Several years ago, I was having quite a difficult time reconciling my faith with the findings of modern science. The Bible seemed to say one thing, while scientists said the complete opposite (or at least something that wasn't reconcilable). Unfortunately, I was not aware that the problem was that I was trying to reconcile
interpretations rather than the
raw facts.
People in the Christian community led me to believe that the doctrine of Biblical Inerrency applied to the
interpretations, rather than the
raw statements of Scripture. Scientists persuaded me believe that their
interpretations of the data could not be questioned, rather than the
raw data.
Believing these inaccuracies led me to further to believe that my
faith was based on emotion, and
science was based on reality- the two
could not be reconciled. I was in this state of confusion and conflict for quite a few years.
