Evolution vs creationism?

I agree that calling anyone stupid for their beliefs is petty. However, I would like to touch on a couple points. I have heard a lot of the theories out there on evolution and radioactive dating and the origins of the universe. As far as the way we date things. I have gotten in debates with people about that a lot. You really need to know the chemistry behind the methods in order to understand why it is so useful. It is not an exact science (in that the farther you look back, the higher the margin of error), but with the science behind it, you can determine with statistical significance that the Earth is incredibly old and which layers are about how old... this leads to the idea that if I see a bunch of bones in rock that is determined to be a million years old that it is very plausible that that was when the animal died. As far as the creation of the universe, creationists have about as much say as anyone else. while you cannot prove that God created Earth, you cannot prove anything else about the universe's origin, only form hypotheses that seem viable. My take on the formation of life is torn though. While it is statistically more likely that it was created somehow (nonrandomly) you must also realize that there are organisms out there that are incredibly basic (ie viruses, prions, and even some bacteria). Is it not plausible that a prion evolved into a virus and that a virus evolved into a bacteria and so on and so on? Earth is ideal for the creation of life (more earlier than now), but on these matters I am torn between being a Christian and a scientist.