From tpaine: "Not possible to 'prove' , as you well know.
Well actually, fellas...we can turn to the good old dictionary for some illumination:
religion - 1. the belief in and worship of God or gods. 2. a specific system of belief, worship, etc., often involving a code of ethics. (Webster's New World Dictionary, 1995)
Acknowledging that a Creator is responsible for the existence of everything entails belief...because no one has "proof" that such a being exists. Unless of course someone can produce fingernail clippings or somesuch bit of physical evidence.
So does acknowledging that "chance" is responsible for the existence of everything. Evolution is every bit as much an article of faith as religion. Evolution has yet to provide convincing evidence of a mechanism that can cause change. They are very well able to point out processes and examples of change, but they cannot possibly give evidence as to WHY these processes happen the way they do.
Furthermore, a dictionary definition of 'religion" does not argue for or against the necessity to make creationism a religion. Just because all things might be created does not mean a "Person" had to do it. Right?