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(Q)And I am as of yet having trouble finding a passage that contradicts science (especially when read in a non-literal fashion, as many of the book’s chapters are writ).(/Q)

Here’s a whole bunch; just in the spirit of helpfulness, you understand:

Scientific contradictions:

http://forum.cygnus-study.com/showthread.php?t=2632

General Errors:

http://atheism.about.com/od/errorsinthebibl/

http://www.1001errors.com/index.html

Sigh. As always, do you check into this stuff before you link to it? First comment on your first site:

1). Genesis 1: 11-19 According to this passage, plants appear on the THIRD DAY of creation although the sun is not made until the FOURTH! Now apart from the obvious problem this raises concerning photosynthesis, it actually raises an even bigger scientific dilemma involving the temperature of the planet at the time. With no sun to provide heat of any kind, I assume that the temperature of the atmosphere would be at or near Absolute Zero or –459 degrees Fahrenheit. Please explain what kinds of plants could hope to survive in those conditions.

Does this make sense with the first act of creation by God being “Let there be light” in Genesis? It doesn’t to me.

This fellow threw in all this nonsense about absolute zero and so forth without taking the Bible at its word that God created light, night and day, and so forth, first.

But, but, how could he create light without the sun? He’s God! If we humans can make light without the sun surely God can . . . It’s not a detailed description of creation, and if it was, do you think ancient Jews would have understood it or even have had the words to describe it? Do you think we could understand it today? I don’t.