Genesis... what's really important...

On mindsay, there is this oh to great (as in big) debate between the evolutionists and the creationists, on ofcourse which type of pie is better: apple or cherry.   No I'm just kidding... it's ofcourse the great debate on where we came from, where everything came from.  If you don't know already, I'm a creationist.  And normally I end up getting in pretty rabid debates... (more like typing matches) over the subject.  Well someone who looks at something from a purely scientific standpoint will never understand why someone would believe that the entire universe, which according to our current science, dates some odd billion years old, was created in 6 literal 24 hour days.  But then likewise, a creationist, such as myself would never understand an evolutionist in believing that we and the rest of the universe is a cosmic accident.  However, I have to speak to Christians about the purpose of Genesis and the creation account.  I'm not going to argue for day-age theory, because I don't believe it.  I'm not going to ask for a compromise between the opposing parties either.  But what does the creation account and Genesis REALLY have to do with?  Is it the point that God created the world in 7, 24 hour days?  Or is it that God created the world period?  Is it more important to prove to a scientist, something that science cannot tell us now or maybe ever?   Or is it more important to have an understanding of the fallen state of creation?   Every man, woman, and child needs to know which battles to fight.  I'm not saying that the creation-evolution battle is not one of those battles.  But which is the greater truth Christian, our Lord Christ, or creation in 7 days?  It IS important to know that God created the Heavens and the earth.  But is it worth arguing that it happened in the actual 7 days?  Maybe...  I will argue that point of view myself.  But when doing so, we should never lose the fact that that is not the point of Genesis... and that is not the point of Christianity.