If some geneticist was fired because he disagreed with some arcane portion of evolution, that's wrong. There's still lots to learn regarding the early stages and mechanisms of evolution. Also, if some behavioral scientist is a creationist, that's fine too (since it's not expected for she or he to know about evolution). But if someone's a geneticist and they say they believe in the Creation Story, then I'd have to question where they got their degree from. Scientific understanding and a literal interpretation of the Bible are at odds.
It takes more faith to believe we evolved from nothing than to believe we were created by something.
Hardly "nothing". Evolution is a continuing, proven process where basically, but not exclusively, simple organisms become over the course of time more specialized or complex. It happens on a micro-scale (even most creationists believe in micro-evolution), but also on a macro-scale - basically from the amino-acids to organisms, to single-cell organisms, to complex organisms
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However, "being created" also includes a higher, intelligent being (otherwise he/she/it could not create anything) - but leaves out completely where that being comes from, what it is etc. Unfortunately, any question, any criticism, is often killed with remarks about faith or belief not adhering to scientific conventions.