Hi Anthony, I think it’s a shame that it seems your acceptance of evolutionary theory has lead you to give up your faith. I understand where youre coming from, but I think the problem lies in your apparent insistence that Genesis 1 & 2 must be understood literalistically, like a scientific textbook. I would suggest it wasnt written as such and was never meant to be understood in that way.
To me, the Genesis story of creation was written primarily as a polemic against other existing Near Eastern creation stories. For example the author describes the sun and moon simply as ‘lights’ with certain functions instead of naming them as sun and moon which would have been more natural. He likely did this because the sun, moon and stars were typically viewed as ‘gods’ to be worshipped in other stories, and he wanted to negate such a view - it was God who created these objects with specific functions - they are not gods.
There is also evidence of poetry and chiastic forms in the original Hebrew which we tend not to see in English. Further evidence that it should not be read literalistically.
That is not to say the text does not speak truths. For example, when the Big Bang Theory (as it became known) was first being proposed, a number of scientists openly said they didnt like the idea, compared to the Steady State Theory, because it agreed with Genesis 1, ie there was a definite beginning to the universe! Rather ironic that the proposer of the BBT was a priest, initially brashly rejected by Einstein.
In the end, your faith should not be based on a very specific understanding of Genesis, but rather on the truth spoken by Jesus of Nazareth. If you believe he spoke the truth about himself, why would you lose your faith?