Scientific Facts in the Bible
(from livingwaters dot com) 1. Only in recent years has
science discovered that
everything we see is composed
of invisible atoms. Here,
Scripture tells us that the
“things which are seen were not made of things which do
appear.” 2. Medical science has only
recently discovered that blood-
clotting in a newborn reaches
its peak on the eighth day, then
drops. The Bible consistently
says that a baby must be circumcised on the eighth day. 3. At a time when it was
believed that the earth sat on a
large animal or a giant (1500
B.C.), the Bible spoke of the
earth’s free float in space: “He…
hangs the earth upon nothing” (Job 26:7). 4. The prophet Isaiah also tells us
that the earth is round: “It is he
that sits upon the circle of the
earth” (Isaiah 40:22). This is not
a reference to a flat disk, as
some skeptic maintain, but to a sphere. Secular man discovered
this 2,400 years later. At a time
when science believed that the
earth was flat, is was the
Scriptures that inspired
Christopher Columbus to sail around the world (see Proverbs
3:6 footnote). 5. God told Job in 1500 B.C.: “Can
you send lightnings, that they
may go, and say to you, Here we
are?” (Job 38:35). The Bible here
is making what appears to be a
scientifically ludicrous statement —that light can be sent, and
then manifest itself in speech.
But did you know that radio
waves travel at the speed of
light? This is why you can have
instantaneous wireless communication with someone
on the other side of the earth.
Science didn’t discover this until
1864 when “British scientist
James Clerk Maxwell suggested
that electricity and light waves were two forms of the same
thing” (Modern Century
Illustrated Encyclopedia). 6. Job 38:19 asks, “Where is the
way where light dwells?” Modern
man has only recently
discovered that light
(electromagnetic radiation) has
a “way,” traveling at 186,000 miles per second. 7. Science has discovered that
stars emit radio waves, which
are received on earth as a high
pitch. God mentioned this in Job
38:7: “When the morning stars
sang together…” 8. “Most cosmologists
(scientists who study the
structures and evolution of the
universe) agree that the Genesis
account of creation, in imagining
an initial void, may be uncannily close to the truth” (Time, Dec.
1976). 9. Solomon described a “cycle” of
air currents two thousand years
before scientists “discovered”
them. “The wind goes toward
the south, and turns about unto
the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns
again according to his
circuits” (Ecclesiastes 1:6). 10. Science expresses the
universe in five terms: time,
space, matter, power, and
motion. Genesis 1:1,2 revealed
such truths to the Hebrews in
1450 B.C.: “In the beginning [time] God created [power] the
heaven [space] and the earth
[matter] . . . And the Spirit of
God moved [motion] upon the
face of the waters.” The first
thing God tells man is that He controls of all aspects of the
universe. 11. The great biological truth
concerning the importance of
blood in our body’s mechanism
has been fully comprehended
only in recent years. Up until 120
years ago, sick people were “bled,” and many died because
of the practice. If you lose your
blood, you lose your life. Yet
Leviticus 17:11, written 3,000
years ago, declared that blood is
the source of life: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood.” 12. All things were made by Him
(see John 1:3), including
dinosaurs. Why then did the
dinosaur disappear? The answer
may be in Job 40:15–24. In this
passage, God speaks about a great creature called
“behemoth.” Some
commentators think this was a
hippopotamus. However, the
hippo’s tail isn’t like a large
tree, but a small twig. Following are the characteristics of this
huge animal: It was the largest
of all the creatures God made;
was plant-eating (herbivorous);
had its strength in its hips and a
tail like a large tree. It had very strong bones, lived among the
trees, drank massive amounts
of water, and was not
disturbed by a raging river. He
appears impervious to attack
because his nose could pierce through snares, but Scripture
says, “He that made him can
make his sword to approach
unto him.” In other words, God
caused this, the largest of all
the creatures He had made, to become extinct. 13. Encyclopedia Britannica
documents that in 1845, a young
doctor in Vienna named Dr.
Ignaz Semmelweis was horrified
at the terrible death rate of
women who gave birth in hospitals. As many as 30
percent died after giving birth.
Semmelweis noted that doctors
would examine the bodies of
patients who died, then,
without washing their hands, go straight to the next ward and
examine expectant mothers.
This was their normal practice,
because the presence of
microscopic diseases was
unknown. Semmelweis insisted that doctors wash their hands
before examinations, and the
death rate immediately dropped
to 2 percent. Look at the
specific instructions God gave
His people for when they encounter disease: “And when he
that has an issue is cleansed of
his issue; then he shall number to
himself even days for his
cleansing, and wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be
clean” (Leviticus 15:13). Until
recent years, doctors washed
their hands in a bowl of water,
leaving invisible germs on their
hands. However, the Bible says specifically to wash hands under
“running water.” 14. Luke 17:34–36 says the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ will occur
while some are asleep at night
and others are working at
daytime activities in the field.
This is a clear indication of a revolving earth, with day and
night at the same time. 15. “During the devastating
Black Death of the fourteenth
century, patients who were sick
or dead were kept in the same
rooms as the rest of the family.
People often wondered why the disease was affecting so many
people at one time. They
attributed these epidemics to
‘bad air’ or ‘evil spirits.’
However, careful attention to
the medical commands of God as revealed in Leviticus would
have saved untold millions of
lives. Arturo Castiglione wrote
about the overwhelming
importance of this biblical
medical law: ‘The laws against leprosyin Leviticus 13 may be
regarded as the first model of
sanitary legislation’ (A History
of Medicine).” Grant R. Jeffery,
The Signature of God With all
these truths revealed in Scripture,how could a thinking
person deny that the Bible is
supernatural in origin? There is
no other book in any of the
world’s religions (Vedas,
Bhagavad-Gita, Koran, Book of Mormon, etc.) that contains
scientific truth. In fact, they
contain statements that are
clearly unscientific.
Faith in Christ is not some blind
leap into a dark chasm, but a faith based on established
evidence. Cheers!

