"Widely accepted" as in spread real thin around the globe. I wager more people have throughout history understood the universe and living creatures to be the creation of a higher being than have believed it to be a poofism of unguided causes. It remains so to this day. Not that numbers of believers effect the truth, however. Wide acceptance of a dogma is no argument for accepting the same as true.
Better science goes against the flow and tests everything. Too bad dogmatic evolutionists can't stand to see their pet theory put to the test. As a result great minds are wasted on frivolous pursuits as opposed to genuine scientific advancement. Asserting speciation by unintelligent causes as if it were an unassailable fact is unwise as far as a well-rounded education is concerned.
Tell me exactly what test evolution is being put to. What research is being done and by whom?