[D Edmund Joaquin]

The bible was written to explain God's creation. In fact, the bible tells exactly how He did it, and evolution does not figure into it in the least

[pharmamom]

The ancient Jews weren't trying to explain how things got here. They weren't concerned with scientific questions. They were concerned with man's relationship with God, man's obligation to God, and man's place in the world, which is different. Being made in God's image, for instance, has nothing to do with God having a liver and two eyes and smelly feet--it has to do with our moral and immortal natures.

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?