St. Augustine explicitly warns against a very narrow perspective that will put our faith at risk of looking ridiculous. If you step back from that one narrow interpretation, what the Bible describes is very consistent with the Big Bang.

I am at a loss to reconcile the expensive and glossy production values of this book with the breathtaking inanity of the content.

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

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.

I personally would consider it to be an honour to be fossilized.

I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the British wildflowers, so as we went walking the country, I was constantly being exposed to a natural history sort of knowledge.

Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.