How about a man living in a fish for several days, people rising from the dead and roaming the streets and an animal speaking a human language?

thehomer: How about a man living in a fish for several days, people rising from the dead and roaming the streets and an animal speaking a human language?

Science of course!!! There is nothing unscientific about the bible including the talking animals because I can empirically prove that I have a talking unicorn but like the scientific facts in the bible, you need faith in order to believe me. If you have faith, then you will see and hear my talking unicorn just like the christians with faith can hear their god.

Search wella. Carbon circle. Nitrogen circle are all in the bible before so called intelligent scientists found out.

edogho: Search wella. Carbon circle. Nitrogen circle are all in the bible before so called intelligent scientists found out.

Really? Which verse?

They'll(atheist) blind fold there eyes to this scientific facts in the bible.....

ijawkid: They'll(atheist) blind fold there eyes to this scientific facts in the bible.....

Or the vagueness of bible.

ijawkid: They'll(atheist) blind fold there eyes to this scientific facts in the bible.....

Is this sarcasm?

One quick question. How come the "all knowing god" never told his chosen people to boil their water before drinking it? Imagine how many millions of lives he could have saved with this simple instruction.

How come all the "scientific" laws in the bible were things that were obvious and well known to ancient peoples? Like "only shít outside the camp" (even ancient people didn't like the smell of shít). Or keep those with contagious diseases separate from the rest of the people (duh!).

And why all the misogynistic rules against menstruating women? What's the scientific basis for that?

Evil Brain:

Is this sarcasm?

One quick question. How come the "all knowing god" never told his chosen people to boil their water before drinking it? Imagine how many millions of lives he could have saved with this simple instruction.

How come all the "scientific" laws in the bible were things that were obvious and well known to ancient peoples? Like "only shít outside the camp" (even ancient people didn't like the smell of shít). Or keep those with contagious diseases separate from the rest of the people (duh!).

And why all the misogynistic rules against menstruating women? What's the scientific basis for that?

This is my problem with you guys....have you espoused the bible for its accuracy when facts concerning the shape of the earth and its positioning arises??....

It has been revealed centuries before now through prophets of God that the earth is spherical and hanging on nothing,,,,,,.....

