Sadly you're mistaken. Although I can't speak for all religions, faith and reason for the vast majority of Christians are not mutually exclusive of science, hence there is no 'cherry picking'.  

Ofcourse, I recognize that there are denominations which adhere to more literal interpretations of events as described in various ancient texts, which may not be compatible with specific  scientific theories. On the flipside, scientists are also not necessarily unified in their theories, many of which are in fact  contradictory or biased in some way.