Actually, I would rephrase this slightly differently. I am not telling them that they must accept a particular interpreting, I am just telling them that there are certain interpretations that they cannot accept. They can choose from any number of possible interpretations except for the few that contradict evolution. Or they can choose an interpretation that contradicts evolution with the understanding that it is not factually true.
I understand, but I think the result is the same. For those people that insist on a literal interpretation of the Bible, well, you're kind of telling them that their interpretation is wrong.
Now if sending this kind of message has the effect of causing fewer Christians to insist on taking the Bible literally while allowing them to accept evolution, then I'm all for it.
But personally, I'm not a Christian, so I don't necessarily feel it's appropriate for me to tell Christians which ways they can and can't interpret the Bible. If I was a Christian however, I would likely be campaigning for others to subscribe to my type of biblical intepretation which would allow for the acceptance of evolution, but like I've said, I'm not sure if I feel right, as a non-Christian, doing that kind of thing.
Perhaps I should rethink my stance on this. Maybe I should be doing whatever I can to open people's minds to the truth. There could be a lot of Christians out there who don't believe in evolution because they don't realize it can be compatible with their beliefs. Maybe those people are being swayed by the more fundametalist of the Christians that speak out loudly against believing in evolution, and therefore end up having an anti-science viewpoint, that includes supporting teaching ID in school science classes. If we could get to these people before the anti-science sentiments are cemented in their minds, perhaps we could end up with a larger group of Christians who are accepting of evolution, and understanding of science in general.
I'm not entirely sure how many people of that type are out there though, and I'm still really not too sure how comfortable I feel with explaining to people ways they can interpret their religion, when I, myself don't subscribe to that religion.