The writers of the Bible were people of imagination.They were not "logical thinkers". Was it their literal intention to suggest that Eve was fashioned from Adam's Rib? That all things that exist were crafted by the creator in seven 24 hour days?Remember,He didn't create the Sun until the Fourth Day. Somehow,I think the intention was to create an understanding through the painting of a picture,a parable if you will,like the ones Christ gave to his followers.The tale of the Prodigal Son did not have to be historically accurate to be of immense value: it showed his followers that no sinner was beyond redemption.When God created the "great whales and every living creature that moveth", does that broad statement not include the potential of triceratops and allosaurs? Or are the fossilized bones they left actually "the Remains of Angels" as some 18th Century scientific Christians proclaimed.

I believe that these writers of this great book were people of imagination and creative power,very unlike the Christians of today who insist on the Bible's literal interpretation,people who cannot reconcile scientific facts to the rigid dogma of their belief,and by denying these facts,jeopardize the cedibility of the very faith they seek to glorify.My God is infinite in his power and wisdom,and willing to devote decades of evolution to the task of perfecting his creation: Man. We simply need to use the greatest of His gifts to us,our imagination, to gain the understanding that evolution IS creation in process.