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ArchArchitect Member (Idle past 6180 days) Posts: 58 From: Pasadena, CA Joined: |
I have heard many people say that Science and the Bible are enemies and do not fit together at all. In reality the people that make that statement are wrong:
There are many places in the Bible which have been scientifically been proven to be accurate. For example, read Matthew 24:29. That scene can also be found in Mark and Luke. If you know anything about science, then you'd know why it is scientifical. Look at how once the Sun gets darkened, the moon also loses brightness as a result. My point? Keep in mind that 2,000 years ago, people thought that the Sun was 1 meter in diameter. How can the people be able to tell such scientific facts and have them be proven right later after much debate? [The book of Matthew was written at about 50 AD]. Edited by ArchArchitect, : AdminSchraf said that the wording was confusing.
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AdminSchraf Inactive Member |
So, what is the point you are wanting to debate?
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ArchArchitect Member (Idle past 6180 days) Posts: 58 From: Pasadena, CA Joined: |
People keep saying that the Bible and Science are enemies. In reality they are not.
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AdminSchraf Inactive Member |
I am not inclined to promote this topic as it is written as it is unclear and confusing.
I suggest starting with this:
People keep saying that the Bible and Science are enemies. In reality they are not. And then clearly list a few points that you believe supports your premise.
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ArchArchitect Member (Idle past 6180 days) Posts: 58 From: Pasadena, CA Joined: |
So how do I do that? Do I have to edit this one, or start it from the beginning? If I have to edit it, how do I do that? I don't see any options to edit it..
~Thanks~
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AdminSchraf Inactive Member |
In the lower right corner of the OP message, there are three buttons. One of them says "edit". Click that and do your thing.
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ArchArchitect Member (Idle past 6180 days) Posts: 58 From: Pasadena, CA Joined: |
ok I did it. Is it clearer now?
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AdminSchraf Inactive Member |
Thread moved here from the Proposed New Topics forum.
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Doddy Member (Idle past 5909 days) Posts: 563 From: Brisbane, Australia Joined: |
It's not the parts that match up that are the problem, it's the parts that don't.
For example, the Catholics and the Protestants both believed some things and agreed on them, but were always at war because of the parts they didn't agree on. Likewise with science and religion; they may both agree that the light of the moon is caused by the light of the sun, but that doesn't mean they are compatible. Edited by Doddy, : speeling Contributors needed in the following fields: Physical Anthropology, Invertebrate Biology (esp. Lepidopterology), Biochemistry, Population Genetics, Scientific Illustration, Scientific History, Philosophy of Science, Logic and others. Researchers also wanted to source creationist literature references. Register here!
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Zhimbo Member (Idle past 6011 days) Posts: 571 From: New Hampshire, USA Joined: |
KJV: "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken"
RSV: "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken". Point 1: There's no indication that the darkening of the Sun is the cause of the darkening of the moon. Point 2: In both translations, the light is specifically attributed to the moon itself ("her light", "its light"). Point 3: In the very next phrase of the verse, a scientific impossibility is asserted - that the stars will "fall from heaven".
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ArchArchitect Member (Idle past 6180 days) Posts: 58 From: Pasadena, CA Joined: |
In both translations, the light is specifically attributed to the moon itself The people who were seeing the visions did not know how to explain it. The science of that time said that the moon gave its own light. He saw in his vision that the Sun got dark, and AFTER that, the moon not longer was bright. According to the science of that time, the moon stopped giving its light.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17822 Joined: Member Rating: 2.2 |
So let me sum up your argument, If part of one verse in the Bible can be shown to be consistent with modern science there can be no conflict between religion and science.
Would you like to explain how the conclusion follows from the evidence ? And a further question. Given that in this case knowledge of science is required for the "proper" understanding of the verse, would you extend that principle to deal with the apparent conflicts between religion and science that do exist ?
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ReverendDG Member (Idle past 4110 days) Posts: 1119 From: Topeka,kansas Joined: |
The people who were seeing the visions did not know how to explain it. The science of that time said that the moon gave its own light. He saw in his vision that the Sun got dark, and AFTER that, the moon not longer was bright. According to the science of that time, the moon stopped giving its light.
Yes and the bible is wrong. the fact that they didn't understand that the moon doesn't produce light doesn't excuse the fact that the bible is wrong about it
The people who were seeing the visions did not know how to explain it.
you just contradicted yourself, you said they didn't know how to explain it, but according to their science the moon produced light, they thought it gave off light.thus for their time they did have an explaination but it was wrong
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ReverendDG Member (Idle past 4110 days) Posts: 1119 From: Topeka,kansas Joined: |
My point? Keep in mind that 2,000 years ago, people thought that the Sun was 1 meter in diameter. How can the people be able to tell such scientific facts and have them be proven right later after much debate? [The book of Matthew was written at about 50 AD].
the reason for the conflict is because the bible is wrong about the physical world,, but people try to fit the facts so they work with the bible.a fact is a fact, trying to twist the wording of the bible so history and physics works with it is trying to fabricate a lie, none of the bible can be shown to match science in all but the simplest things by the way matthew has been found to been written at least as early as 70 ad to as late as 110 ad, sorry Edited by ReverendDG, : No reason given.
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Zhimbo Member (Idle past 6011 days) Posts: 571 From: New Hampshire, USA Joined: |
quote: There is no "after" in the verse, only "and"'s. By your reading, we should also infer that the moon losing its light is causing the stars to fall from the sky, but you don't seem to be arguing for that. I'm all for this verse being a poetic expression of Christian eschatology using the understanding of the natural world in the 1st century. And if this is understood as poetic expression, just because it doesn't fit with current understanding doesn't mean one must choose between religion and science. But there's no indication in that verse that this is an example of science and the Bible "meeting", as per your thread title, nor that the author understood modern astronomical concepts at all, nor any indication of the three events listed being causally related to each other.
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