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Now i realize that there are people who are still in the field, who do it for pure science, but overall its become such a freak show that stem from emotions and the latest theories one strives to completely overcome the other's beliefs.
Could you expand on what you mean by "freak show"? I mean, there are some freaky scientists out there, but I don't think that's what you're getting at.
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Its not a law or fact, but a theory.
And this seems to reflect the mistaken notion that in science, there's a hierarchy of certainty, running: hypothesis->theory->fact/law. Wrong.
A Theory is an explanation. If a certain theory is extremely well supported, or parts of it are, it may be referred to as a fact. The Germ Theory of Disease posits that microrganisms growing in our bodies result in illness. That dysentery is caused by a microorganisms is a fact.
There are controversial aspects of modern evolutionary theory. Other parts are not controversial. Common descent is not controversial. That species are not permanent is not controversial. The existence of natural selection is not controversial. The rough timescale is not controversial. Etc.
Any one of these points is potentially open to debate (see the rest of this site), but you can't say that because the "Theory of evolution" exists that these things I list above aren't "facts".