Bible says....Science agrees.

[byHisGrace]

Science vs. the Bible

    There are passages in the Bible that coincide with scientific principles that weren't widely

    accepted until hundreds of years after the Bible had been written. Here are some examples:

    1. The Bible said the earth is round and is suspended in space:

    In various verses, the Bible says the earth is round and that it is suspended in space:

    "He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth..." (Isaiah 40:22, NIV). (By the way, the

    Hebrew language at that time did not have a word for "sphere," only for "circle.")

    "He spreads out the northern [skies] over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing"

    (Job 26:7, NIV).

     

    2. The Bible described the Hydrologic Cycle:

    In various passages, the Bible describes a hydrologic cycle, the process by which clouds are

    formed, rain is produced and ground water is replenished. Science made the same discovery in

    the 1600s, long after the Bible passages were written. Here are the related Bible verses:

    "He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight" (Job

    26:8, NIV).

    "He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down

    their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind" (Job 36:27-28, NIV).

    "The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning

    on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams

    come from, there they return again" (Ecclesiastes 1:6-7, NIV).

     

    3. The Bible stated that the stars cannot be counted:

    For centuries, scientists and astronomers thought they could count the precise number of stars

    in the universe. Brahe, for example, said there were 777. Kepler claimed the total was 1,005.

    Hipparchus said there were 1,022 stars. Ptolemy raised the number to 1,056. Eventually,

    scientists, including the great Galileo, concluded that the stars could not be numbered, just as

    the Bible had always claimed:

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    "I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as

    countless as the stars of the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore" (Jeremiah

    33:22, NIV).

    He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars--if indeed you can

    count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." (Genesis 15:5, NIV).

     

    4. The Bible stated the existence of valleys and springs in the seas:

    Only until the past few hundred years did people have the technology to discover that there are

    deep valleys and fresh water springs in the oceans. But the Bible always knew:

    "The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke

    of the Lord. . . " (2 Samuel 22:16, NIV).

    "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month--on that

    day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were

    opened. " (Genesis 7:11, NIV).

     

    5. The Bible stated that kind words and laughter are good for one's health:

    In recent years, American newspapers have published various reports that laughter releases

    chemicals within a person's body that can contribute to one's health. And, that depression and

    stress can weaken the immune system and contribute to various health problems. But, the

    Bible knew of the health virtues of laughter roughly 3000 years ago when the Bible's book of

    Proverbs was recorded:

    "Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." (Proverbs

    16:24, NIV).

    "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." (Proverbs 17:22,

    NIV).

     

    6. The Bible stated that stars differ from one another centuries before scientists reached the

    same conclusion:

    Today we know that the stars in the skies are very different from one another, that they are

    made up of differing concentrations of different elements, and that they vary in their sizes, their

    age! s and in their proximity to the earth. But the ancient people had no way to prove this.

    Even so, Paul, who received many insights from Jesus, wrote a passage about 2000 years ago

    in the Bible's book of 1 Corinthians that said that the stars in the heavens did indeed differ

    from one another:

    "The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs

    from star in splendor."

    (1 Corinthians 15:41).

[For Him Alone]

Thank you BHG~ I keep telling people that science and the Bible HAVE to agree! :butbut:

[Apocalypse2007]

I'll take your challenge Christopher.

[Apokalupsis]

What is the verse that explains atoms? Saying that we are made up of the smallest things that are invisible?

[George]

Could you mean this verse?

Colossians 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Your brother in Christ with much agape love,

George

[Lanakila]

2 Peter 3:10 describes a future disaster (day of the Lord) that sounds very much like an atomic catastrophe.  2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

There are many scientific facts in the Bible that were written hundreds of years before it was "discovered" by scientists. This verse in 2 Peter was used to discredit the Bible before scientists split the atom, but no longer.

[Ovedya]

Here's another interesting fact that is usually used to prove the divine authorship of the Bible.

In Genesis (17:12) the Lord told Abraham to circumcise all the children when they are 8 days old.  

When children are first born they do not have the factor in their blood that causes clotting.  Guess when they develop that factor?  Seven days after birth!  Which means, on the 8th day it is safe to circumcise children!

[traveller]

Here's another interesting fact that is usually used to prove the divine authorship of the Bible.

In Genesis (17:12) the Lord told Abraham to circumcise all the children when they are 8 days old.

[Ovedya]

Here's another interesting fact that is usually used to prove the divine authorship of the Bible.

In Genesis (17:12) the Lord told Abraham to circumcise all the children when they are 8 days old.

[traveller]

THANKS, AND COOL