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if the authors that wrote the bible knew then what we know now about science?
- Thread starter Mulligan
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After reading the following you might ask yourself if they were so uninformed.
The Bible is not a scientific manual, but it is scientifically accurate, even from its earliest pages, which were written thousands of years ago. Following are some examples:
(1) The Bible says plants and animals reproduce after their kind (Gen. 1). This is in perfect harmony with everything that can be observed and tested by modern science. There is great variety within kinds, all sorts of different roses and trees and frogs and dogs, but there is no reproduction between kinds, between roses and trees or frogs and dogs.
(2) The Bible says the earth is hung upon nothing (Job 26:7). Modern science knows that the earth moves freely in space, but this fact is contrary to the teaching of most ancient religions. The Greeks, for example, taught that the world is upheld by Atlas. Others taught that the earth was supported by huge pillars on the back of a giant tortoise and other such fanciful notions.
(3) The Bible says the earth is a circle (Isaiah 40:22). In past centuries many have believed that the earth is flat, but the Scriptures have always been scientifically accurate in this matter.
(4) The Bible says there are paths in the sea (Is. 43:16). Since the 19th century the ocean currents or paths have been charted and ships travel these paths just as trucks travel across roads. Writing in the mid-1800s, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy’s Depot of Charts and Instruments in Washington, D.C., observed, “There is a river in the ocean: in the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows; its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm; the Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream” (Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, 6th ed., 1856, p. 25).
(5) The Bible says there are trenches in the sea (Gen. 7:11; Job 38:16). “For many centuries, man considered the seashore as little more than a shallow, sandy extension that went from one continent to another. Then, in 1873 a group of British scientists carrying out research in the Pacific Ocean discovered a ‘recess’ (trench) 35,800 feet deep. A trench is a long, narrow depression in the ocean floor that looks like an enormous gash with extremely steep sides. The topography and depth of these trenches are used to distinguish them from other valleys and depressions in the oceans. Three major oceans have trenches in them, but the Pacific is most renowned for such. Extensive studies have been carried out on the Marianas Trench off the coast of Guam. In fact, several years ago a research team, using the bathyscaph Trieste, traveled almost seven miles down into one trench. The Bible, however, once again contained such knowledge long before mankind discovered it. Biblical scholars acknowledge that the use of the Hebrew word tehom (‘abyssal depth’ see Genesis 7:11) may well be a reference to such trenches. Job was asked by God, ‘hast thou walked in the search of the depth?’ (38:16). ... We now know -- thanks to years of intense, successful scientific investigations -- that such ‘recesses’ actually do occur in the oceans of our planet. Admittedly, our knowledge of these matters resulted from impressive technological achievements covering many generations. But where did the writer of the book of Job obtain his information? And how did the psalmist know to use a word that depicted oceanic depths? (‘Scientific Foreknowledge and Biblical Accuracy,’ Bert Thompson, Ph.D, Reason and Revelation, October 1993).
(6) The Bible says the air has weight (Job 28:25). It was not until the 17th century that Galileo discovered this, when he constructed an apparatus consisting of a glass bulb with an airtight valve and found that it weighed more after air was forced into it. Prior to this it was thought that air was weightless. In fact, Aristotle had done experiments that he erroneously thought confirmed that air had no weight.
(7) The Bible says there are springs in the sea (Job 38:16). Modern science has discovered that there are thousands of underwater springs that add millions of metric tons of water into the oceans each year.
(8) The Bible says the sea has great depth (Job 38:16). We now know that the deepest part of the sea, the Marianas Trench in Southeast Asia, is 35,810 feet. Man cannot walk there today any more than Job could in his day.
