Walton emphasizes, however, that his conclusions are warranted by the text, and do not represent an accommodation to science. Some readers may find themselves noting that, without modern science, we would not know that there is no solid dome above us. But whether one agrees that Walton\u2019s conclusions would have been reached by exegesis alone even in a different scientific context, his point for conservative Christian readers is still important: \u201cIf there is no Biblical information concerning the age of the material cosmos, then, as people who take the Bible seriously, we have nothing to defend on that count and can consider the options that science has to offer\u201d (pp.95-96). Expressing pastoral concern, Walton notes the number of people who, having been told they must choose between modern science and the Bible, end up losing their faith, and he thus is concerned to emphasize that \u201cwe do not have to make such a choice\u201d (p.96). Walton also emphasizes that his view does not deny God\u2019s role in material origins. His point is simply that \u201cGenesis 1 is not that story<\/em>\u201d (p.96).<\/p>\n
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