Original sentence: As the theory of evolution by natural selection and genetics has become widely accepted in the mainstream scientific community, it has replaced other explanations including creationism and Lamarckism.Skeptics – often creationists – sometimes criticize the presentation of evolution as proven fact rather than scientific theory; defenders object to these criticisms, maintaining that presenting it as "just a theory" constitutes an attempt to characterize it as an arbitrary choice and degrade its claims to truth
Edited sentence: As the theory of evolution by natural selection and genetics has become widely accepted in the secular scientific community, it has replaced other explanations including creationism and Lamarckism.Skeptics – often creationists – sometimes criticize the presentation of evolution as proven fact rather than scientific theory; evolutionists object to these criticisms, maintaining that presenting it as "just a theory" constitutes an attempt to characterize it as an arbitrary choice and degrade its claims to truth