I have not read most of the thread but I remember Dawkins 3 part documentary and thought that he focused too much on the nutty fundamentalists in the religions that he perused. However, it was a refreshing programme in that it challenged spiritual doctrine.
I have thought about this for a number of years and imho, I actually think there is less contradiction between science and theology.
The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be interconverted. Genesis begins with the creation of the earth but the question scientists ask is "what was it created from if the first law of thermodynamics is true?" A study of the Aramaic text reveals that the translation to the word creation is misleading because the Aramaic word (I can't remember what it is) actually means reorganised. If that is true, then the first law of thermodynamics actually provides scientific validity for the creation story.
On the topic of evolution, in 2 Peter 3:8, it reads
"But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day".
What is time? It is a human invention to designate the passage of time - on earth. Hebrew word for "day" is yom; yom is "frequently put for time in general, or for a long time, a whole period under consideration. Day is also put for a particular season or time when any extraordinary event happens." In Genesis 4:3 yom is used as a framework for time; in Genesis 30:14 it refers to wheat harvest time; in Joshua 24:7 it refers to a long season; and in Isaiah 4:2 it refers to a future era. Also,there was no "day" or "night" during the first three days of creation, because there was no sun until the fourth day, and God did not separate day from night until that time. Therefore, how can one apply the concept of a twenty-four hour day to the creation of the universe?
Science has proven that plants and animals (remember that man is an animal) have evolved over the centuries.
What about dinosaurs? Nobody knows for sure why dinosaurs disappeared, but they do know that dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. The first hominids (human-like primates) did not appear until 3.6 million years ago. Even if scientists are off a few million years or so, early man simply did not live during the same period in history as dinosaurs.
Modern scientist now refer to the "Theory of Evolution" as "punctuated evolution", meaning that there appear to be starts and stops in the "evolutionary process". Scientists cannot currently explain these starts and stops in evolution, nor have they found the "missing link" between apes and humans. Does this then suggests that something that cannot be explained by science has been at work since the time when the universe began? I personally believe that to be the case and it is probably God. Who or what is God is another question all together.
I just want to add that I don't particularly believe in religion but I do attend CofE from time to time when I need spiritual fulfillment.