If you persist in seeing the Bible as a scientific text, you run into insoluble conflicts with the scientific evidence. You wouldn't use a musical score to interpret architectural plans--why do you use a theological text to explain the nuts and bolts of matter?
In fact, the Bible does not concern itself with the details of the physical world, the understanding of which is the competence of human experience and reasoning. There exist two realms of knowledge, one which has its source in Revelation and one which reason can discover by its own power. To the latter belong especially the experimental sciences and philosophy. The distinction between the two realms of knowledge ought not to be understood as opposition.Not everyone's favorite theologean, but in this case he knows what he's talking about.
Another thing I forgot: the story of Genesis was radical at the time in its assertion that God was before anything else. Other creation stories from humans living in the ssame area asserted that chaos existed and then a divine being of some sort entered the picture.
A very interesting analogy, which recalls to mind something the philosopher Schelling wrote, "that architecture is frozen music."
However, and I do want to continue our discussion, but I have plans to go out in a bit, so if i disappear I will return.
Have you studied Hebrew at all?