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Part of the problem is that people tend to try to prove science through the Bible. The Bible is not intented as a scientific document. For one thing, it was written in Hebrew and Greek—the translators have had a difficult time in correctly interpreting some parts of it. For example, what was the light that was refered to in Genesis 1:3
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. But the sun was not created until the 4th day:
Ge 1:16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. u He also made the stars. I believe that the light he refered to on the first day was His Shikinha Glory—Rabbi’s say that you could see from one end of the earth to the earth by this light. I am saying that as a professional Geologist, I have no problem reconciling the Word of G-d with Science. A point of proof might be the First Law of Thermodynamics: energy cannot be created from nothing. So at some point the universe was created.

I agree with you that the Bible's main purpose is not to serve as a scientific or historic document. Although much of its history has been authenticated, it is primarily a story of God's relationship with man and a guide to show us how to also have a personal relationship with Him.

I am a devout Christian who also has a Masters degree in Biology. I have been teaching General Biology for over 20 years and evolution is a required topic in that course. I also live in the "Bible Belt", so I always preface the discussion by reminding them that the scientific method discussed early in the course can not be applied to matters of faith and belief but only to things that can be directly observed or that can be discovered by experimentation. I emphasize that natural selection has been demonstrated to occur, but that the theory of evolution is just that - a theory - and need not threaten their belief in how it all began. It has never made me doubt that the hand of God set all of creation into being. In fact, the more I learn, the more I fail to see how chance and random mutation could have resulted in the treasures nature has on display for us each an every day.

I agree with you that the Bible's main purpose is not to serve as a scientific or historic document. Although much of its history has been authenticated, it is primarily a story of God's relationship with man and a guide to show us how to also have a personal relationship with Him.

I am a devout Christian who also has a Masters degree in Biology. I have been teaching General Biology for over 20 years and evolution is a required topic in that course. I also live in the "Bible Belt", so I always preface the discussion by reminding them that the scientific method discussed early in the course can not be applied to matters of faith and belief but only to things that can be directly observed or that can be discovered by experimentation. I emphasize that natural selection has been demonstrated to occur, but that the theory of evolution is just that - a theory - and need not threaten their belief in how it all began. It has never made me doubt that the hand of God set all of creation into being. In fact, the more I learn, the more I fail to see how chance and random mutation could have resulted in the treasures nature has on display for us each and every day.