Or you somehow separate it from reality to avoid any conflicts. I’ve heard there’s theists who say they believe the literal word and yet work in a science-based field that requires a total different point of view. They either co-exist with both or just go through the motions with one side.
Cognitive dissonance. I did it for years. Evolution and the rest were true and the Bible narrative was also true.
Roughly what I thought was that the Bible didn’t say any of that stuff happened on earth, it said it happened. Like a sorta bubble where all this weird talking snake stuff happened.
A lot less mental strain not having to think this way anymore.
Francis Collins is an excellent science administrator and also a young earth creationist. It’s wild, he talks about going to try to talk to his coreligionists about vaccines and they just tune him right out.
Or you somehow separate it from reality to avoid any conflicts. I’ve heard there’s theists who say they believe the literal word and yet work in a science-based field that requires a total different point of view. They either co-exist with both or just go through the motions with one side.
Cognitive dissonance. I did it for years. Evolution and the rest were true and the Bible narrative was also true.
Roughly what I thought was that the Bible didn’t say any of that stuff happened on earth, it said it happened. Like a sorta bubble where all this weird talking snake stuff happened.
A lot less mental strain not having to think this way anymore.
Francis Collins is an excellent science administrator and also a young earth creationist. It’s wild, he talks about going to try to talk to his coreligionists about vaccines and they just tune him right out.