Science in the Bible.

[Guest]

It could be indicative on a spherical earth

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Nor do any other reputable lexicons I'm familiar with EVER translate chuwg as sphere.

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I'm not "forcing" or "requiring" anything - the word used is "circle", I think that means "circle".

Are you suggesting Davidson's

[MorningGlory]

Davidson's work is reputable just as Strong's is reputable

[Shiloh62]

I wanted to ask how secular scientists and science buffs might answer how the bible-especially the OT (written so long ago) had such reliable scientific knowlege in it?

-Isiah 40:22 tells us the World was round when most believed it to be flat. Not until the greeks did 'modern' scientists agree that the Earth was round, but Isiah knew it much earlier than that.

-Job 26:7 tells us that the Earth was hung upon nothing, and we know today that it does infact hang on nothing.

-Job 22:12 tells us that the universe is vast and huge, as we now know it to be.

-Job 36:27-28 describes evaporation in great detail.

-Dueteronomy 12:23 tells us that 'life is in the blood' which, through DNA evidence we find is true, that all the information and life of a person can be found in a single drop of blood.

If not for the bible being given by God to man how would primitive cultures have so much advanced scientific knowlege?

this does not even touch the issues of historical an prophetic evidence that prove the Bible's truth.

It always amazes me why it took scientists so long to figure out what the bible had said all along!

[das_grosse_schwein]

Horizoneast wrote:

Davidson

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[das_grosse_schwein]

Sorry about all the deletions. When I first started, I needed to edit a post I had made. However, the edited copy was a second post. So I had two to delete instead of one. However, they duplicated and I had four posts with the word "delete" on them. I think I finally got it right. Thanks for your patience.

Regards,

---David M

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[das_grosse_schwein]

Davidson

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[MorningGlory]

Davidson's work is reputable just as Strong's is reputable

[Sir Gareth]

lets pretend that the bible doesn't even have this verse, what about the other scientific knowlege?

[das_grosse_schwein]

I wanted to ask how secular scientists and science buffs might answer how the bible-especially the OT (written so long ago) had such reliable scientific knowlege in it?

-Isiah 40:22 tells us the World was round when most believed it to be flat. Not until the greeks did 'modern' scientists agree that the Earth was round, but Isiah knew it much earlier than that.

-Job 26:7 tells us that the Earth was hung upon nothing, and we know today that it does in fact hang on nothing.

-Job 22:12 tells us that the universe is vast and huge, as we now know it to be.

-Job 36:27-28 describes evaporation in great detail.

-Deuteronomy 12:23 tells us that 'life is in the blood' which, through DNA evidence we find is true, that all the information and life of a person can be found in a single drop of blood.

If not for the bible being given by God to man how would primitive cultures have so much advanced scientific knowledge?

this does not even touch the issues of historical an prophetic evidence that prove the Bible's truth.

Hi Gareth,

Thanks for the reply,

Job 26:6-8 reads: Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. He stretches out the north over the empty place, and HANGETH THE EARTH UPON NOTHING. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

There is nothing in this verse that requires scientific knowledge. Anyone who could see could walk outside and see there were no cables or something else attaching the earth to the heavens. Many people who traveled to Egypt and Babylonia in ancient times would see no matter where they went there would always be no cables or anything else on which the earth was hanged. So it would not be unusual for an ancient person to conclude the earth hung upon nothing. Instead, in Job 9:6 we see Job refer to the earth's pillars (indicated elsewhere in the Hebrew Scriptures as well).

I will deal with others but first I wanted to discuss this one with you before I proceed.

[das_grosse_schwein]

Davidson's work is reputable just as Strong's is reputable

Edited September 25, 2009 by das_grosse_schwein