Hi Dan, welcome to the forum, I hope you have a good experience hashing out these concerns with others.
I don’t have much to add to what @Socratic.Fanatic posted, but I thought I’d throw out a link to a discussion that addressed a similar concern and a recent post that examined the idea that Genesis is “either history or myth.”
Also, this is a helpful post from Roger Olson’s blog that summarizes narrative theology. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2016/01/narrative-theology-explained/
I think it is accurate to say that many theologians who don’t see conflict between Genesis and science incorporate features of narrative theology into their approach to Scirpture, so it is good to be familiar with them in order to have an idea where people are coming from.
And two introductory housekeeping notes you may find helpful as a new user:
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