Well not really.. like i said, the dissent that exists is as to whether or not evolution occurs as a result of chance or as a result of guidance by an inteligent entity with a preconcieved plan.

While the missing link may not have been found, fossils of primate evolution from australopithecus to homo erectus have been discovered. Likewise the human genome has clear indicators of a common past with other primates ( we are after all 98% genetically alike). Evolution as a natural process is not denied by scientists. However they may deny the unsubstantiated claim that it is all a result of pure chance.
Well by "basic" i do not mean of a lesser order. What i mean is that this intelligence is incorporated into the fabric of the universe. It is a cornerstone of universal development. Everything from cosmic super events to the instincts of a worker ant in the amazon are guided by this intelligence. It is not a separate entitity from the universe ( which is how Divine Intelligence is usually perceived) but rather integrated into everything.
Well i'm not entirely sure you know what you speak of here. Fact is that for want of a better alternative evolution IS the best researched, best documented and most likely process by which we came to be. The fact that we have not found the missing link does not mean that evidence doesn't indicate it is there. For instance in the world of astrophysics, black holes have never been observed, yet we believe they are there based on the evidence before us.

In any case the "hypothesis" of evolution is verifiable to a FAR GREATER degree than any theological creationist mythology. I'm not saying that creationists LIE, but rather their creationist hypothesis only makes any sort of sense in the context of blind faith.. now if creationism requires blind faith to mean anything, is it really something that ought to be taught in schools?

It should be taught in religious studies class, and even then only as a case study on what SOME people believe.
Well i would havce liked to see this stellar evidence that seems to blow a hole through all darwinian theory. NOTHING ont his planet has ever appeared out of the blue. While we may not be able to document the processes that have led to everything on this planet, it is an obervable and verifiable fact that everything appears as a result of other factors.

Humans have evolved from the Planet earth.. soil became amino acids, acids combined to form proteins, proteins combined to form single celled and multi celled organisms, these combinedto form more complex beings, and this process continued for billions of years, until eventually it reached a pinnacle which was when a particular species ( born of the earth) became sentient. That was the start of humanity.. Adam and Eve if you will call it that.. I have always considered Adam and Eve's eviction from paradise to be a metaphor for how they lived in the blissful ignorance of animals and when they became sentient they were evicted from that blissful ignorance. The " tree of knowledge" and all that .