Even if there were no actual evidence in favor of the Darwinian theory, we should still be justified in preferring it over all rival theories.

What really happens is that the gene pool becomes filled with genes that influence bodies in such a way that they behave 'as if' they made complex, if unconscious, cost/benefit calculations

I remember at the age of six regaling my poor little sister with stories about the planets, and how far away they were and which ones might have life.

There is no reason for believing that any sort of gods exist, and quite good reasons for believing that they do not exist and never have. It has all been a gigantic waste of time and a waste of life. It would be a joke of cosmic proportions if it weren't so tragic.

But, however many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead, or rather not alive.

I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind.

God's existence is either true or not. But calling it a scientific question implies that the tools of science can provide the answer.