Do you consider it essential to your Christian faith to believe in Young Earth Creationism? If so, then yes, you must renounce astronomy, physics and geology at least
So you think there is no such thing as a YEC astronomer, physicist, or geologist?
You either follow the scientific method where it leads, or you follow some other
a priori belief.
If you follow a fundamentalist belief that accepts scripture and "divine" revelation above the scientific method, and reject the overwhelming evidence for an old earth, then you are not a scientist in spite of any education or credentials you may have acquired. To purport otherwise is absolutely dishonest.
To hold such beliefs is to ignore, misrepresent, or falsely deny the evidence. There's no way around it.
Ahh, thanks for informing me.
Obviously I don't think that your statement above is correct otherwise I wouldn't take the position i do.
You either follow the scientific method, or you do not. Its that simple. If you reject the scientific method in favor of scripture or some other belief, at least admit that you are not doing science.
at least, not as far as the creation and flood stories are concerned; presumably, they do view the stories about Christ as historical fact, which is a separate matter involving no dispute with major fields of science)
So why become inconsistent with belief in the bible when it comes to the creation and flood account?
Because they have been shown to be inaccurate! The empirical evidence tells a much different story.
You can be as consistent as you need to be, but just don't claim to be doing science when you reject the scientific method and use "divine" revelation and scripture as your overriding sources of "knowledge."
Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.