[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your reply and for your encouragements!

However, as you said later on, if the believer is unable to resolve the meaning of scripture and science, then he will rely on scripture -- if that is the imperative of his theology. That, alas, may put the believer who knows no science, and who may mis-interpret scripture, in the position of (pardon the expression) a "flat earther."

Precisely. Which is why it is pointless to argue against a theological worldview using science, which is anathema to a correspondent so situated.

Personally, I would that all Christians on these threads would take this passage to heart regardless of their doctrine:

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: - 1 Timothy 6:20

IOW, if one's faith demands a YEC worldview then why cause so much contention over that which was received as an article of faith?

[Oztrich Boy]

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: - 1 Timothy 6:20

IOW, if one's faith demands a YEC worldview then why cause so much contention over that which was received as an article of faith?
you don't have the slightest knowledge of the religious controversies within the First Century Christian community