I am a Christian. I believe in and accept Jesus Christ as my Saviour. I believe that Jesus was crucified for my sins, and that His blood was shed to pay for them. I believe in the Word of God. That said......
I also accept the theory of Evolution. "Sacriledge!" you say. "Blasphemy!"
I heard a man on the radio once who said that he accepted Evolution over Creationism simply because it is based on fact, and that it was wrong to teach Creationism in schools simply because it isn't based in any scientific facts.
Well, that's fine for him; it's all well and good that science's "facts" are so widely published and accepted. My problem, personally, lies in the overt flexibilty of those "facts".
Every five or ten years, some scientist or group of scientists makes a "breakthrough" discovery that "revolutionizes" the way we look at whatever. Then, they all get together and say, with the utmost confidence, "this is it....this is the way it is." Okay. This is the way it is. This is the FACT.
Five or ten years pass.
Another scientist or group of scientists makes another "breakthrough" discovery that once more alters the way we look at whatever we're looking at. Once more, they all get together and say, with utmost confidence, "this is it. This is the way it is. This is FACT."
Five or ten more years pass.
Another breakthrough. Things change again. We've all seen it. In my lifetime alone, 38 years, we've been through three schools of thought on the nature and future of the universe.
God's word on the universe, on the other hand, has stayed the same for what, 6,000 years? Now, though I read Genesis and accept it, I do so with two fingers crossed. It reads to me like a simplified version of my science text from school, and I tend to view it through that lens. A few things out of order, perhaps, but so what? It's all basically there to be read. I personally think the Truth lies somewhere in between.
Am I a bad person for looking at it so? I don't think so; it hasn't weakened my faith in God. In fact, it may even have helped bolster it. I accept science's version to a point, but God's version is a little less flexible.
It could be that there are many things we're just not supposed to understand, or know, in this life. I think this is one of them.