by
Dr. Hugh Ross
Not only is the Bible filled with
the fundamentals of science, but it is as much as 3,000 years ahead of its
time. The Bible's statements in most cases directly contradicted the science of
the day in which they were made. When modern scientific knowledge approaches
reality, the divine accuracy of the scriptures is substantiated. For example:
Biblical Statement
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Science Then
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Science Now
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Earth is a sphere (Is. 40:22).
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Earth's a flat disk.
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Earth is a sphere
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Number of stars exceeds a billion
(Jer. 33:22).
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Number of stars totals 1,100
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Number of stars exceeds a billion
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Every star is different (1 Cor
15:41).
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All stars are the same.
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Every star is different.
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Light is in motion (Job 38:19-20).
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Light is fixed in place.
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Light is in motion.
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Air has weight (Job 28:25).
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Air is weightless.
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Air has weight.
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Winds blow in cyclones (Eccl.
1:6).
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Winds blow straight.
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Winds blow in cyclones.
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Blood is a source of life and
healing (Lev. 17:11).
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Sick people must bled.
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Blood is a source of life and
healing.
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For centuries the conjectures of
science also were at odds with Genesis 1 concerning the origin and development
of Earth and of life on Earth. However, science has progressed beyond these
conjectures and now agrees with Genesis 1 in the initial conditions of Earth,
the description of subsequent events, and in the order of these events. The
probability that Moses, writing more than 3,400 years ago, would have guessed
all these details is less than one in trillions. Below is a partial list of
other fundamentals of science explained in the Bible:
- conservation of mass and energy (Eccl. 1:9; Eccl. 3:14-15).
- water cycle (Eccl. 1:7; Is. 55:10).
- gravity (Job 26:7; Job 38:31-33).
- Pleiades and Orion as gravitationally bound star groups (Job 38:31). NOTE: All other star groups visible to the naked eye are unbound, with the possible exception of the Hyades.
- effect of emotions on physical health (Prov. 16:24; Prov. 17:22).
- control of contagious diseases (Lev. 13:4546).
- importance of sanitation to health (Lev.; Num. 19: Deut. 23:12-13). control of cancer and heart disease .
In the crucible of scientific
investigation, the Bible has proven invariably to be correct. No other book,
ancient or modem, can make this claim; but then, no other book has been written
(through men) by God.
Partial extract from Reasons To Believe
Copyright 1976, Reasons To Believe
