Last night I went to hear a Harvard scholar speak (generally) on science and the Bible."  The subject he chose was the first two chapters of the book of Genesis--which as you know, I am deeply interested in as a Zoologist.  He was an entertaining speaker, but he told us that he was not scientifically qualified.  However, he said that he had many scholar friends who were, and that they had assured him that Evolution Theory was a "slam dunk."  So he said that he had "listened to what they said" and was now a Christian Evolutionist.  One person who changed his thinking was a genome scholar.  (Briefly, the set of genes present in an organism.)

He said we should change what we think about the Bible--to fit science.  And went on to say that  most probably Adam was an analogy of the Israelites, who sinned, were condemned, cast out, etc...and was not a real man at all.  He also said that we should not be defensive about having to question what we had always believed--as if we had been mistaken.

All I can say is that you shouldn't be a speaker on a subject you are not qualified to speak on.  (I think he said his studies were in humanities.)  I have listened to the same arguments over and over again from someone in one scientific field or another, and have come to different scientific conclusions.  If I had listened to a few of them through the years speak with utter conviction, I would have had to change my mind over and over--because their conclusions changed (often) over the last fifty years.

To combine the zoological, statistical, archeological, chemical (carbon dating), biological, astronomical, and a dozen other sciences and understand how they fit together takes a forum of scientists working together.  I was disappointed that he decided that the Genesis account held  no scientific truth, and that he spoke on the subject as if science and the Bible don't fit together.

Instead of changing what we think about the Bible--so that it fits into science, I contend that true, accurate science will always fit into Biblical accounts.  We need to read Genesis for what it actually says and not what we think it says.   I have heard just as many Biblical scholars (who are not scientists) make many incorrect statements out of ignorance of science.