Re: Semi-OT: The Bible's many "scientific truths"

John Burton wrote:
>
> Happy New Year

Happy New Year to you!

> The following material was forwarded to me via a private e-mail. I
> Googled briefly but could not find any existing material to debunk these
> claims. Anyone know of any? If there isn't any, I might give it a shot
> myself.

Before you waste your time, it might be better to see if there is
anything there worth debunking...

[...]

> (3) It's easy to dabble in fanciful reinterpretation of scripture based
> on hindsight, once the science/technology is known.

A "fanciful reinterpretation of scripture based on hindsight, once the
science/technology is known" is the best that could be said about it.
Unfortunately, if we look at a few examples it isn't even that good...

[...]

> Blood Circulation

Leviticus 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have
given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for
your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement
for the soul.

Blood circulation?? If you knew nothing about the circulation of blood
in the human body can you honestly say that verse would tell you that
is what happens?

[...]

> Rotation of Earth

Job 38:12,14

38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since
thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand
as a garment.

Tell me how those verses describe the rotation of the earth on its
axis.

[...]

> Gravitation

Job 26:7; 38:6

26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty
place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Somehow, I can't see Newton's or Einstein's theories of gravitation
being derived from these verses.

[...]

> Precision of Orbits

Jeremiah 31:35,36

31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for
a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of
the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea
when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is
his name:
31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith
the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from
being a nation before me for ever.

What on Earth has this to do with orbital mechanics?

Tell your correspondent that the burden of proof means that it is up to
anyone making a claim to justify it.

If he or she is contending that there are passages in the Bible which
clearly prefigure current scientific knowledge, they are going to have
to do a lot better than this nonsense from Morris.

Ian

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Ian H Spedding

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