I have studied religion both from within the church when I was a youth and as a college student. Having a minor in Anthropology I have taken a lot of Anthro of religion classes and classes about religious history from a linear perspective. If you take yourself outside of your personal beliefs and really dive into the history of humans/spiritualism/myths you see an interesting tree like pattern branching out from Africa. Also, the nature of religious beliefs morphed depending on geographical location/knowledge/type of society (hunting/gathering, fishing, farming) and their proximity to other civilizations based on shared borders or extent of their trade system.
Despite these differences though, the common theme of all religious systems is its role in giving answers for intangible/unknown phenomena. This could be anything from weather patterns, tidal patterns, astronomy, migrations, birth, death and so on. The one most crutial quality though is the creation story. It defines a culture, gives them structure and identity as well as gives them a bond for unity which are all essential for tribal survival. In nearly every religion there is an ethnocentric stance in their stories where they are special/right/better than other people and that is the classic tribal view point. It doesn't go away and it doesn't lose value just because we happen to no longer hunt with spears or live in grass huts.
As for any creation myth being taught in school as science it would be ridiculous. These are stories that claim to be from "God" and carry no proof to be shouldered on, just accepted on faith. There are thousands of creation stories ranging from the one we are familiar with to those that we would laugh at like being born of a raven feather that fell from a passing god/bird. So which is right? I mean they all are taken on faith. Many of them have supporting texts that claim to be divine and infallible. Many of those texts have some similarities or points that could be mirrored up with modern science. They have ardent believers who also think science is wrong. Our draw towards Christianity is a simple random chance of where and when we were born. If we were born in ancient Greece we would want it taught in our science classes that the weather is controlled by Zues. If we were born in India we may very well want it to be taught in science class that there are an infinite number of universus all created by Lord Brahma who was born from a lotus flower that sprouted from Vishnu's belly button. If we were rich maybe we would want our kids in public school to learn about Xenu and his H-bombs.
People want their beliefs to be proved and people have been striving to do so for who knows how long. They want validation. Before the modern media of the last one hundred years or so we didn't have to face people who thought differently than we did. We had our communities of like minded people and we taught what we all felt should be taught. Now the world has shrunk and we are neighbored by oposing opinion. We afford freedoms to all of them while also affording freedom from them. It's that simple. Nothing makes the Biblical creation story special other than it happens to be the most common myth here in America 2012. It is still a religious story with no proof and only holds up to the light of faith, but blows away in the light of science like all other myths. This isn't me shitting on religion, it's just the way it is. If you believe it, great, love to you and yours.
Simply put, I happen to believe that the Sabres are the best team in the world. Evidence has been proposed to me that they aren't but I think that is clearly bullshit. I point to Pat Lala, Hasek, the French Connection and even Darren Pupa but they still tell me they have "stats". I then talk about injuries, the No Goal, Danny Brierre and Satan....they still try to squash the truth by saying we have no evidence...I mean Cups. I scream about chicken wings, Pegula and RJ but no one sees the truth. I have 100% faith that we will win the Stanley and drink from its sweet sweet bossom and I wish a plague on all other false teams and their skewed stats and fake hockey agendas. But then again.....that is faith.