes as a shock to people that because science has identified most of this, their religion is no longer a credible source. I think that's why people are so timid to talk about evolution. People have a tendency to create things that they need, and religion is no different. Religion was created as a source of hope for people when things started happening that they didn't understand, and more and more people jumped on the bandwagon. However, when Darwin came along proving that all wrong, it became extremely controversial, and basically a game of denial.