Bill D makes some very good points about the sheer bloody-minded unreasonableness of your position, pete. Of course, you still stubbornly refuse to answer my question:

"Why should I believe the account of 'creation' that is written in the Bible rather than the reality revealed by modern science?"

Let me take a stab as to why you refuse to answer it.

You believe that the Bible is 'the word of God'. It is because it says it is - but that's circular reasoning - there is no independent authority which confirms that the Bible is the word of God. You could fall back on concensus and authority (within the established churches) but you've arbitrarily decided not to believe in those (except the authority of so-called 'creationist scientists'). Alternatively, you could fall back on faith - but faith is not logical - it is fervent and unquestioning belief in something invisible for which there's no evidence. Therefore, if you rely on faith to support your own position, you can't demand that others use logic, reason and evidence to support theirs. Every time you post, you paint yourself further and further into an illogical, and frankly rather stupid, corner, pete.