They did not exclude them.
Correction: ...by most fundamentalist Christian accounts that cannot be substatiated by evidence,...
Actually, we've become a nation that has turned it's back on rationality in favor of notions that appeal to emotions, such as superstitions, mythology, and psuedo-science.
Divine right of kings ring a bell? How about the Inquisitions? Cromwell? Does the Taliban ring a fucking bell for you?