What does the textbook of today say anyway about the origin of life? It is not perfect, but it the best thoery in the field we have, it helped the advancements in many biological and medical science fields. We need something to expalin the life science, not some philosophical logic.
I think the main problem people have with grasping the concept is that humans have no innate perception of how long a million years really is. Much less a billion.
I think there is probably something out there that created the known universe, be it the Big Ban or God or what ever it is. However, I don't think that thing/being cares about people on earth one bit. This God created people in his image etc was all because we think we are some how super important when infact we are less important in the cosmetic scheme of things than the single cells on earth. So God very likely. Religion, highly unlikely.
This is just iteration on the same debate about theories we have in every one of these threads. A theory is not a final answer. It is an answer that seems to best fit the data available. As far as "acting" - well, the data is pretty damn conclusive. But certainly, if you feel any auro of finality an abomination, you are perfectly righteous to call it out as such. You said evolutionary science is working at validating evolution. Well, that's exactly what an evolutionary scientist should do. Work to confirm/strengthen the theory. This often means showing errors. And then correcting them. It's the way it works. If you demand scientists go off and look for alternatives, I would postulate you're in for a long wait since that would be silly while the data is so in favor of evolution.
