[Finny61]

I think it was Cheese who wanted to know how a religious person could intertwine the Bible with science. Really they can blend. Your interpretation is that the Bible is God's own words, a lot of powers that be in the church will tell you that too. For me and many friends of mine, the Bible is MAN's Interpretation of what God says or inspired word of God is another popular sentence. Many of the old testament books are treated more metaphorically then the New Testament minus Revelations which is wide open ballpark to skepticism.

For me the Genesis book is very relevant and so is our discoveries in science.

1. God created the world in days, 1 at a time. Whose to say this means an actual 24 hour day, 1 day could mean 1,000 or 100,000, or 1,000,000 million years.

2. God molded Adam in his own image, Eve was created from Adam. Why can't evolution still exist with this biblical statement? Can 'molded' not be the evolutionary chain from where we started whatever that be (a cell) to a human?

Personally I believe there is room for both and I accept the religious belief with the advances in science. They can go hand in hand even if evolution one day becomes 100% fact it doesn't change the faith aspect. Ultimately the reason why there is struggle in teaching is that it is so wide open to discussion and firm answers can't be given and that's where the disagreements are coming out.