On the contrary, I think the majority of the population has been "suckered" into buying a theory of origins that originated before the invention of the microscope - before we could actually SEE the infinite complexity of a single cell - until evolutionary theory can account for this level of complexity, I cannot in good conscience teach it as absolute truth. One theory of many, sure, but not the truth. How do we know that God didn't put us here? Or that He directed evolution to happen in His own way? Or that it really was aliens? The TRUTH is, we just don't know, and it is arrogant of us to pretend we have all the answers in this one flawed theory.
Teach both and the third if it arises and can hold a half cup of water.
You're this ignorant on science, yet you are homeschooling your kids? Perhaps they'll make good car mechanics. No, wait, there are too many digital thingies in cars now.
The amazing thing about Evolution is that it was proposed well before discoveries in DNA and cellular structure. Yet DNA studies fully support and even enhance our understanding of Evolution.
You need to stop reading Genesis litterally. There are serious flaws in it that we have discussed on other threads. Genesis is quite obviously not an exact history of the creation, and attempting to make it so will only prove you wrong.
That doesn't make the Bible invalid. There are 4 gospels, each telling a slightly different story about the exact same events. If you want to take the word-for-word meaning of the Bible litterally, then you must pick one gospel and throw the other three out as heresey. But you don't do that, and similarly the two different creation stories in Genesis should demonstrate that neither are exact historical texts. And even if they were, there's only a few hundred words in Genesis, which is not nearly enough words to convey the complexity of the creation of the universe.
There is no conflict between science and religion, except in some people's interpretation of the Bible.
Are you aware of what the word "theory" means in science?
One theory of many, sure, but not the truth. How do we know that God didn't put us here?
How do we know he did? And when you start adding a deity, which deity do you push?
Or that He directed evolution to happen in His own way? Or that it really was aliens? The TRUTH is, we just don't know, and it is arrogant of us to pretend we have all the answers in this one flawed theory.
You are starting to talk abiogenesis here. Not evolution.
Question; Do you doubt gravitation theory?