Thank you for your post.
The Bible does not say that the sun orbits the earth.
It says, "the sun rose." We use this same language today.
It was the Church's interpretation that was off, not the Bible.
Points well taken. And I do understand basic Hebrew and Greek well enough to consider myself a literalist.
Biblical Theology was my major, after 6 years of in class study, every supposed "contradiction" was easily reconciled.
The logical deduction from this is that when reality conflicts with interpretation, interpretation is wrong. The track record for religion being right about factual matters in science is pretty bleak.