I hear a lot of people say that they feel the bible should'nt really be taken seriously or that its a book of fiction. I respect their opinon if thats how they feel but check out some of the facts and see if you feel the same way afterward.
I'm sure most people will agree that for quite some time the popular opinion was that the earth was supported by some type of visible means. The Atlas myth was that the planet was supported on the shoulders of a giant. Then there was the belief that the earth was held up by 4 elephants standing on a giant turtle. But before people actually learned that the Earth did not need to be supported by any physical means there was this verse in the bible.
Job 26:7 - He is stretching out the north over the empty place, hanging the Earth upon nothing.
Then there was also the belief for many years that the Earth was flat, but before it was proven that the Earth was a sphere there was this verse.
Isaiah 40:22 - There is the One who is dwelling above the circle of the Earth (partial quote)
Here's even more proof, at one time people thought that oceans and seas spilled water off the ends of the Earth. The reasoning was that since rivers constantly ran into the oceans and seas that they should have overflowed, so they invented the notion the reason the oceans did'nt flood over was because the water literally ran off the edge of the planet. But again the bible preceded that notion with scientifically verifiable proof
Ecclesiastes 1:7 - All the winter torrents are going forth to the sea, yet the sea itself is not full. To the place where the winter torrents are going forth, there they are returning as to go forth.
Basically scientists did'nt figure out the water cycle until hundreds of years after this verse was written
Still not convinced, keep reading a little further. Medical science has recently in the last few decades realized that the mental condition affects the state of the human body. Again this was in the bible way before popular opinion embraced it.
Proverbs 14:30 - A calm heart is the life of the fleshly organism, but jealousy is rottenness to the bones
Proverbs 17:22 - A heart that is joyful does good as a curer, but a spirit that is stricken is making the bones dry
Here's one more example of science in the bible. In the 17th and 18th century, physicians treated the sick and they also often served as morticians. During that time doctors did yet realize the importance of being properly sanitized after working with the dead, so they would unknowingly pass on bacteria and germs to their patients and even newborn babies that they delivered. But if you go back to one of the earliest books of the bible, it emphasized cleaning up after touching or handling the dead.
Numbers 19:11 - Anyone touching the corpse of any human soul must be unclean for seven days. 12 - Such one should purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day he will be made clean. But if he will not purify himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he will not be clean.
So basically my point in posting this is if the bible is just fiction or contradiction how is it possible for it to be so scientifically accurate on all those different occasions?
I'm sure most people will agree that for quite some time the popular opinion was that the earth was supported by some type of visible means. The Atlas myth was that the planet was supported on the shoulders of a giant. Then there was the belief that the earth was held up by 4 elephants standing on a giant turtle. But before people actually learned that the Earth did not need to be supported by any physical means there was this verse in the bible.
Job 26:7 - He is stretching out the north over the empty place, hanging the Earth upon nothing.
Then there was also the belief for many years that the Earth was flat, but before it was proven that the Earth was a sphere there was this verse.
Isaiah 40:22 - There is the One who is dwelling above the circle of the Earth (partial quote)
Here's even more proof, at one time people thought that oceans and seas spilled water off the ends of the Earth. The reasoning was that since rivers constantly ran into the oceans and seas that they should have overflowed, so they invented the notion the reason the oceans did'nt flood over was because the water literally ran off the edge of the planet. But again the bible preceded that notion with scientifically verifiable proof
Ecclesiastes 1:7 - All the winter torrents are going forth to the sea, yet the sea itself is not full. To the place where the winter torrents are going forth, there they are returning as to go forth.
Basically scientists did'nt figure out the water cycle until hundreds of years after this verse was written
Still not convinced, keep reading a little further. Medical science has recently in the last few decades realized that the mental condition affects the state of the human body. Again this was in the bible way before popular opinion embraced it.
Proverbs 14:30 - A calm heart is the life of the fleshly organism, but jealousy is rottenness to the bones
Proverbs 17:22 - A heart that is joyful does good as a curer, but a spirit that is stricken is making the bones dry
Here's one more example of science in the bible. In the 17th and 18th century, physicians treated the sick and they also often served as morticians. During that time doctors did yet realize the importance of being properly sanitized after working with the dead, so they would unknowingly pass on bacteria and germs to their patients and even newborn babies that they delivered. But if you go back to one of the earliest books of the bible, it emphasized cleaning up after touching or handling the dead.
Numbers 19:11 - Anyone touching the corpse of any human soul must be unclean for seven days. 12 - Such one should purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day he will be made clean. But if he will not purify himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he will not be clean.
So basically my point in posting this is if the bible is just fiction or contradiction how is it possible for it to be so scientifically accurate on all those different occasions?