The State | 03/16/2006 | We'll never resolve culture wars as long as extremists define debate

"I don't believe God chose to create the universe in the literal way described in Genesis. I believe God chose to explain his creation in a way that was understandable to early man. I believe God probably chose to create the heavens and the earth and all the creatures that dwell therein through the process his creation has come to call evolution. That would make me an intelligent design proponent if the term meant what it implies. It doesn't; it means playing up minor apparent inconsistencies and so-called holes in the evidence in an attempt to undermine Darwin. In other words, intelligent design isn't an attempt by the mainstream to bridge the divide; it's an attempt by one side to repackage its offerings."

A succinct rendering of the above that I once read:
If you want to know why god made the world - read the bible. If you want to know how he did it - as a scientist"