You obviously have a valid point. I noticed some replies that appear to suggest that theory equals fact. They seem incredulous that you don't buy into that interpretation. I don't know what these people have been told, but it looks like they were fed updated (false) definitions of the words "theory" and "fact." They have been so completely indoctrinated that they actually think anyone who doesn't accept these lies is a moron. It's sad really. I wonder if they were ever given a definition for "hypothesis." If so, I'd be curious to know what they were told about that. I'll bet you .50¢ they think that also means fact.
theories and facts are not mutually exclusive.
A hypothesis is a poorly tested explaination.
The theory is a well tested explaination. It can contain elements of fact. Fact being something with evidence beyond doubt.
You lose. In all these threads I have seen only the creos screw those definitions up while the non-creos repeatedly try to inform them of the true meanings.
Then you haven't been reading too closely. The evidence (observations, experimental results, whatnot) are the facts. For instance, there is a fact of evolution -- that organisms change over generations. Theories explain the facts. There is a Theory of Evolution which explains why organisms change over generations.
It's really not all that hard to grasp.