Essentially, creationists believe God created life on Earth out of thin air by snapping his fingers.  The problem I have with this "explanation" is that it actually explains nothing.  It's as pointless as explaining gravity by saying it's something God created to make us stick to the Earth.  It's a dodge that adds nothing to our understanding of our world and the universe.  It's a way of avoiding explanation.

My question is, does it add anything to our understanding of the universe to say, without any supporting evidence, that God "created" evolution for the purpose of creating life?  About the best I can say about this concept is that the part about evolution at least agrees with real evidence we find on the Earth.  Ultimately though, it's the same thing as the finger-snapping creation belief, only the finger-snapping happens a step earlier.

Do you see what I mean?