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No scientific theory is passe until it has been surpassed by a better one with more explanatory or predictive capability. couldn't be farther from the truth. Science doesn't work that way. In science a theory is not considered correct until it has been proven to be correct. Darwinian evolution has not been proven to be correct. That's why it's not called Darwin's Law. It's a theory, but it's treated as law.

That goes completely against every science class I've ever taken. And you confuse a scientific hypothesis with a scientific theory, a difference which should have been strongly emphasized in the science classes you have taken.

I'm sure you're a very good worker in your field, but I do know that it is possible to do research and such without knowing beans about the age of earth or evolution. My own grad research, while heavily related to biology, doesn't require me to know beans about evolution, fossils, the age of the earth, and such.

Christians can only lose followers when they give out bad information. And, if I do turn out to be wrong on this, I'll gladly admit it. Can I have some confirmation from you garden-variety scientists, pretty pleeeeeeease? :)

Theories never become laws. Theories and laws logically cannot be proven correct. They can only be proven incorrect, and often are, but they remain theories and laws.

A theory is a conceptual framework. A law is an empirically deduced relationship.

Theories can withstand tests and be considered (although not proven) correct, such as the atomic theory of matter. Theories can be proven incorrect, such as Bohr's theory of the atom, but they remain theories.

Laws can fail tests and be proven incorrect, such as Ampere's Law or Newton's Law of Gravitation, but they remain laws. Laws can gain theoretical backing, such as Newton's laws of motion, but they remain laws.

The distinguishing characteristic between a law and a theory is how the relationship was established. I should not have to tell that to a scientist.