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purpledawn Member (Idle past 3485 days) Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: |
quote:Unfortunately you haven't shown anything yet. For this discussion to move forward, you need to provide the evidence that supports your contention. What in Matthew 24:29 was proven by science to be accurate? That the sun can be darkened?That the moon can be darkened? That stars can fall from the sky? That heavenly bodies can be shaken? The accuracy value of Matthew 24:29 is not whether each separate action can be associated with a recognized natural action, but whether all these natrual events have or can happen together as described. As I said in Message 26: There is a difference between creative writing and scientific writing. The OT authors routinely used cosmic upheaval language when describing God's judgment on man. Isaiah 13:10 (Judgment against Babylon)Joel 2:10, 2:31, 3:15 Haggai 2:6 & 21 The goal of extreme imagery such as the above verses is to generate fear. I say that because to the best of my knowledge the cosmic upheaval described in the above verses did not happen as described. The creative rendition of the natural world isn't meant to match up with the scientific description of the natural world. One evokes emotion and the other provides facts. "Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz
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ICANT Member Posts: 6769 From: SSC Joined: Member Rating: 1.6 |
read Matthew 24:29. First off this is a future event it has not taken place yet. Therefore it cannot be proven or disproven by any method. But it is possible that we will be alive to see it happen. "John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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ICANT Member Posts: 6769 From: SSC Joined: Member Rating: 1.6 |
iceage writes: Consider this: Not one a single scientific revelation of the nature of reality has come about by the literal or inspired reading of the bible - not one. When did man discover that life was in the blood?
Retired Site | PBS It wasn't until well into the 19th century that people began to question the value of bloodletting. Scientists such as Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, and Robert Koch showed that germs, not humors, were responsible for disease. Furthermore, medical statisticians tracking case histories began to collect evidence that bloodletting was not effective. Eventually the practice died, although it continued in some parts of rural America into the 1920s. From what I can find it could not have been very long ago. But had they read the Bible:
Levi 17:11 (KJS) 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. The life of the flesh is in the blood: That was written a long time ago.
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
When did man discover that life was in the blood? Of course, not only is that not Science, it is also false. Is a bag of blood alive? Is a pool of blood alive? Do jellyfish and trees live? Is an amoeba alive? The Bible is a great book, but on many things it is just plain wrong. Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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PaulK Member Posts: 17827 Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
quote: To the extent that that is true (and it certainly isn't literally true) they probably discovered it as soon as they saw a human or animal die of blood loss. Probably long before recorded history.
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Equinox Member (Idle past 5170 days) Posts: 329 From: Michigan Joined: |
AA wrote:
________________________________________ 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. AA, this verse is something that Jesus himself is saying. By saying that Jesus doesn’t know how to explain it, or that Jesus is just saying what he sees without understanding it, you are saying that Jesus isn’t the omniscient God. If you want to convince people that Jesus was just some bloke in the wilderness, you are welcome to do so, but to first claim that the Bible predicts science and then to call Jesus ignorant when you are challenged really doesn’t support your claim. Take care-
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
AA, this verse is something that Jesus himself is saying. By saying that Jesus doesn’t know how to explain it, or that Jesus is just saying what he sees without understanding it, you are saying that Jesus isn’t the omniscient God. If you want to convince people that Jesus was just some bloke in the wilderness, you are welcome to do so, but to first claim that the Bible predicts science and then to call Jesus ignorant when you are challenged really doesn’t support your claim. It would take us too far off topic to fully address that here, but for Jesus message to make any sense, he had to be ignorant. I would love to see you start a thread on that though. Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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iceage  Suspended Member (Idle past 5943 days) Posts: 1024 From: Pacific Northwest Joined: |
iceage writes: Consider this: Not one a single scientific revelation of the nature of reality has come about by the literal or inspired reading of the bible - not one.
ICANT writes:
When did man discover that life was in the blood? Life is not in the blood. The blood is but one of components required by blood borne life. Is life in Bile? for surely you cannot live without Bile. Nevertheless ICANT you are doing a fine job of illustrating the point that the Bible reveals nothing beyond the contemporary state of knowledge at the time of writing. Homer wrote the following...
Homer writes:
Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall and glut grim Mars with his life's blood.
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clpMINI Member (Idle past 5193 days) Posts: 116 From: Richmond, VA, USA Joined: |
I may be mistaken, but can't you have all of your blood and still be very much dead?
And I wonder who, in those rural areas of the US in the 1920s, were the ones who ignored the germ threory and continued to think that sickness was caused by evil spirits? I wonder who? Edited by clpMINI, : stupid keyboard! I mean, this is America. Everybody loves seeing lesbians go at it, as long as they are both hot and not in a monogamous, legally sanctioned relationship.
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ArchArchitect Member (Idle past 6209 days) Posts: 58 From: Pasadena, CA Joined: |
Matthew 24:29 proves that the author didn't know what a star is or how gravity works. Hence, the passage cannot be divinely inspired, because God would know these things.
So what good would it do for God to speak scientifically to the people of the time when this was written? They would not have a clue what He was talking about.
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Coragyps Member (Idle past 763 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: |
They would not have a clue what He was talking about. So you're happy to have God mislead his Chosen People?
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purpledawn Member (Idle past 3485 days) Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: |
I know you're getting many responses and have probably missed mine, but could you read Message 46 if you haven't and respond accordingly.
Thanks "Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz
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Equinox Member (Idle past 5170 days) Posts: 329 From: Michigan Joined: |
You are making the common assumption that modern people are smart, and ancient people were stupid. They were as smart as us, but didn't have the previous learning and toys we have. They certainly could have understood a giant sphere of glowing gas if God had said it. The ancient Hindus understood the idea of the earth being billions of years old, and ancient jews could certainly have understood that that stars are billions of miles away, and are like our sun, much larger than the earth. They could have understood that the bodies moved in orbits, or that there was nothing between them in space, etc....
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iceage  Suspended Member (Idle past 5943 days) Posts: 1024 From: Pacific Northwest Joined: |
Arch writes: So what good would it do for God to speak scientifically to the people of the time when this was written? Arch why did you start a topic on the alleged insight of the Bible concerning the natural world? If you can honestly answer that question, I think you will have answered your other question above.
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nator Member (Idle past 2198 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Well, it would have given them a huge leg up on the technolology of the region, that's for sure. I mean, if they were just going to unquestioningly believe whatever God said, then he could have told them the truth in basic scientific terms, right? And think of how many people today would be astonished and convinced of the divine origin of a 2000 year old text that plainly and very explicity explained the workings of the internal combustion engine, for example, or the Krebs cycle, or cell division. Those are a couple of reasons God might have for putting modern science into an ancient book.
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