I've read it from front to back half a dozen times, and in three different translations. Actually, there is a narrative to it, at least in parts of it. Genesis is a narrative history story. The four Gospels in the New Testament are narratives, too. There are books that are pure narrative, if boring. Numbers is a good example.
The thing is that it's always the same. It never changes. It's also factually incorrect and the history is suspect, when it's not outright incorrect. Still, people who are religious still read it, or read parts of it. Most Christians have not read the entire Bible. In fact, few have, even those who are ministers and pastors. It's a slog to read the whole thing.
Science is completely different. It changes constantly in many ways. In my lifetime, physics and biology have changed dramatically, with more and more becoming known almost daily. Keeping up with what is being discovered and understood can take a lot of time. Most people don't bother. I only follow a few areas, really. I'm not a scientist, but have always been fascinated by science.
So, I try to keep up. I read Nature, Scientific American, and check into several websites on a regular basis, just to see what's going on out there. I don't read the Bible any more. I'm familiar with it already, and it doesn't change. I'm an atheist, so the whole God thing is meaningless to me. I only read it in the first place because Christianity is the dominant religion and I want to know about that.
Science is hard to keep up with. Religion isn't. I prefer things that I have to stay on top of.
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