Reflections: Darwin's Dangerous Idea

The topic that caught my attention in Darwin's Dangerous Idea was the controversy between science and religion. This surprisingly is still a huge subject in today's society. A valid question is what events caused Darwin to become less religious? During the Beagle Voyage he had many opportunities to see how harsh slavery was and wondered how God could allow such inhumanity to exist. He could not accept that a kind God would allow humans to live in such a wretched state. Why would god allow such suffering in the world was an internal conflict Darwin could not resolve. Me being non-religious, I can see where Darwin is coming from, I'm sure we have all asked questions such as these before at least once in our lifetime. While I was doing research for this assignment, I came across something that surprised me: "Many church leaders do not believe their own book, the Bible. This plainly teaches that God created recently in six consecutive normal days, made things to reproduce ‘after their kind,’ and that death and suffering resulted from Adam’s sin. This is one reason why many Christians regard evolution as incompatible with Christianity" (as taken from creation.com).
In my opinion, I believe in the evolution theory. And I might be getting a bit off topic, but I believe that religions are nothing more than a piece of literature. Have you ever asked yourself who wrote the bible? Many say God did. The Hebrew say in the Old Testament that it came to them by "God's mandate." So sorry but I can't say that God has ever literally ever told me to do anything. My point is that it all makes no sense. And don't get me wrong, I respect all religious views. To me, as a future scientist, evolution theory makes sense. AND not to mention it can be proven, unlike many scriptures in the bible.
Although, science does have its limits. Science deals only with repeatable observable processes in the present. This has been very successful in understanding the world, and has led to many improvements in the quality of life. In contrast, evolution is a merely a speculation about the unobservable and unrepeatable past.
Howard Stern knows what he's talking about:

 

For more information on evolution vs religion visit:
http://creation.com/refuting-evolution-chapter-1-evolution-creation-science-religion-facts-bias

http://ncse.com/religion/scientific-perspectives?gclid=COffi5Ds77QCFQf0nAodaxsA_w