Impressive that you are a physicist.
  as far as evolution goes, it is a theory at this point, just as gravity. 
The process of evolving has been substantiated.  The creation of a single cell has not.
I do understand what a scientific theory is.  It is such a general term where substantiated processes are lumped in with unexplainable, hypothetical phenomena.  Theory 
We are talking about the "theory" of a cell being created from non-living matter.  That tends to be lumped in with the idea of evolution (evolving of already living entity's).  They are different.