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I think that you are where I was about 20 years ago. I KNEW that Jesus was real. I KNEW that Jesus had saved my soul. I KNEW that the Bible was the inerrant word of God. What I was unsure of was how did the science of evolution fit into the mix.

Two things have made a profound impact on me when reading the scriptures...
1) Jesus did not treat the story of Adam and Eve as a fairytale or alagory. (Matthew 19:4,5)
2) Death entered into the word through the sin of Adam and we are rescued from the punishment of sin by the perfection of Jesus. (Romans 5:12-21)

Genesis is as true as Romans and Matthew. Death was not occurring for millions (billions ?) of years before a conscious man "evolves." If so, then death wasn't a result of sin, and the whole reason for Jesus comes apart.

Words mean things. We can have understanding of what words mean. We do not fully understand how those things could come about though. (1 Cor. 13:12)

Science only studies what it can observe and repeat. A lot of what the Bible deals with is supernatural, which can't be observed or repeated by us (to my knowledge). To accept the supernatural, it requires faith. Therefore, to accept God Created the world in 6 days is not going to be proven by science, and can only be accepted by faith.

Let me end by saying that I believe the most important thing for Christians to agree on is salvation in Christ, not complete agreement on how God Created us.

Sincerely