Scientists theorize. They adjust their theories using observable evidence. They admit when they are wrong, because otherwise our understanding of the universe will not progress.
Religion does pretty much step one, then ignores the rest.
I won't bother responding to your religious points except in telling you my own viewpoint. I am an agnostic. That means that I don't necessarily believe a god does not exist, it means I believe that even if there is, there is absolutely no way to ever prove (or disprove) it in the slightest. As such, I gave up on religion a long time ago. To summarize: if God does exist, I don't care, because the fact that Agnosticism can exist suggests that he would not be any more a perfect being than we are.
Now, as for evolution, I'm going to put this simply: It exists, it works, it's proven as much as any theory can be without being mathematics, it's observable, and saying otherwise is downright silly. I didn't intend to get into the evolution debate, but I knew you'd take issue with my use of the word. Wait, you're not a YEC are you?