==You base your knowledge of the distant past on faith and trust, scienctists do not.
yeah right:
“I believe that all life, all intelligence, all creativity and all ‘design’ anywhere in the universe, is the direct or indirect product of Darwinian natural selection.”
—Richard Dawkins
—Richard Dawkins
You are obviously confused. You are confusing the theological opinion of scientists (like this quote) with facts established by science (like common descent through evolution).
Are muddling this distinction deliberately, or do you really have trouble telling the difference between a collective body of scientific work and the personal opinions of one man?