I don't see anything scientific in the long post above Jeanie, though maybe you can point out where you think the science is.

I don't see a problem with people believing whatever they want to believe, so long as those beliefs don't conflict with what we know about reality. There is abundant evidence that the earth is old and that evolution occurs. A belief system must either take this into account, or deny it and call it lies in order to preserve the belief.

I wonder, what would also be the reason for someone to believe the above story, as opposed to these? They are all creation stories with no empirical evidence. How then does a person choose? (Another option, of course, would be not to take any of these stories literally, and focus on what they are teaching us about the nature of life.)