Do all scientists choose areas "about-which-we-must-not-think"?
Creationists recognize the value of science (electricity lights my house! Cool!) but they also value the teachings of the Bible.
Non-believing scientists recognize the value of science (of course) but refuse to consider the concept that something may exist beyond the physical world.
IMO, non-believing scientists are closed-minded people hobbled by areas "about-which-they-must-not-think".
"Non-believing scientists" don't refuse to consider anything. They will accept any and all evidence for creationism that appears.
Unfortunately for those here who feel some nostalgia for the Dark Ages, there is no evidence for a literal interpretation of the Bible (quoting the Bible itself doesn't count as evidence in the scientific community.)
If you want creationism to be accepted as science, all you have to do is show a scrap of evidence to support it. Or you can do what I do-- trust in Jesus for spiritual guidance, and trust scientists for empirical interpretations. There's nothing mutually exclusive about doing both.
There are many areas of science that are so well established that it is not productive to investigate. Contrary to many early Christian teachings, the earth really is round, and it really does revolve around the Sun, and scientists would be wasting their time to investigate those facts again merely because some ancient Christians interpreted the Bible incorrectly.
Creationists recognize the value of science (electricity lights my house! Cool!) but they also value the teachings of the Bible.
Genesis only has a few hundred words about the creation. And the two stories in Gen 1:1 and Gen 2:4 have specific sequence conflicts that should give any honest person difficulty in interpreting them litterally.
Any honest person should also agree that it is virtually impossible for two people to interpret the Bible the same. Witness the many different denominations, and the changes in Bible interpretation over the years. So it should be easy to imagine that any one persons specific interpretation of Genesis might just be wrong.
The bottom line is that God created the Earth and everything in it, and God inspired the Bible. By definition, they cannot be in conflict. When science examines the Earth and finds evidence of Evolution, then I must interpret the Bible to be in agreement.
The Bible and Gods Creation cannot be in conflict. Therefore God created Evolution.