Two parts of this argument need to be understood before we can resolve this.
(And I find it funny that the religious one is "misinformed" about what a scientific theory is. Because that's just typical)
First of all, theory IS the highest level an idea can have. Theory doesn't become law once it's proven. Theory is the highest level. Once you understand that, you can think about this next part. Theories are never 100% proven, because we could always be wrong....wait for it....about a technicality. For example, it was a theory that everything revolved around the sun. This was 99% true. Everything (in our solar system) revolves around the sun. It took MORE INFO to realize that it was slightly off, and that there was more out there that revolved around other things.
Sure it wasn't a SMALL mistake, but they were right about all the data they had, until new data appeared. This is the beauty of science as compared to say, religion. People that believe in science use faith as well, but are always willing to accept that new data might prove them wrong or incorrect. Such isn't the case with religion (you know what, it's not religion at fault here, let's get it right....it's bad christians), there is never new data, and they are never wrong.
Now, I'm a psych major, so let me tell you something interesting about THAT little comparison. Strong people are capable of accepting new points of view. Weak people are stubborn and are much harder to change.
Second of all, it was an idiotic christian decision to go up against science. But that's not surprising at all. Evolution could have been intertwined with the story of creation. Christians could have accepted that to god, his one day took up a million years because he is beyond time. They could have gone right along with science. THE FUNNY THING IS, the sequence of events is VERY close to what is scientifically "proven".
Day 1: The heavens, the earth, light and darkness. =big bang
Day 2: Heaven = heaven
Day 3: Dry land, the seas, and vegetation. = planets forming
Day 4: The sun, the moon and the stars. = kind of out of order (but could mean in relation to the earth, like there were gasses in the atmosphere, and then cleared up)
Day 5: Living creatures in the water, birds in the air. fish and dinosaurs, evolving to birds
Day 6: Land animals and people. mammals and humans
It's very close to the actual order of events, and it's arrogant foolish pride that made an entire culture say, "herp derp, it was actually 7 days". Another example of arrogant religious pride and inability of the weak to change.
That's all the rambling I have for today.
EDIT: I meant that second part to be more about evolution than creationism, but you get the point. Birds are related to dinos, it could've been done. Everyone who knows anything about the Bible already knows that a lot of it is metaphorical. But this time, it couldn't be a metaphor, it had to be cold hard reality no room for millions of years. Just an all around bad, ignorant, overly prideful, weak decision.
