>I have several questions.
>
>1. What is to be harmonized with Science, the Bible or our interpretation of
>the Bible?
The proper question is:
1. What is to be harmonized, our interpretations in science, or our
interpretations in Scripture?
When stated this way the answer falls out of the question and is obvious.
Any practicing scientist knows that the interpretations of data in the
laboratory are subject to the same levels of interpretations as are
religious views.
>2. When will physical science be complete?
>
>2a If never, does this mean that we can never draw conclusions and offer
>theories? Will we always look though the glass darkly?
True, physical knowledge will never be complete, but that does not prevent
us from drawing tentative conclusions based upon the partial knowledge that
we do possess, and in some areas such as math and physics, these conclusions
have yielded spectacular successes, such as returning men from the moon
(where, incidentally they did not sink up to their necks in meteoric dust).
In other areas, especially those involving historical interpretations,
conclusions must remain more recognizably tentative. I could cite some
wonderful examples for you from geology, for example.
>3. Considering the fact that the Israelites failed to recognize the power of
>God in the wilderness, and that the religious Jews of the Roman era failed to
>recognize Jesus, will the religious people of today or tomorrow be able to
>recognize a solution to the scientific problem if that solution is not what
>they expect?
Probably not, since we rarely recognize solutions to problems in science or
religion that are the unexpected. Again, I could cite some great examples
from geology.
>3a. What would such a solution look like?
>
>4. When do Christians become responsible for EXPLAINING the data rather than
>informing everyone that the data does not mean what the evolutionist believes
>it does?
When they become (or are replaced by) scientists. You cannot expect
laypersons to understand the nature of science. And when some agency such
as the federal government supplies funds to pay the salaries of people
trained to examine these data.