(9) The Bible describes the way of light and the place of darkness (Job 38:19). This is scientifically accurate. “Light is not located in a certain place or situation. Neither does it simply appear, or disappear, instantaneously. Light is traveling! It dwells in a ‘way,’ always on the way to someplace else. When light stops traveling, there is darkness. Thus, darkness is static, staying in place; but light is dynamic, dwelling in a way. Bound up in these energies of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the relat
The Bible is not a scientific manual, but it is scientifically accurate, even from its earliest pages, which were written thousands of years ago. Following are some examples:
(1) The Bible says plants and animals reproduce after their kind (Gen. 1). This is in perfect harmony with everything that can be observed and tested by modern science. There is great variety within kinds, all sorts of different roses and trees and frogs and dogs, but there is no reproduction between kinds, between roses and trees or frogs and dogs.
(2) The Bible says the earth is hung upon nothing (Job 26:7). Modern science knows that the earth moves freely in space, but this fact is contrary to the teaching of most ancient religions. The Greeks, for example, taught that the world is upheld by Atlas. Others taught that the earth was supported by huge pillars on the back of a giant tortoise and other such fanciful notions.
(3) The Bible says the earth is a circle (Isaiah 40:22). In past centuries many have believed that the earth is flat, but the Scriptures have always been scientifically accurate in this matter.
(4) The Bible says there are paths in the sea (Is. 43:16). Since the 19th century the ocean currents or paths have been charted and ships travel these paths just as trucks travel across roads. Writing in the mid-1800s, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy’s Depot of Charts and Instruments in Washington, D.C., observed, “There is a river in the ocean: in the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows; its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm; the Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream” (Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, 6th ed., 1856, p. 25).
(5) The Bible says there are trenches in the sea (Gen. 7:11; Job 38:16). “For many centuries, man considered the seashore as little more than a shallow, sandy extension that went from one continent to another. Then, in 1873 a group of British scientists carrying out research in the Pacific Ocean discovered a ‘recess’ (trench) 35,800 feet deep. A trench is a long, narrow depression in the ocean floor that looks like an enormous gash with extremely steep sides. The topography and depth of these trenches are used to distinguish them from other valleys and depressions in the oceans. Three major oceans have trenches in them, but the Pacific is most renowned for such. Extensive studies have been carried out on the Marianas Trench off the coast of Guam. In fact, several years ago a research team, using the bathyscaph Trieste, traveled almost seven miles down into one trench. The Bible, however, once again contained such knowledge long before mankind discovered it. Biblical scholars acknowledge that the use of the Hebrew word tehom (‘abyssal depth’ see Genesis 7:11) may well be a reference to such trenches. Job was asked by God, ‘hast thou walked in the search of the depth?’ (38:16). ... We now know -- thanks to years of intense, successful scientific investigations -- that such ‘recesses’ actually do occur in the oceans of our planet. Admittedly, our knowledge of these matters resulted from impressive technological achievements covering many generations. But where did the writer of the book of Job obtain his information? And how did the psalmist know to use a word that depicted oceanic depths? (‘Scientific Foreknowledge and Biblical Accuracy,’ Bert Thompson, Ph.D, Reason and Revelation, October 1993).
(6) The Bible says the air has weight (Job 28:25). It was not until the 17th century that Galileo discovered this, when he constructed an apparatus consisting of a glass bulb with an airtight valve and found that it weighed more after air was forced into it. Prior to this it was thought that air was weightless. In fact, Aristotle had done experiments that he erroneously thought confirmed that air had no weight.
(7) The Bible says there are springs in the sea (Job 38:16). Modern science has discovered that there are thousands of underwater springs that add millions of metric tons of water into the oceans each year.
(8) The Bible says the sea has great depth (Job 38:16). We now know that the deepest part of the sea, the Marianas Trench in Southeast Asia, is 35,810 feet. Man cannot walk there today any more than Job could in his day.
(9) The Bible describes the way of light and the place of darkness (Job 38:19). This is scientifically accurate. “Light is not located in a certain place or situation. Neither does it simply appear, or disappear, instantaneously. Light is traveling! It dwells in a ‘way,’ always on the way to someplace else. When light stops traveling, there is darkness. Thus, darkness is static, staying in place; but light is dynamic, dwelling in a way. Bound up in these energies of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the relat