Evolution is a THEORY about what happened to cause variations in life forms.. it is not a fact.. Creationism is also a theory.. Both explanations are handed down by proponents of the "faithful".. Evolution is a fairy tale for adults, and creationism is a fairy tale for adults and children.. Creationism is a more fully vetted and refined unproven theory. The truth is nobody knows how life began, really, how could "we".. Preachers of evolution have no proof, only things that appear to have happened in such and such of a way..
Biblical proponents used ancient "sayings" that could very well be metaphors.. and probably are to explain things.. The Adam and Eve story as an example.. That story could very be a metaphor.. and probably is..
Talking to the "faithful" on both sides of this issue can be attacking their "faith".. as they see it.. I have attacked both sides for many years and LOVE the drooling tongue hanging out responses of both sides..
Jesus came to make ALL religion obsolete, AND DID(his words)...
Much more important an event than how did "feathers" evolve"
What would a real God even NEED with a religion anyway?
Religion is probably an invention of "Satan" if there is such a thing.
And evolution theory is simply a reaction to a really good metaphor.. that "liberals can't understand" so they thunk up their own theory.
Kind of like republicans and democrats, both socialists but its only the degree of socialism in question... and how to morph this republic into being a democracy most efficiently. Democracy sucks, always, in every place, at ever time.. and socialism is a symptom of the political degradation of a democracy being created.. Same with evolution theory, it is a symptom of creationists that have lost "faith" or rejected good metaphorical myth like Buddism or Hinduism and have "faith" in something that "could have happened", BUT DIDN'T.. Evolution "faithful" basically believe in partial truth, because some "mental figments" of the "faithful" are proven facts but they "expand" on those facts to fairy tale like deductions and call them facts TOO.. The evolutionists disease is, "WHAT IF"... They throw bullshit agaisnt the wall and whatever sticks... MUST HAVE HAPPENED.. A very dirty business and the "faithful" are very "ripe"..
Know what I mean ?...
My whole point is that evolution and creationism are NOT opposing ideas. Since, in their essentials, they deal with different things, they could both be true (or false). They are logically independent ideas. Only if one believes in the literal word of Genesis is there a conflict between the two. Evolution is a scientific theory, which is quite different from what people ordinarily refer to as a theory. As a scientific theory, evolution is supported by a great deal of observational evidence. You are correct when you say it is unproven, but if absolute proof is your standard for belief, then I suggest that you don't look to science for anything. No scientific theory is ever proven. Evolution shares the same status in the scientific community as relativity, quantum theory and a whole host of other theories that nobody in the general public would ever think of questioning. None of these are proven either, but the great weight of evidence makes it unlikely (but not impossible) that they will be overturned.