I don't want to get into a whole deal here, but the comparisons are getting silly.
Tell me, who was right when Creationists challenged the idea that man evolved from ape, now that the standard has changed to man and ape sharing a "common ancestor?"
On the contrary, I think that creationist ideas and flat-Earth notions are on precisely the same footing. Both are long-discredited myths with no place in the classroom, except as examples of obsolete conceptions of science.
Tell me, who was right when Creationists challenged the idea that man evolved from ape, now that the standard has changed to man and ape sharing a "common ancestor?"
When someone says "man evolved from ape", it has only ever meant that modern man evolved from ancient ape. When someone says "man and ape share a common ancestor, it can only mean that modern man and modern ape share an (ancient) common ancestor. The two statements are completely consistent with each other, because modern apes evolved from ancient apes.