"jack- i think i follow your argument as regards some measure of interchageability between humans and other creatures but whereas the darwinist might claim this as evidence of his beliefs ,the creationist sees it as evidence of a designer,utilizing and adjustig the blueprint to suit each application."

Its pretty simple pete.

26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

The Bible says they were created separately according to their own form. Does it say that man was created in God's image and the animals partly in God's image so that man can use the spare parts? Not in my Bibles. It is either literally true and all true or part of it is allegory. You can't say it is all true and just say the part that doesn't fit your theory is allegory. That is like Steve saying that Evolution is a theory until he needs it to be "true" for the sake of his own argument.

I think Howard has explained theory vs truth quite well. I does not differ from what I said except in focus. I was talking about the terms focusing on what Steve and pete were saying about them. Sorry Steve you don't get to truthfully say it is truth just because you taught science and believe it to be true. Sorry pete, you don't get to say that it is untrue just because it is called a theory.