Rrhain writes:
1) The universe is not less than 6000 years old. Yes, the Bible does say this.
No, the bible does not say that. The hebrew word for used can signify an unspecified length of time and this fact has been well established. No does the bible say the earth is 6,000 years old.
Rrhain writes:
3) Female humans were not created from male humans. While hyper-advanced genetic engineering could conceivably do such a thing, that isn't what happened with respect to humans.
Scientifically it is possible, its called cloning.
Rrhain writes:
1) 14) Leprosy cannot be cured via blood sacrifice of birds and lambs.
the person who quoted that scripture was shown to have taken it out of context. The sprinkling of the blood was a purification ceremony of a person who was already cured of the disease.
Rrhain writes:
1)17) Eagles do not carry their young on their backs.
silly argument because a lot of these verses in the bible are figurative... but eagles have been observed to swoop beneath their chicks when they are learning to fly...they swoop beneath them to help keep them in the air.
Rrhain writes:
1)11) The whole earth was not all one language 4500 years ago.
how is this scientifically proven??? Language experts have traced all languages today back to a common source, they call it proto european. They have demonstrated how all languages today can be related to another and another and another.
Rrhain writes:
1) 26) The earth moves.
Yes it does. It spins on its axis.
Gen1:4'After that God saw that the light was good, and God brought about a division between the light and the darkness' 5And God began calling the light Day, but the darkness he called Night.
Job26:10'He has described a circle upon the face of the waters,
To where light ends in darkness'
Light ends in darkness due to the rotation of the earth, therefore the bible does not say it is motionless.
Rrhain writes:
1)29) The moon does not have its own light.
from an earthly position, the moon does give off light. It is the reflection of the sun as we know, and when it shines in the night sky it does light the earth.
Rrhain writes:
1)30) Stars cannot fall from the sky.
32) Dragons.
33) Satyrs.
once again the bible uses figurative language and these things are not to taken literally. Satan the devil is called 'the great dragon' because he's destructive.
Satyrs was a goat shaped demon worshiped in pagan religions. Of course it was not real, but the worship of such creatures was real and the bible mentions them in terms of outlawing the worship of false gods.
Rrhain writes:
1)31) Unicorns.
There was a bit of confusion over the Hebrew word but modern scholars have eliminated much confusion over the word re’em”. Lexicographers Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner show that it means “wild oxen,” with the scientific identification Bos primigenius. The New Encyclopædia Britannica explains:
Certain poetical passages of the Old Testament refer to a strong and splendid horned animal called re’em”. This word is translated ”unicorn’ or ”rhinoceros’ in many versions, but many modern translations prefer ”wild ox’or aurochs, which is the correct meaning of the Hebrew re’em”.”
Rrhain writes:
1) 35) Belshazzar was not the son of Nebuchadnezzar nor was he any other kind of relation to him.
36) Belshazzar was not the king of anything.
Archeological evidence would say otherwise.
In 1924 a publication was made of the decipherment of an ancient cuneiform text described as the 'Verse Account of Nabonidus' that shed light on Belshazzar’s kingly position at Babylon and explaining the manner of his becoming coregent with Nabonidus.
You will find the information in 'Ancient Near Eastern Texts, by J.Pritchard, 1974, p. 313
Belshazzar definitely exercised royal authority from Nabonidus’ third year on, and this event likely corresponds with Daniel’s reference to “the first year of Belshazzar the king of Babylon.”
Rrhain writes:
1)37) Darius the Median did not exist (being a fictional character) and thus could not be the successor of Belshazzar.
The numerous cases where individuals or events recorded in the Bible, once rejected as ”unhistorical’ by critics, have eventually been demonstrated beyond denial to be historical . There was a time when Belshazzar was considered fictional until they found his palace...then there was Pontius Pilate who was thought to be fictional becuase there was no mention of him outside the bible, then they found his name inscribed on stone.
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