[NJ_gent]

"I'm a bit alarmed to see you still believe in Zeus."

I am too, I'll have to pray to Odin and Thor tonight for guidance. (just kidding)

"Why shouldn't theories of evolution be open to question as well? After all, they're only theories."

Any theory within the scope of reason should be given a chance at scientific peer review. That being said, not all of these things should be taught in schools. Teaching a theory with supporting evidence in schools while cautioning that it's just the best theory we have (as opposed to "The Truth") seems to be a better solution, to me, than teaching things which have no evidence, cannot be proven or disproven, and involve metaphysics. Let's leave that to the religion classes of private schools, which are far better equiped to deal with the questions that arise than are science teachers.

[Fester Chugabrew]

. . . teaching things which have no evidence, cannot be proven or disproven . . .

So does the assertion that it took millions of years for the Earth to take it's current form hold up in the arena of "provability?" How so?