Believers never come to their faith through science.   

This is a brute fact and easily confirmed in the hearts, lives, and contention for the faith of those who believe.  It is only AFTER faith takes root, that confirmation is sought from the natural world.  In this way faith is the foundational presupposition that anchors interpretation of everything else.  I can say this with certainty from my own life, as I was once one who was a card carrying member of that vast troop.   A detailed study of the Bible, as well as many other “Holy Books” and comparative religion was the spark that grew into a consuming fire and eventually reduced my religious beliefs to ashes.    It was not science, although certainly my scientific education was a contributing factor, as eventually almost all the crazy stories of the Bible fell to logic and a complete lack of evidence – Adam & Eve, Noah’s Ark, Exodus from Egypt (lack of historical, geological evidence) and Jonah and the Whale, sun standing still, The earth as a flat plane with a dome keeping the waters of heaven out, - good examples.    But other issues were even more disturbing...