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One correction here....
A BIG one ...

Any true scientist will tell you that Evolution is actually a THEORY.
And that Creationism is a THEORY.
The actual nature of electricity is a THEORY too.

Ok, now the important thing, is which theories are useful, explain the obseved phenomena, predict accurate results to testing them, and have resisted being DISPROVED.

A THEORY CAN NEVER BE PROVED, only disproved.

Evolution seems to satisfy most of the requirements for a successful theory.
It is useful to breeders of dogs and horses, crops and flowers. It predicts many genetic phenomena, and it has NEVER BEEN DISPROVED.
If you have ever watched the lions drag down the slowest dik-dik in the herd, you have seen some of the supporting evidence to Natural Selection, a cornerstone concept of Evolution.
Note that while some mistaken critics of evolution theory insist they are not decended from apes, they ENTIRELY miss the point that Evolution determines we are cousins to apes, not their descendants. Our common ancestors are long gone, according to proper Evolutionary theory.

Creationism seems to not be as defendable. Hard to limit the Earths orgin to only six-thousand years. Geologic evidence, carbon dating, Astronomy, most scientific beliefs, evidence, and common sense are against it. BUT it does satisfy some needs, and is useful to many believers.

So while Creationism is still a Theory, it has been scientifically disproved to the satisfaction of the vast majority of modern scientists. But if you like to believe the earth is flat, then six thousand years might seem enough time to account for it all.

GOD, on the other hand, has never been disproved, and by the very nature of supernatural Faith and Belief, has not been proved, and CANNOT BE DISPROVED.

Note that the acutal explanations proposed for electricity have never been proved -- ( is it a wave, or a particle, or a quanta, or ...... ? ) but the acceptance of it and its "laws" as a reality allows us the use of it.

That is where Evolution is now, a useful, reasonable, scientifically accepted THEORY, which can NEVER BE PROVED, but which has not been disproved.

This whole line of contention was explored in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925, Scopes vs. State, with very interesting (legal) results. Conviction: Conviction over-turned, and case retired, unable to be appealed. The law banning the teaching of evolution remained on the books for about 50 years more, the ACLU's attempt to challenge it in higher courts was side-stepped, and no further attempts were made to enforce the law. It was just allowed to remain there to placate the fundamentalists, while Evolution was/is still taught in science classes.

Unfortunately, the SCIENTIFIC METHOD is not adequately taught, and Evolution Theory is still taught as a proved fact, which is an ERROR. It is a Theory, subject to the limitations of all Theories.

If the theories of Creation and of Evolution were taught side-by-side, and in the perspective of the Scientific Method which explains the nature of all theories, and in the perspective of the Supernatural, which cannot be proved nor disproved, we could let students draw their own conclusions.