Go deal with that first before you start your criticism....

How else would anyone know back then that the earth was hanging on nothing if not through inspiration??.......there wasn't no space ship,shuttles and saTtelites,yet these men perfectly described the earths position....

Your bile for the scriptures would never let you acknowledge that.....

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Bottom line:::::.....God gave his people laws on hygiene that was for there own good and that the scriptures contains scientific facts long before scientist started perusing the universe to know these facts......

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If we must worship the Bible for its scienific truths, then we must worship the Greek philosophers, finding out about stars, about an atom, about the CORRECT shape of the earth, about biology, about geometry, astronomy, medicine with the best precise language they have.

And these all happened thousands of years before Jesus.

From the OP, the Bible didn't mean any that. If one followed the story, you realise that the OP is offpoint. Who was the bible educating on lights? Or radio signals? Or electricity?

Kay 17: From the OP, the Bible didn't mean any that. If one followed the story, you realise that the OP is offpoint. Who was the bible educating on lights? Or radio signals? Or electricity?

Or quantum mechanics. The bible even talks about the big slam theory and.evolution.

All these people sef.
The point is; the bible is not a scientific book but when it touches on areas of science, it is always correct.

Todaynatoday: All these people sef.
The point is; the bible is not a scientific book but when it touches on areas of science, it is always correct.

What does this mean? I agree its not a scientific book and it is not correct when it touches on science.

Kay 17: If we must worship the Bible for its scienific truths, then we must worship the Greek philosophers, finding out about stars, about an atom, about the CORRECT shape of the earth, about biology, about geometry, astronomy, medicine with the best precise language they have.

And these all happened thousands of years before Jesus.

No one is saying worship the bible....we are saying applaud the scriptures for its authenticity...besides these men who penned down those truths through inspiration were never philosophers...they were not schooled people..........they were illetrates........

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Y'all atheist are not sincere people.......

ijawkid:

No one is saying worship the bible....we are saying applaud the scriptures for its authenticity...besides these men who penned down those truths through inspiration were never philosophers...they were not schooled people..........they were illetrates........

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Y'all atheist are not sincere people.......

who dis the Bible educate on Science?

Bible existed years b4 science

Galileo G. must be turning in his grave!

tobechi20: Bible existed years b4 science

I would love to see how you'd explain this!

Kay 17:

What does this mean? I agree its not a scientific book and it is not correct when it touches on science.

Oh mhen!! Oh mhen!!! The bible said the earth was/is hanging on nothing (isn't this a scientific fact?). The bible said the earth was round (isn't this a scientific fact?). The bible talked about rotation of the earth causing day and night in different areas of the world (isn't this a scientific fact?)

Todaynatoday: Oh mhen!! Oh mhen!!! The bible said the earth was/is hanging on nothing (isn't this a scientific fact?). The bible said the earth was round (isn't this a scientific fact?). The bible talked about rotation of the earth causing day and night in different areas of the world (isn't this a scientific fact?)

Even the ancients thought the flat earth hung on nothing.

Circular??

Where is that verse for rotation of earth causing night and day in diff areas?

Galileo Galeili was persecuted (narrowly escaped being burned at the stake) by the inquisition for maintaining that: 1. the earth was not the centre of the world 2. and that it revolved round the sun 3. heavenly bodies were not perfect (the sun had dark sports on its surface, etc. In fact for supporting Copernican view of the world as opposed to Ptolemy's. The Church apologised (in this century) publicly for persecuting Galileo in the 16th century.

ijawkid:

This is my problem with you guys....have you espoused the bible for its accuracy when facts concerning the shape of the earth and its positioning arises??....

It has been revealed centuries before now through prophets of God that the earth is spherical and hanging on nothing,,,,,,.....

Go deal with that first before you start your criticism....

How else would anyone know back then that the earth was hanging on nothing if not through inspiration??.......there wasn't no space ship,shuttles and saTtelites,yet these men perfectly described the earths position....

Your bile for the scriptures would never let you acknowledge that.....

