Are the bibles of the world just rudimentary science texts at best? Are they just an attempt to explain what the heck is going on.
I think it possible that a belief in a creator God was the first elementary step man took in an effort to begin understanding his universe. Simplistic but not a bad. God then continued to be the cornerstone of scientific exploration until evidence suggested otherwise. I think we are at that stage now. God should remain as an explanation for awhile but I think eventually He will eventually be passed over.
For example...are flood stories merely an attempt to explain marine life evidence on mountaintops? How would our ancestors, who were probably just trying to survive, have the resources to discover the truth?
It takes time. We are somewhere on the upward evolutionary curve of gaining knowledge but we couldn't have got there without someone getting the science ball rolling many years ago.