Gotta love the titles of these threads. Not a loaded question is it?

Evolution is not a "faith." I see evidence that the earth is old. I see evidence in the fossil record and genetics that life evolved and continues to do so. I'm sure you've heard this many times before, but this is the same as accepting that anything else in the physical world exists. It's not a desire to believe, it just appears to be the nature of reality.

I also do not believe it has to follow that because evolution happens, life has no meaning or purpose. First, there are many theists who believe that evolution is God's way of creating. Secondly, in my case, I see relationships between living things, and I think there's a lot we don't understand about how all things are related, and possibly what exists or happens that we cannot see and currently have no empirical way to measure. I am not a nihilist and I don't have a burning desire to see everything as being pointless. I don't know anyone who does, and everyone I know personally, accepts evolution as fact.

If I had the time, I would start a science thread here. At the moment my family and students are top priority. But it would be nice to see science being discussed. After all, that's what evolution and all its related fields are. Curiously, this is a subject that is often avoided here.