Theories should be taught as theories not fact. After all so many have been debunked disproven over the years.
Enjoy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_scientific_theory
You didn't really answer my question. Should we teach the atomic theory as a theory, not a fact? Should we tell students the existence of atoms has never been proven? Should we tell them the earth's rotation around the sun is merely a theory, and there are alternatives?
I looked at the Wik. links. Their use of the word theory for instance, does not apply to spontaneous generation/abiogenesis whatsoever. There was never anything more than a hypothesis. The total, is a list of disproven hypothesis and very weak theory.
What I do see in that collection is poor reasoning. I see the same poor reasoning in the behind the conclusions of the Council of Orange. The difference between science councils and theological councils, is that weak reasoning gets attacked and overturned in science councils. In theological councils, weak reasoning and falsehood is stamped as dogma, doctrine and unfathomable mystery. Anyone that questions it is branded a heretic and banished. That's real in the theological world. The scientific world doesn't do that.