I am having a discussion with someone who holds to an Old Earth, who believes that science and Scripture are on equal footing; therefore it is not wrong to use science to interpret Scripture, provided we are using facts, not just theory.
He believes the “overwhelming evidence (not theory and presuppositions)” science has uncovered leads almost indisputably towards an Old Earth. Therefore it is not wrong to use this to interpret Scripture.
I told him that it is a dangerous practice to use outside sources to interpret Scripture. He stated that everyone does it, with the following example.
The Bible says the sun rises and sets, that a bat is a bird, and that the seeds must die before they can grow. You don't insist on taking those things literally - because you know better from your elementary school science classes.
He said without science we would interpret these things literally.
I do not have a lot of time to go much deeper into the subject with him, so I thought perhaps it might be prudent of me to give him an article on why Scripture should always be used to interpret Scripture, rather than outside sources.
Of course I believe that the “overwhelming evidence” science has supposedly uncovered for an old earth, is nothing more than theory in disguise to support their presuppositions. However, we could go on and on if I used that tactic. Seeing he has said that AIG and other organization like it, use arguments that he doesn’t believe hold up to true science.
I think it would be better to stick with handling it this way; then leave Him to the Lord.
If you know of a good article that is appropriate for this particular point, I would appreciate it.
Thank you
Tom
