James P. Hogan writes about Darwinism, evolution, and various related ideas and theories in Kicking The Sacred Cow. On page 440, he says:

"A comparitively young world - in the sense of the surface we observe today - is compatible with unguided Catastrophic theories of planetary history, while many who are of a religious persuasion accept orthodox evolution as God's way of working. What's at the heart of it is naturalism and materialism versus belief in a creative intelligence of some kind. Either these programs which defy human comprehension in their effectiveness and complexity wrote themselves accidentally out of mindless matter acting randomly; or something wrote them for a reason. There is no third alternative."

I am by no means as conversant with evolution, Darwin, et al as Hogan appears to be. However, like Hogan, I like questioning things, apparently think far too much about the general state of the universe, why it's taken the form it has, ad nauseum (well, the last adjective has been applied to me by others - usually after their eyes have glazed over while I go on and on and on and on about some seemingly entirely inconsequental aspect of whatever it is that I'm blathering on about). So. I say "bull." We just don't know - or are unable to comprehend - what alternatives might look like. Don't get me wrong; I'm a big fan of Hogan's (I've found little else in this book - or in his Rockets, Redheads & Revolution - with which to quibble). His treatment of the topics on which he chooses to focus is generally well thought-out; I found it odd that he balked at the possibility that other explanations could apply - particularly after he goes on a bit about the issues he has with some scientists who balk at considering alternatives to whatever.

Maybe, some time, I'll get to what I think about how the universe is constructed, why it's taken the form it has, and maybe even alternatives to the only two possibilities Hogan seems to think exist for how life became what it is.