I really don’t get bent out of shape as to the literal timing. If God set up the Big Bang as the mechanism of the formation of the universe, then it’s all hunky dory to me.
The theories and observations of the day point to the Big Bang. If these lead to technological developments, then that’s good too. Our understanding of light went through many phases including that of small balloons of energy at the same time they were waves. Doesn’t mean that it is was right (and it isn’t). But it was a better understanding than what we understood before.
If God set up the Big Bang in a literal day, then so be it. If not, and the “day” was metaphor, then so it as well.
I agree.
For now. Big bang is only a few decades old. It would be foolish to assume that it's the final theory of cosmology. At one point, the geocentric universe was as certain as we are today of the Big Bang. Biblical, mathematical and philosophical knowledge of the time independently came to the same conclusion: man and earth are God's central creation and the rest of the creation revolves around it (exists because and for it, literally and figuratively).
If these lead to technological developments, then that’s good too.
It's a working model.
Our understanding of light went through many phases including that of small balloons of energy at the same time they were waves
Light is a wave in perpetual motion, elicited by bursts. Any point on the light wave is a vector that "acts" as a "particle" with predictable geometric properties (Snell's law). A section of the wave behaves according to diffraction laws.
It's like considering each letter independently or a whole word.
The unit of energy of light is a photon or your proverbial "balloon." Still part of the same letter/word entity.
Doesn’t mean that it is was right (and it isn’t). But it was a better understanding than what we understood before.
Well, the ancients understood that fire and light go together. They understanding of natural sciences was not really wrong, just not as detailed. What was deficient can be summarized as cause-effect knowledge. They didn't necessarily know the causes of phenomena that we know today.
The best thing is not to mix science with the Bible. Science is not there to disprove God. It only provides working models, which—work but are not necessarily "true."
The Bible speaks of spiritual truths, and is full of allegorical messages. It speaks of experiences which no science so far has been able to formalize or describe.