The Bible as a Scientific Book
Submitted by Cat Daddy on August 23 2001 03:01:46
In reply to Re: Bible: Authoritative from God or Religion? submitted by Cat Daddy on August 23 2001 02:50:30
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Okay, you've gotten me on a roll. I've gone back to look at some information I read years ago that helped to affirm my belief that the Bible is authoritative. I hope it will be beneficial for you now. The author, Winkie Pratney, is/was a nuclear physicist who had this to say about the Bible. The Bible is scientifically accurate. The same God who created the universe wrote it. (No statement in the Scriptures is scientifically incorrect.) At the time the Bible was written, they thought the world was flat and held up by three elephants Big elephants. Some asked, “What holds the world up?” Another said, “Three elephants.” then someone ventured to ask, “And what holds up the elephants??” It was answered, “A big tortoise.” And so the early sciences grew. Now, listen to what God said. Remember, this wasn’t written in the last hundred years, or even the last thousand. This comes from over 2500 years ago...”Have ye not known? Have ye not heard?...Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth” (Isa. 40:21,22). The word “circle” is the word “Sphere” in Hebrew. Also, “He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing:” (Job 26:7). (So much for elephants!) There are many other astounding scientific facts in the Scripture, presented centuries before it became part of man’s “knowledge.” Such as this...”Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?” (Job 38:32) Arcturus is a run-away star system. It moves at 257 miles a second (our sun moves at about 12 1/2 miles a second). "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10). This very verse was used 90 years ago to prove that the Bible could not have been divinely inspired because, “How could there be a fire big enough to burn the whole world? Silly fisherman!” It took over two more generations for science to catch up to what God had spoken through Peter; that an atomic reaction could actually melt the basic building blocks of matter itself, and God was prophesying how the world would end. In fact, two verses later we find these words, “The heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat” (vs. 12). Do you know what the word “dissolve” is? It’s a Greek word that literally means to untie. That is an atomic physics statement from a fisherman! These and countless other examples can show you how the Lord had hidden unsurpassed knowledge and wisdom in His Word. Collin, Mr. Pratney tells one other story you must hear! I will save it for a later post. It is almost unbelievable. |
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