If you have Christian family or friends that have religious objections to evolution here’s a nifty idea to help them:
Their god is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. This means he knows the future, present and past and can do anything. To him creating animals probably includes the creation of change, the evolution of animal species, to help them better survive from ancestor to future species that are different from the ones he started with. He knows the outcome of his actions so he also knows the consequences of changing environments.
If something is observable and consistently so, it’s an act of denial of god to say his system is wrong or a lie. For a being that knows the entire shape of time, past and present, creation is not a single event with no connection to the world around it. It’s actually a kinder god that would allow genes to mutate enough to help populations better adapt over their generations. A god that knows everything would know about change and the web of connections all things on earth have to each other.
I’m Not Christian fyi. I took many science courses and found many Christians who studied science became more religious, not less. More skeptical of biblical literalism obviously, but they often found the mysteries science uncovers showed divine complexity and balance. Not a divine hand that acts regardless of the action’s effect on the rest of the world. A surprisingly considerate god. It’s always confusing for me when people divide science and spirituality as most scientists I’ve met were more religious than any humanity professor.