In answer to this question, i pose one for you to consider...
given that a great deal of mankinds technology comes from war and mans inhumanity to man, do you suppose that we shouldnt use it? Albert Einstein was a pacifist and yet he pushed the United States to develop nuclear weapons because of a fear that Germany might suceed in their endeavour!
You question above has nothing to do with origins really. Creationists all believe that God created man with intelligence, the difference being, we are supposed to use our minds for the worship of our creator and for helping others...not for the purpose of denying God and others!
The apostle Peter made a very significant statement regarding the literal reading of the books of Moses;
1. Peter states that his personal revelation came directly from the witness of Christs ministry, God in heaven, and the prophets
16For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”c 18And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
19We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
2. Peter states in 2 Peter Ch 2
4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell,a placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; 6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction,b reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;c 7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Theistic evolutionists attempt to claim that we cannot understand Old Testament writings and that Moses writings in Genesis are not to be read literally. However, clearly the apostle Peter dissagrees with such a notion as Peter quite obviously describes the events Moses wrote about, whilst also telling us that the information he is quoting from Moses writings were revealed to Him by not only the writings, but by the Messiah who lived among them and died on the cross!
TEism as a religion doesnt have a leg to stand on. Peter condems those who attempt to claim that the bible does not reveal itself to us and given Peter makes it very plain that Lucifers fall from heaven before creation of this world, the flood, and desctruction of sodom and gomorah are literal. TEism followers are denying Peters writings and therefore denying the revelation of God concerning these things. That is a very damning position for one to find oneself in.
