Science Confirms the Bible
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Science Confirms the Bible is a short poster full of imagined "proofs" that the Bible is scientifically accurate. In an effort to show this it quote mines the Bible and then compares what it says to science "now" and "then". The intended effect is to demonstrate that the Bible was right long before science was while, in fact, the Bible is rife with scientific error.
The somewhat bizarre claims are reproduced below before being roundly rebutted. A text version of the original can be found here.[1]
The somewhat bizarre claims are reproduced below before being roundly rebutted. A text version of the original can be found here.[1]
| Science Confirms the Bible (bear in mind that the Bible is 2000-3000 years old!) | ||
| The Bible | Science now | Science then |
|---|---|---|
| The Earth is a ROUND (Isaiah 40:22) | The Earth is a sphere | The Earth is a flat disk |
| Incalculable number of stars (Jeremiah 33:22) | Incalculable number of stars | Only 1100 stars |
| Free float of Earth in space (Job 26:7) | Free float of Earth in space | Earth sat on a large animal |
| Creation made of invisible elements (Hebrews 11:3) | Creation made of invisible elements (atoms) | Science is mostly ignorant on the subject |
| Each star is different (1 Corinthians 15:41) | Each star is different | All stars were the same |
| Light moves (Job 38:19,20) | Light moves | Light was fixed in place |
| Air has weight (Job 28:25) | Air has weight | Air was weightless |
| Winds blow in cyclones (Ecclesiastes 1:6) | Winds blow in cyclones | Winds blew straight |
| Blood is the source of life and health (Leviticus 17:11) | Blood is the source of life and health | Sick people must be bled |
| Ocean floor contains deep valleys and mountains (2 Samuel 22:16; Jonah 2:6) | Ocean floor contains deep valleys and mountains | The ocean floor was flat |
| Ocean contains springs (Job 38:16) | Ocean contains springs | Ocean fed only by rivers and rain |
| When dealing with disease, hands should be washed under running water (Leviticus 15:13) | When dealing with disease, hands should be washed under running water | Hands washed in still water |
