Whenever what is stated in the Bible does not line up with what (modern) science says is so, the author believes we should go with the science and just understand that the writers of the Bible were simpletons (pre-science) in their worldview and God was OK with that. If that is so, then the Bible is untrustworthy, is not the Word of God, is of no actual value in knowing about God, or ourselves, and should not be believed at all when it talks of things that science tells us plainly are impossible - such as the existence of a God in the first place, a virgin birth, accurate and detailed prophecies made hundreds of years before the events (they must have been added afterward by "followers"), miracles, or the spontaneous resurrection of a dead man. God's inspiration of all the Scripture that comprises the Bible means it is always accurate and true - or it is not the Word of God. Whatever freedom in linguistic style, language, etc. was granted the humans who God chose to record His Word, one thing must be accepted - NOTHING they wrote could be of their own interpretation (see 2 Peter 1:20). Because if it was, then the Bible is the word of ignorant men and not the omniscient God, and we should just disregard it altogether, except perhaps as an exercise in seeing just how much the human worldview has changed over time. E.g. The author's argument that despite the language of Genesis clearly intending to convey that God created the world by fiat in 6 days of roughly 24 hours each, just like they are today, ("and there was evening and morning the nth day") that's just a pre-science worldview and not scientific reality. If we agree with the author, then we all know there couldn't be a day or night on the first three days if God made the sun on the 4th day (conveniently forgetting God had created light on day 1 and separated the light from the dark at the same time, setting up the literal day). Instead of asking "what could that light have been which God used to delineate days and which predated the sun by 3 days?" (Hint: it was the manifestation of God's glory, see Rev 21:23-25)the author simply slides into the day-age claims that a "day" was a long period of time. Forget that when God gave the Jews the Law He clearly stated that the reason for the 6 days of work and 1 day of (sabbath) rest is based on the 6 days of God's creative work and the 7th day when He rested from his work OF CREATION (See Exodus 20:8-11). The author attempts a weak argument telling us the days had to be symbolic for the long ages because the 7th day in Exodus doesn't have "evening and morning" attached and so wasn't an actual day but is a long age which is still going on today. Something which is demonstrably false as God is NOT still resting but is actually WORKING, and Jesus Himself told us that. Because of sin, the "sabbath rest" is not ongoing but is IN THE FUTURE for all who put their faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus is our sabbath, and at the end of the age when the devil and sin and death are cast into the lake of fire, we will finally experience and be in the true Sabbath of God. But until then the Father is working, and Jesus is working, to redeem lost sinners (John 5:17-30). Instead of trusting science over God's Word, we should start from God's Word and then re-evaluate what we think we've discovered by "science". There was a movie some years back where the script writers had the scientist/theologian say to his students "Science and scientific finding do not make the statements in the Bible true. Scripture is always true. Scientific support of the Scripture only means the science is true. Because we know that the Scripture already is." I've been a scientist and engineer for almost 50 years. And I can attest to the truthfulness of that statement. If something in science is in disagreement with the clear reading of God's Word - our "science" is flawed and we need to revisit it. I'm glad I bought this book on sale and didn't waste full price on it. I wanted an example of how NOT to deal with apparent disparities when discussing God and science in our adult Sunday School classes, and it fits that niche.