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Why would a God bother to include vestigial organs in any animal? We get no benefit from these organs, so they must be remnants of something we once had. Hence, this proves evolution.
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I completely agree with the theory of evolution. It makes sense and can actually be proven - in real life and artificially - just purchase a copy of Creatures and the process of natural selection becomes evident.
But evolution had to begin somewhere. Primordial soup is usually the explanation, but then we get that chicken/egg scenario again. A catholic can still believe in God
and evolution, assuming that they don't take the Old Testament literally.
The 'bog of life' had to come from somewhere. Evolution is a result, but can only take place when life exists before it. Just because natural selection has taken place, it doesn't refute the possibility of a God that originally created everything evolution has now improved upon. I don't necessarily believe that this is what happened, but it's still a possibility.
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The Sun: If God created everything, then the sole purpose of the Sun must be to provide heat and light for the Earth. Yet a study of the Sun proves that it is inefficient for this purpose. It is far too big and far too far away. If an architect was to design an efficient heating and lighting system for a large celestial body, he/she would probably come up with a cagelike structure surrounding the planet. The Sun does not fit this description in any way.
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Whatever created the sun - whether it be God, the big bang, or something else - this doesn't rule out the fact that things change over time. Perhaps there was once life on planets such as Mercury, or even Vulcan (assuming that it ever existed) - in which case the sun would have been exceptionally effective, except life eventually does die. There are theories to suggest that life on Earth will cease to exist in 100 million years, so even our own planet will possibly become as desolate as the others in our galaxy some day.
As with evolution, in which you already believe - things obviously change over time. The ozone layer, once effective for its purpose, is now becoming increasingly useless as humans destroy it with our polluted cities. Perhaps the sun was once as effective for a now obsolete purpose.