I see nothing inconsistent with your views regarding science and the Bible.
One thing that could be is that a “day” in Genesis can also be translated as a period of time - like the “day of the dinosaurs”.
I had one pastor that offered the possibility (although I don’t think it was his personal favorite) that God created the earth to “look old”. “When He created Adam, he did not create him as baby - he created him as a man, already grown and “old”.”
I don’t subscribe to that idea, but it is an interesting concept.
To me, the pursuit of “science” means trying to understand how God makes things work, NOT using science to disprove the existence of God, like some attempt to do.
To me, the pursuit of “science” means trying to understand how God makes things work, NOT using science to disprove the existence of God, like some attempt to do.
When Genesis was written, the greatest scientific minds were sure that the sun and celestial bodies revolved around the earth. We were the center of the universe. A Day is the time measurement used to describe “one trip around” for the Sun. We perceive time as a constant.
God sees Earth as a dancing jewel spinning around our sun. Our solar system is sweeping along the arms of the Milky Way. From the view of an omnipotent Creator, “one trip around” could mean a full turn of the universe spiral. There is a possibility that time is a variable.
Imagine God trying to reveal divine knowledge and wisdom to man in the desert. Amazingly his brain was not fried, but Moses only had words that were available at the time. He wrote truthfully.
Our understanding is still like a child. So much to learn.