Here's why: without "science" to back up what happened during creation, the Intellectuals of our universities have been successfully shouted down the Faithful as nothing more than uneducated religious zealots. For the past 100 years -- basically since the Scopes Trial -- the Creationists have been playing catch-up. And it took probably 60 years before they got over being stunned and brow-beaten into silence. But in the last few decades, science has (oddly enough) advanced sufficiently to assist our case.
Why do you feel the need to compete with the campus intellectuals? What will you gain? Faith in God, in Christ, is not an intellectual endeavor, it is a article of faith.
In the end, whether science backs you up or not, don't you still believe?