[jla]

Then please explain how evolution and Genesis are compatible with each other. As I said, if one is true, (which would be the latter), then the other cannot be.

[spatso]

Simply take the time to read the beautiful words of the Pentateuch.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and earth.
Genesis 2:2 ..He rested on the seventh day after all the work he had been doing.
Genesis 2:7 Yahweh God fashioned man from the dust of the soil.

There are two separate Creation stories in Genesis. So when you speak of evolution having a negative affect on the Genesis Creation story I don't even know which of the stories you are talking about. There are enormous conflicts in the time lines of Creation. The most significant of these conflicts are right within the body of the text of Genesis. Bible scholars have studied these conflicts for centuries. They seek to better understand the sources and difference in meaning that can be taken from the differences. People who seek to better understand the sacred word will find strength even within the textual contradictions.

The idea that evolution creates a crisis for Genesis is silly. Science has always been creating crisis for faith. The science of evolution is pretty timid compared to the crisis caused by Galileo when he looked into his telescope and told the world there was no heaven immediately above us. Or, that the two great lights in the sky were not just for the earth as suggested in Gn1:17. Faith communities have constantly had their beliefs tweaked by science. When it happens we need to go back to our scripture and find an answer within ourselves. We don't invent our own science.