Obviously I am repeating what you said, and taking issue with it (isn't this usually how these things go?)
The statement that "We did not descend from monkeys or apes." is not an observation, as there is nothing factual in that statement to observe, it is an article of faith and nothing more.
The statement "An analysis of all genetic, physiological, and paleontological data indicates that humans evolved with apes from a common ancestor" is an observation. See the difference?
Should have pinged you in my post 48. Sorry.
I understand what you are saying, but it is not an issue that concerns me.
The data indicating similarities between humans and apes may indicate a common ancestor to those whose faith is in the religion of evolutionary science.
To those who believe in creation as related in the Bible, those same similarities indicate a God who is economical in design.
The data is observable and objective. But the conclusions one reaches based on that data are based on faith and not by sight as no man was present to see life created or evolved.