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Yi-yi-yi.
Look, I don't want to stomp on anybody's feelings, but 'creationism' and evolution are mutually exclusive, and it is not a valid veiwpoint. And to be clear, I'm talking about the movement and theories by that name, not whether or not you beieve a higher power created the universe. That's totally up to you.
But creationism was an attempt by a pretty specific group of people to use the scientific method to 'prove' the earth was created by god in exact accordance with the bible. Leaving out the self-contradictory parts of the bible's account, it pretty much failed miserably. Never has any preexisting scientific institution anywhere in the world taken the tenets of creationism and adopted them after careful study.
Now some argue that the real purpose of creationism was to muddy the waters about teaching evolution in schools, and that may be true. If so, it's succeeded wonderfully. School boards are still arguing about it today. Unfortunately for all of us, it's terrible science.
For a prime example of why personal beliefs should not drive scientific enquiry, read "the Vavilov Affair"
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