As soon as God's word was translated into a different language, and probably even as soon as man sat down to figure out what it meant, it was being interpreted.
I agree, Genesis in its original form was not opinion. But as soon as man started reading it, opinions were generated. Only one of them is right, but you've got no way of proving "yours" is better than "mine" and vice versa. If that could be done we wouldn't be having this dicussion.
As it happens, I didn't intentionally leave scientists out. But now I've thought about it, I'll rephrase:
"but I'm going to put my trust in God, not the earthly reasonings of philosophers, creationists, scientists or atheists.
[Now that DOES imply creationists aren't scientists. ]
Just pulling you leg. The point was meant to be
"but I'm going to put my trust in God, not the earthly reasonings of humans"
Next, from my view point, with an ancient universe and a big bang, God wouldn't have included explicit explanations and detailed accounts of the physics behind the entire thing because it wouldn't have meant a thing to the ancient Hebrews, or whoever. The concept of a galaxy, or the cosmos, is hard enough to get your head round now, let alone then. Obviously from your viewpoint this isn't necessary. Fair enough.
About my last statement, I'll do another post later, but it was meant to emphasise the importance of God over the Bible. You don't need to have read the Bible to become a Christian. I'd also put forward the case of the "Law of Nature" as C. S. Lewis puts it, which is an inherent feature of humanity allowing us to know what is basically right or wrong. But this could turn into a whole new debate completely off topic.
Basically, I'm not saying we don't the Bible to grow as Christians, and definitely that it's not incredibly important. Think of it like an airplane, with the Bible as the engine and God as the wings. I know which I'd rather have stopping working mid flight.
Anyways, my lady is calling me for dinner,
Gotta Go,
Nick