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Bottom line:::::.....God gave his people laws on hygiene that was for there own good and that the scriptures contains scientific facts long before scientist started perusing the universe to know these facts......

You cant deduce any useful information just from reading the bible. It is not possible to infer the shape of the earth from the book of Daniel alone. If you only follow the "bible laws on hygiene and nothing else, half of your kids would have died of diarrhoea before their fifth birthday.

The "scientific facts" in the bible consist entirely of vague, nonspecific statements whose scientific interpretations are as a result of twisting the meaning until it slightly resembles a scientific theory that has already been deduced by secular means. You can't just take something that someone has discovered and claim after the fact that it was in the bible all along. If it was already there, how come nobody knew before? You are basically doing the same cheap stunt TB Joshua pulls whenever he claims to have predicted whatever big disaster happens to be in the news.

If you want to really prove that the bible has real, useful information in it, then you'll need to derive a new, original theory by doing nothing else but studying the scripture. Then you need to test that new theory through formal experimentation to show that it has merit. Until then, the scientific community will continue to take you as seriously as it takes TB Joshua.

Kay 17:

Even the ancients thought the flat earth hung on nothing.

No, the ancients thought that the earth was positioned on a large animal or was floating on a large ocean.

Circular??

what does this mean?

Where is that verse for rotation of earth causing night and day in diff areas?

it is not explicitly stated as such but you can infer that it can be applied to rotation. Ecclesiastes 1:5

Many ancients thought it hanged over nothing, Hindus tHINK its over an elephant who is on top a tortoise.

Not explicitly mentioned??

Evil Brain:

You cant deduce any useful information just from reading the bible. It is not possible to infer the shape of the earth from the book of Daniel alone. If you only follow the "bible laws on hygiene and nothing else, half of your kids would have died of diarrhoea before their fifth birthday.

The "scientific facts" in the bible consist entirely of vague, nonspecific statements whose scientific interpretations are as a result of twisting the meaning until it slightly resembles a scientific theory that has already been deduced by secular means. You can't just take something that someone has discovered and claim after the fact that it was in the bible all along. If it was already there, how come nobody knew before? You are basically doing the same cheap stunt TB Joshua pulls whenever he claims to have predicted whatever big disaster happens to be in the news.

If you want to really prove that the bible has real, useful information in it, then you'll need to derive a new, original theory by doing nothing else but studying the scripture. Then you need to test that new theory through formal experimentation to show that it has merit. Until then, the scientific community will continue to take you as seriously as it takes TB Joshua.

You are a big joke my bro.....the bible like was said earlier though not a science text book gives specifics of our planet which you have watered down because of your hate for the scriptures.................

the persons who never knew that all along the bible contained a scientific truth were never ardent readers of the scriptures.........only persons who read through Gods word daily would be able to spot such truths..........

And you don't have to compare me with t.b joshua..........I don't know how reliable his predicitons are,what I'm sure of is that the bible is accurate in every way.....prophetically,scientifically and otherwise.............

Talking about the hygiene laws that were given to the isrealites,you forgot completely that those laws were specifically for servants of God living during that AGE.......

Man has evolved from what he was 3000 years ago to what he is now.........our activities have changed and so do some laws on hygiene.........besides those strict laws were for the isrealites.... Those laws although done away with does tell us that God saw to it that the isrealites were clean persons and also free from diseases........
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My point is::::....lay men could tell specific truths about our universe before even science was recognized...........if you have chosen not to respect the scriptures that's your business,but don't come up here to deny or trivialize the fact that these truths existed in the scriptures before your atheistic scientists came into existence....

ijawkid:

You are a big joke my bro.....the bible like was said earlier though not a science text book gives specifics of our planet which you have watered down because of your hate for the scriptures.................

the persons who never knew that all along the bible contained a scientific truth were never ardent readers of the scriptures.........only persons who read through Gods word daily would be able to spot such truths..........

And you don't have to compare me with t.b joshua..........I don't know how reliable his predicitons are,what I'm sure of is that the bible is accurate in every way.....prophetically,scientifically and otherwise.............

