" it boils down to a faith position."

No Pete... it does not. There is a big difference between "faith" in a story written in old manuscripts and 'confidence' in an ongoing, methodical study of evidence. I have explained many times that you are playing fast & loose with definitions of 'faith'.

"as far as the bible is concerned creation is the evidence of a creator."

Again... circular reasoning: you believe the Bible explains God, then believe God 'inspired' the Bible. Each depends on the other, and both depend on blind acceptance.
You would reject that sort of reasoning about other things, but when it's about the creation of the universe, it's just fine? Wow....