DevilsCabanaBoy Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 "If the bible had any scientific information in it we'd be far more advanced than we are now" Quoted by a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantheory Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yes, the God of the Bible is no scientist. The writers of the Bible probably had no concept of what a scientist was all about. How could the Bible have had any scientific information in it in that everyone who wrote it was likely very ignorant concerning the little scientific knowledge that existed in those times. The little science that there was at the time of the new testament was brought across and around the Mediterranean by the Greeks, Macedonians, and the Romans, but generally not believed or respected by Israeli Jews who were the writers of the Bible no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsathoggua9 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 So true! I read widely as a child, and this was the main reason the fundamentalist mindset promoted by the "Church of Christ" never really infected me. It was obvious from a cursory glance through the so-called "Holy Book" that the various-and-sundry writers wouldn't know science if it came up behind them and bit them on the ass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 The Bible is a collection of myths that reflect the knowledge and theological beliefs of the cultures that produced them. It takes a deeply indoctrinated mind not to recognize that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Joshpantera Posted February 18, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 4:50 AM, DevilsCabanaBoy said: "If the bible had any scientific information in it we'd be far more advanced than we are now" Quoted by a friend. You'd better toughen up, boy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsCabanaBoy Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 25 minutes ago, Joshpantera said: You'd better toughen up, boy!!!! Ha ha ha (Sniffles) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LogicalFallacy Posted February 18, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2019 But the water cycle described in Job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsCabanaBoy Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 31 minutes ago, LogicalFallacy said: But the water cycle described in Job!! Oh and the earth being a circle and hangs on nothing, the verses that have convinced generations of JW's that the Bible is packed with science. But this water cycle thing I do not remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I feel the Bible has some historical, but not scientific, value. However, that value is very miniscule. It talks about a few random kings and kingdoms that we know did actually exist. But, for the most part, the Bible just contains stories, following an unaffirmed bloodline, leading to Jesus. I think it's safe to assume that most of the stories contained in the Bible are embellished upon, or straight up fiction. As far as scientific value, the Bible is a terrible source of information. The world depicted in the Bible is a much different place than Earth, that's for sure. The sun rotates the Earth, which is flat and sitting upon four great pillars. The biblical world is merely a scant 6000 years old, or so. Not the BILLIONS of years old that we know is true. If the Bible is true, it certainly isn't describing Earth, its inhabitants, nor its creation. Maybe we need to be looking for another planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 The real world scientific record definitely differs from the biblical text, but I'm not convinced the intent of that text was to be scientific. Clearly, it isn't presented in the classical scientific manner. The primary science presented is a god that allegedly can do everything. That is the basis for biblical science. I think it still safe to say I really can't ask where have the gods gone when the reality is that they never existed to begin with. If they did exist, a simple observation of humanity shows that those gods have failed catastrophically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwc Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Bible god is the most bestest scientist. The whole universe is proof. We're just sciencing wrong. Science is magic. mwc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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