Creationism vs. Evolution: What matters?

The evolution versus creation debate has often been portrayed as a battle between deceit and truth. Each side believes they have the answer to how we landed here on Earth. I do trust in the book of Genesis and what it tells us about Creation. Whether this is literal or figurative, I don't know. The thing is, none of us were present the day God began creating us, the Earth, space, water, and anything else within existence. It is simply there. We can use all of the scientific or liturgical sources available to us to figure it out, but I don't believe that should be the foundation of our faith. God did not design all things for us to be able to figure them out. He is a mystery. I don't believe that He intended creation to be a topic that we are able to decipher. The essential fact that we should understand and trust in regarding Creation is that God spoke, and it was. We are not here by random order or coincidence, but for His specific purpose. It is not our obligation to know how this happened. I do not believe that God's goal for us as His creation was to achieve the correct doctrine or interpretation of particular passages. So why is the argument genuinely relevant? For me, the idea of evolution takes away from the sacred way that God created us. He intended for us to be His most prized possession, and we are. Humans have souls and long for purpose. Though we may have similar physical characteristics to that of apes, we are not animals. We are spiritual beings that God designed individually in a distinct manner. That should be the foundation of our faith; to be in an intimate union with God. The Creation, and the Creator. The way this happened is irrelevant. The vital thing is that it did happen.