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I mean evos have had millions and millions of man-hours put into their theory, so I cannot hope to compete,
Just a quick comment, and then back to the topic. The evidence that science bases it's theories on are objective in nature. You don't have to take anyone's word on anything, you can go measure it yourself. Just as I have faith in a book that lists the height of the Empire State Building at such and such a height. Why would someone lie about it when anyone can measure it themselves? The theories that science constructs are potentially falsifiable, also. The theories state what kind of evidence would refute the theory, and this evidence is potentially measurable and observable. Contrast this with creationism that bases it's theory on the subjective nature of spiritual revelation. This is something that can not be reliable measured or observed. It does take faith, but entirely different types of faith; tentative faith and blind faith.
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Let's face it. Science has not yet proven evolution to be undeniably true, just like the creationist theory has not been proven undeniable true through science.
Nothing in science is absolutely true, but somethings are absolutely false. You can prove a negative, but never a positive. A literal interpretation of Genesis has been shown to be false by the evidence, not by evolution. Once a theory is falsified (see geocentrism) it is no longer part of science.
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Now a TRUE Christian, one who strives too be Christ-like, would truly be offened at this statement since a true Christian seeks a life of humility.
And in their supposed humility they think that their interpretation of the Bible trumps the evidence in God's creation. This is far from being humble, telling God how he created instead of letting God tell them through his creation.
As to the topic, what do you think Darwin's biggest mistake was? I think he didn't fully understand the exact mechanisms of inheritance, and so some of his ideas on the forces behind natural selection were a little off. Also, in subsequent books he also talked about the inferiority of some human races as compared to the superiority of some human races. He took his biological theories and tried to transfer them into sociological theories, a big mistake. Scientific theories suffer inaccuracy when they are misapplied, as is the case of pushing the laws of thermodynamics into the realm of information.
Another mistake is that he probably should have waited a little longer for more evidence to come forward (such as transitional fossils and the mechanisms behind heredity). Other than that, he did a bang up job, and in a few ways got lucky that a few of his ideas were correct.
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