The theory of evolution and religion can coexist. There are even scientists who admit to this. I found an article about this topic at:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1018_041018_science_religion_2.html

I was surprised to find out that there are many scientists who belive in a religion and don't let it interfere with their work lives. If anything they make it work together. In the above article is states, "In a 1997 survey in the science journal Nature, 40 percent of U.S. scientists said they believe in God—not just a creator, but a God to whom one can pray in expectation of an answer." Scientists are just as likely to believe in a God as other people. Why would this be? One thought is that science is good at answering "how" questions one may have, such as "how did the universe evolve to what we see it as today?" Then on the religion side, it is better at answering "why" questions, such as "why is there a universe at all?" Looking at this idea can give us more insight to how we can incorporate both religion and science.

An astrophysicist named Joel Primack said in the article, "In the last few years astronomy has come together so that we're now able to tell a coherent story of how the universe began. This story does not contradict God, but instead enlarges [the idea of] God." This also shows us how scientists can be religious and believe in a God. Back when science was first becoming popular, scientists were studying the way of the world by believing they were researching how the things God created work. They wanted to prove the existence of a supreme being, not counter-prove as many are doing today. In today's world, the debate between science and religion is a topic in which people are trying to prove one side is better than the other, not that they can work together. That is why one needs to look to the scientists of the past and those today who are religious. They show us how we can use both aspects of life to answer the many questions we may have about our universe.