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" That's strange. I don't see anyone out there trying to disprove evolution except creationists which are so often decried."

Every time someone unearths a fossil it is another possible falsification of evolution.

"You cannot prove that we came from a massive bang 4.6 billion years ago (or did they jack up the age of the earth again? I keep losing track)..."

The BB happened about 15 billion years ago; this has been the accepted number for quite a while. 4.6 billion years is the age of the Earth, which was formed long after the BB.

Your mix up of the BB and the formation of the Earth aside, there is evidence that points to their old age. We can't prove it 100%, but then again we can't do that with any theory in science. Creation by God on the other hand, can never be proved or disproved; there is no way to gather physical evidence for or against. It can never be a scientific theory until that happens.

" So no, you cannot prove those assumptions. You cannot necessarily disprove them either."

While we can't prove or disprove God's creating the world scientifically, we CAN gather evidence against certain interpretations of creation, such as YEC. That the earth is only thousands of years old is no longer tenable scientifically.

"The evidence of evolution is frequently inconsistent, and constantly being changed as new observations are made."

The main thrust of evolutionary theory has not changed much since Darwin. That evolution is modified to account for new data is a plus, not a negative. It's what science does.

"Evidence interpreted according to the creationist model fits."

Not the young earth assertions, nor the fixity of species, nor the arguments against common descent. Whenever Creationists make specific stands about biology and geology, they open themselves up to critique by the evidence. They have not passed that test. That's why they switched to ID; it's nebulous enough to not make any testable assertions. It can hoodwink a higher sort of buffoon.