I’m working on a “Biblical fiction” novel which focuses on the writing of Genesis. It’s set right after the division of the Reed-sea: God, through Moses, brought the Jews out of Egypt. What follows is Moses being instructed to write what becomes first book of the Torah, despite already working on a first-hand account of what happened in Egypt (a book which will later become known as Exodus). He is shown sporadic visions, not only of extended visits to Earth’s distant past, but also brief glimpses into the future on occasion. Meanwhile, as one can predict, he has to deal with the now-free Israelites’ consistent complaining and rebellion.
The premise of the story is that Moses was indeed shown the Big Bang, the dinosaurs, and human evolution but had to “dumb down” the visions he was shown for the sake of coherency for the Israelites, which is how Genesis as we know it came to be.
It’s pretty much my theory on the subject.
Currently, I am only at the Forward section discussing the story and the logic used to create it. Right now, I am looking for two quotes arguing the incompatibility of Christianity and evolution. It’s easy to find one from the first citation I plan to use, Ken Ham, but I also recall Richard Dawkins or somebody supposedly saying that the process is cannot be married. Of course, people like Collins, Craig, Plantinga, and others would call the stance of both men quite silly.
Even the ancient Church Fathers, if I remember correctly, were skeptical of a universe that was less than 10,000 years old.