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"Incidentally, I'm far from a creationist. And I'm certainly not intellectually lazy and naive, studying Maths and Physics as my degree and all...."
I am happy to hear that. Continue your interest in science, it's a very intellectually fulfilling venture. For the past centuries, science and religion have always been at odds with each other impelling many people to believe that they are "mutually exclusive". However, more and more scientists today are discovering that science and theism can actually co-exist.
"Religion without Science is blind, Science without Religion is lame"
-Albert Einstein