Talking about the hygiene laws that were given to the isrealites,you forgot completely that those laws were specifically for servants of God living during that AGE.......

Man has evolved from what he was 3000 years ago to what he is now.........our activities have changed and so do some laws on hygiene.........besides those strict laws were for the isrealites.... Those laws although done away with does tell us that God saw to it that the isrealites were clean persons and also free from diseases........
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My point is::::....lay men could tell specific truths about our universe before even science was recognized...........if you have chosen not to respect the scriptures that's your business,but don't come up here to deny or trivialize the fact that these truths existed in the scriptures before your atheistic scientists came into existence....

Oh, okay. Now that you've explained it to me, I totally believe you. Wait, I just got a great idea that can both shame all bible doubters and make both of us some money at the same time.

Why don't you go through your bible and try and find one or two (or ten!) new scientific truths that the atheist scientists haven't discovered yet. I could use my knowledge of the scientific method to devise experiments, publish papers, and prove those godless scientists wrong once and for all.

If our plan works, I promise to:
a) Convert to Christianity
b) Apologise on Nairaland for all my many blasphemous statements and
c) Split the Nobel prize money with you 50:50
You have my word as an atheist.

Evil Brain:

Oh, okay. Now that you've explained it to me, I totally believe you. Wait, I just got a great idea that can both shame all bible doubters and make both of us some money at the same time.

Why don't you go through your bible and try and find one or two (or ten!) new scientific truths that the atheist scientists haven't discovered yet. I could use my knowledge of the scientific method to devise experiments, publish papers, and prove those godless scientists wrong once and for all.

If our plan works, I promise to:
a) Convert to Christianity
b) Apologise on Nairaland for all my many blasphemous statements and
c) Split the Nobel prize money with you 50:50
You have my word as an atheist.

Lol......like I said earlier,the bible isn't a science text book....but when its time to reveal truths even about the universe its accurate...and those facts have been mentioned by the OP........

God has given us brains to decipher the rest of his creative works(the bible focuses on other more important stuffs)...........that's why I applaud scientists who work tirelessly to solve problems and establish new theories.its all Gods doing.....ecclesiastes says it will even take forever for man to know all of Gods handi work..........God has embedded in us a longing to search for him, to know his creative works,and to live forever so that we keep knowing......

All I want you to do is admit that the scriptures you have discarded as false and written by men devoid of inspiration by the holy spirit,is actually from GOD and that it does contain pertinent truths that are overwhelming...........

As for your 50:50 wahala I no dey o..........

Explain Joshua's belief that the sun revolves around the earth.

ijawkid:

Lol......like I said earlier,the bible isn't a science text book....but when its time to reveal truths even about the universe its accurate...and those facts have been mentioned by the OP........

So we agree. The bible is not a science book. You can't extract any useful information from it. You can't discover anything new from it. The "scientific facts" in it come from people taking established theories and looking for verses whose meaning can be bent until it superficially resembles science.This, by the way is a trick that can and has been done with any sufficiently long text, including the Koran, the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the ramblings of Nostradamus.

God has given us brains to decipher the rest of his creative works(the bible focuses on other more important stuffs)...........that's why I applaud scientists who work tirelessly to solve problems and establish new theories.its all Gods doing.....ecclesiastes says it will even take forever for man to know all of Gods handi work..........God has embedded in us a longing to search for him, to know his creative works,and to live forever so that we keep knowing......

Actually, our brains come from evolution through natural selection. Those scientists you are applauding have been very clear on that issue. Why do you even have a brain if you're going to leave if off all the time?

All I want you to do is admit that the scriptures you have discarded as false and written by men devoid of inspiration by the holy spirit,is actually from GOD and that it does contain pertinent truths that are overwhelming...........

I've already given you a way to prove your holy book is legit. If you expect me to believe you over all the other religious people peddling "sacred" texts you're going to have to produce some evidence to back up your claims.

Proof or GTFO.

I just want to mention this: that the earth is not hanging on nothing. It is held by the gravitational force of attraction from the sun! This force is enormous and albeit invincible but it cannot be dismissed as 'nothing''.