I am actually currently writing a research paper on this very topic (which is why I'm keeping this short because it has to be done in 48 hours)

Just something I want to point out because there seem to be a few misconceptions.

The whole Creation vs. Evolution debate can be broken into 3 groups:

Creation Science (Commonly referred to as Creationism) - A sect that believes God created the world and that the earth is still very young (young earth scientists). Typically base these beliefs on the Bible. Against Evolution. It also isn't respected in the scientific community.

Darwinians - Follow the whole evolution, natural selection shebang. Basically we all came from simple cells and overtime evolved into what we are today. Basically what all of you seem to believe. A large chunk of the scientific community.

Intelligent Design - the belief that evolution DOES exist (certainly on a micro scale though macro is under debate) but there are things such as "irreducibly complex cells" that could not have possibly developed by themselves. This theory does not imply a Christian God, simply a designer of some sort (some scientists have claimed aliens). This is based PURELY ON EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, not any sort of religious text. While a smaller chunk of scientists than the Evolutionist belief, there is still a significant amount of scientists who have this belief.

The main debate (at least in more 'scholarly' areas) has been between Darwinism and ID, not Creationism (since most disregard it, as it is not considered science). THe problem is, most scientists who back ID get labelled as Creationists who are religious fanatics and they get tossed to the side fairly often. One of the authors of one of my source books (Darwin's Black Box by Michael Behe - this book basically exploded the entire ID vs Darwinism debate) explains in it how going to seminars and such his students expect him to spout religious nonsense but are actually surprised when he comes at it from a fully scientific point of view. So basically my point is don't confused Intelligent Design and Creationism, they are very different things.

That wasn't in extreme detail or anything because I really do have to get to work on this essay (which I'll be happy to share with you all after if you want) so I can get it done with. The thesis is that Creation and Evolution are compatible (Creation, not creationism.)