I'm a biologist, B.S. from MIT. I don't believe in evolution. Don't get me wrong, though. I think that the theory of evolution is correct, and there is more than sufficient evidence to back it up. I don't believe in creationism either.
You shouldn't believe in evolution either. In fact, you probably don't. It is not a religion or something to be taken on faith. When you look at the facts, weigh the evidence, and do all of that other stuff that you do to decide something, you will almost certainly come to the conclusion that the theory of evolution is correct.
At this point, you might be starting to get what I'm trying to say in an annoyingly round-about way: the theory of evolution is a scientific theory, not a religion or life philosophy-- though it is natural philosophy about life, but that's just confusing. The distinction here is very important.
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