reply to post by SuperiorEd
Originally posted by SuperiorEd
We can test the Bible on its science.
Ah, one of these again....and trust me, it fails.
Light/Wave duality. Genesis 1 / John 1
Where is the mention of particle/wave duality in light in Genesis 1 or John 1?
All things are made of sub-atomic particles too small to see. Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do
appear.
Translation: things were made of the "word of God".
Time had a beginning. 1 Timothy 1:8-9
...not definitively agreed upon...and it's a T/F question. 50/50 chance isn't exactly going to impress anyone.
The stars are too great in number to count. Genesis 15:5, Jeremiah 33:32, Hebrews 11:12
...according to the Bible the stars are small lights set into a physical sphere. Genesis 1
All matter is made from what is not seen. Hebrews 11:3
Wow, you're already repeating yourself
Shape of the earth. Isaiah 40:22 [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that
stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
...that's the shape of the
sky, not the shape of the Earth. The Earth is a
circle, not an oblate spheroid according to the Bible.
Hey look, I actually seem to have addressed this not too long ago because blueletterbible.org still has that verse saved in my search history.
The earth moves in a large orbit. Psalms 19:4-6
...talks about the
sun moving.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Last I checked, the Earth moves around the sun, not the other way around.
Light travels in paths, darkness does not. Job 38:19
Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,
I'm sorry, but how does that say that light 'travels in paths'? It merely is a question asking
where light dwells. And it's not that big of a
deal to figure out that darkness is an absence of light rather than a thing in itself.
The Universe is expanded from its original size. Isaiah 42:5, 45:12, 44:24, 48:13, 51:13
...no, these passages say that god stretched out the heavens...not that they expanded from their original size. And the heavens being referred to are
still something which are locked in a physical dome above the Earth...like a tent.
The North Pole and the fact that Earth floats freely. Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.
I'm sorry, but what does that have to do with the north pole? Last time I checked...there's a big snowy place over there, it isn't really empty. And
the Earth doesn't 'float freely', it's locked in orbit around the sun
by gravity.
Life is in the blood. Leviticus 17:11-14
Tell that to bacteria. Life isn't in the blood, life isn't even so much of a 'thing'. Sure, blood is useful for those things that have it and those
things that have it can't live without it...but they also can't live without their lungs.
It's not that odd for a culture to realize that a person is going to die if they bleed out.
Blood coagulates on the 8th day after birth. Not discovered until 1935. Genesis 17:12
No, that's a ritual for circumcision, not a discovery of coagulation. And circumcision is a dangerous and unnecessary process of genital mutilation
which removes functioning nerve tissue.
Jews and Arabs descend from one man. Genesis. Y Chromosomes and DNA testing proves this.
...I'm sorry, but everyone descends from the same guy if you go back far enough. Of course, that same book also gives a specific time frame...and I've
yet to see a study that shows that Jews and Arabs descended from the same individual man at a specific point in the last few thousand years.
Laughter can promote healing. Proverbs 17:22
Depression is harmful. Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
...um...this is sort of just a basic observation anyway, isn't it? I've never really heard of any culture anywhere in the world that thinks that
gloomy thoughts promote healing or are healthy.
The Jet Stream. Ecclesiastes 1:6 Not discovered until WWII
Ugh..not this one again. How does this passage describe the jet stream?
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his
circuits.
This passage is describing
all wind as acting in a circuit for some reason...and it's preceded by the blatantly false passage:
1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Hydrological Cycle Job 36:27-28, Amos 9:6
Condensation is an easy phenomenon to understand...but the full hydrological cycle is not explained in those passages. And Amos 9:6 has nothing to do
with that:
[It is] he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and
poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name.
Air has weight. Job 28:25
No, the word in that passage is
wind, not air. And it refers to how strong the wind blows.
Just check out every single translation of the passage.
Anthropic Principle Isaiah 45:18, Genesis 1:23-27, Job 40:15-24
Do you even know what the anthropic principle is?
