The theory of evolution has no compelling need to make statements about the ultimate origin of life Perhaps 'Origin of the Species' begged the question of the origin of life itself, but it marked a continental divide between the old static, designed, purposeful universe and the modern, open-ended, uncertain universe
True.
And maybe this is why we still teach Darwin's juggernaut ... it conditions kids to think about the world in a way that God is optional. That it is currently bad science may not matter by comparison.