Stump the Christian?

[Ravenshire]

I think evolution should be studied. However, I do object to the teaching as fact, that all life has evolved from nothing and everything has a common ancestor.

(emphasis is mine)
Evolution is a fact. Obviously your schooling failed you. Evolution has nothing whatsoever to say about the origins of life and I think I speak for most when I say I would be very skeptical of an teacher or text making the above (bolded) claim. And yes, we can be traced back to a common ancestor of all life, whether you like it or not.

I think the science curriculum should stop at describing what the theories are and how they work and not stray into statements best left to other fields (like philosophy and religion).

And who decides what part(s) of evolution get left to philosophy and religion? You? How 'bout we let the evidence dictate whether it's science or philosophy. So far the evidence is overwhelmingly on the side of it being science.