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The scientific models of the creation all have to tiptoe around the 900 pound gorilla in the living room (metaphorically speaking) lest they give ammunition to the bible thumping half wits who believe that Moses received a direct revelation from the Great Creator and faithfully recorded that episode and that the text was faithfully transmitted by the Jews to the succeeding generations even unto this day. Scientist, as far as I know, do not claim to have communicated with God. Indeed, the premise of a Creator infuriates them. They, speaking generally, do not qualify as candidates to receive revelation from God. The concept that God communicated with man and explained his work and purpose is not easily dismissed by anybody seeking to know the truth.

The technological progress of Man is representative of impressive mathematical reasoning and untold hours of hard work. We get into trouble when we fail to realize that there is an ending point to the application of logic and reasoning.

In much the same vein, the screenwriter Akiva Goldsman summed up the life lessons of Dr. John Nash, the genius mathematician, economist, and schizophrenic in the movie "A Beautiful Mind." This quote was compellingly delivered by the actor Russell Crowe, portraying Dr. Nash delivering his Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

I've always believed in numbers, in the equations and logics that lead to reason; but after a lifetime of such pursuits I ask, what truly is logic? Who decides reason?
My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional, and back; and I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found.

Scientists may not have communicated with God, but I have. There is the rub. It is not that Christians are guessing about what Science cannot see. Miracles happen, there is plenty of evidence that there is more than what can be seen.

Some just choose to have faith, some choose to have no faith.

Freedom of choice. Kind of like some choose to not put their hands in the fire, some choose to believe that fire does not exist because they cannot weigh it.