For those who are interested in these religion/science debates, I would recommend reading a book called Beauty and Unity in Creation. It is written by Dr. Gayle Woloschak (sp?). She is a scientist and a professor at Northwestern University in Chicago. She is one of the Orthodox scientists that advises SCOBA on science issues. She does a good job of explaining that Genesis was not written as a scientific text. Any document, even scriptural ones, should be used for their intended purpose.
In my opinion, to read scientific theories into Genesis is not like trying to learn calculus by reading the Psalms. It\'s just not there. I would caution Orthodox Christians from jumping onto Protestant anti-science bandwagons and political causes. Opposing science is not a part of our tradition.
Science is self-corrective, theories are tested and if they are proved to be wrong they are discarded. If religious people really believe that a certain scientific theory wrong, all they have to do is wait, if it is wrong, the scientific community will disprove it. Science shouldn\'t try to disprove God, religion shouldn\'t try to discredit science. Pious people can offer their work in science to God, but that is as close as it should get. I don\'t understand why people think that their faith is somehow threatened by one scientific theory or another. But I do think that it is helpful to have this discussion, thank you everyone for your posts.
(Sorry about the rant everyone, I hope it helps)
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