Entropy Psalms 102:25-26, Isaiah 51:6, Hebrews 1:10-11
Entropy has to do with transfer of energy within a system, not with things falling into decay. Of course, you're a creationist, you don't get what
entropy is.
Prediction of modern TV, Internet, Satellite. Revelations 11:7-11
What, because the people of the world saw all the dead bodies? I'm sorry, but there isn't a damn mention of anything near a tv, internet, satellites,
or anything else of that nature.
Oceans circulate in currents and paths. Psalm 8:8, Isaiah 43:16
...a coastal people understand currents? Oh wow.
There are springs that originate on the ocean floor. Job 38:16, Jonah 2:5-6
...there aren't.
Mountains and valleys on the ocean floor. Job 38:16, Jonah 2:5-6 The Challenger expedition (1873-1876)
Job:
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
...I'm sorry, but what does that have to do with mountains or valleys?
The important part in Jonah is one line:
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains
...bottoms of mountains...so the bottoms of mountains can be underwater...um...nothing to do with underwater mountains though.
And Jonah is the story where a guy didn't suffocate in the stomach of a big fish...
Prediction of mass transportation and exponential expansion of knowledge. The word increase in this verse means multiply and not add to. The word
'watirbeh' "and shall multiply"
Daniel 12:4
4 But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”
...wow...people will increase in knowledge over time? How is that a prediction of anything? It was someone telling Daniel to hide the scroll because
there are 'many' people who travel trying to increase their understanding.
Now let's test the other passages where the Bible gets all sorts of things wrong:
Plants existed before the Sun and Moon (Genesis 1:11-16)
The Earth is created before the Sun (Genesis 1)
...actually, to just shorten this:
The order of events in Genesis 1 is wrong
The Sun and Moon are set in a physical firmament above the Earth (Genesis 1:16-17)
The Moon is a/produces light (Genesis 1:16, Isaiah 13:10)
Global flood (Genesis..mentioned several other times in later books)
Humanity at a time of civilization which would have enabled large scale construction projects shared a single language (Genesis 11)
Diverse language happened instantly rather than gradually (Genesis 11)
The Hebrew population in Egypt somehow goes from dozens to millions in a few hundred years. (Exodus)
Hares and coneys are ruminants (Leviticus 11:5-6)
God's cure for lepers (Leviticus 14:2-52)
Snakebites are cured by a brass serpent on a pole (Numbers 21:8)
Giants (way too many passages Numbers, Deuteronomy, 2 Samuel, Amos)
Dragons (Deuteronomy 32:33, Psalms 148:7)
The Sun apparently moves and can be made to stand still so that people can sneak attack others at night (Joshua 10:12-13)
The Earth has pillars...I guess instead of being hung it's placed.(1 Samuel 2:8, Job 9:6,26:11,38:4-6...actually, a lot of places)
Pi = 3(1 Kings 7:23, 2 Chronicles 4:2)
Either the Earth stopped rotating and moved backward a bit or the Sun moved backward on its own...well, we know what the Bible says about the
relationship between the two. (2 Kings 20:11)
The Earth doesn't move.(1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 38:4-6, Psalms 93:1, 96:10...and a lot of other places where it mentions that the Earth is set on
foundations)
People think in their heart (Esther 6:6, Isaiah 10:7)
Ostriches are apparently entirely inattentive parents (Job 39:13-16)
The Sun moves around the Earth (Psalms 19:4-6)
Snails melt (Psalms 58:8)
The Earth has four corners (Isaiah 11:12, Ezekial 7:2)
Lots of fantastical creatures used to exist including satyrs, cockatrices, fiery flying serpents, etc (Isaiah)
The Earth is definitively flat (Daniel 4:10-11, 20)
The stars are tiny objects that can fall out of the sky and be stomped upon (Daniel 8:10)
...and that's without even getting into the New Testament.edit on 12/4/11 by madnessinmysoul because: Fixed bold formatting