The key flaw in your statement is that the entire universe has operated as it does now from the beginning. There is no evidence for this because you cannot go back to the beginning. You must assume that this is true. Creationist assume God created it and set it all into motion. Atheists believe a quantum fluxuation or something like that occurred to bring all of this universe into existence from nothing. Now if that is not faith (religion) I don't know what is.

Why is it that the truth is only the truth if it makes someone money. Just because you can't make money by believing what is so obvious to true scientists does not make it false. The world's formation by God and the transformation via the Flood are easily seen if you use a truly open SCIENTIFIC mind. That is, consider all the options and see what the evidence BEST fits. You will quickly see that it is not uniformitarianism and evolution.

You might also check out Answers in Genesis (http://www.answersingenesis.org/), the Institute for Creation Research (http://www.icr.org/), the Creation Research Society (http://www.creationresearch.org/), and True.Origins (http://www.trueorigin.org/). All of these organizations provide resources from scientists credentialed in their fields of study showing how the Bible explains the creation of the world better than uniforitarianism.

David