Unscientific things in bible?

Question

Bible says in Genesis Ch. No. 1 Verses No. 3 and 5,…‘Light was created on the first day.’ Genesis, Ch.1 Verses, 14 to 19 ‘The cause of light - stars and the sun, etc. was created on the fourth day’. How can the cause of light be created on the 4th day - later than the light which came into existence on the first day? - It is unscientific. Further, the, Bible says Genesis, Ch. 1, Verses 9 to 13… ‘Earth was created on the 3rd day. How can you have a night and day without the earth ? the Bible says in Genesis, Ch. No.1, Verse No. 11 to 13…‘The vegetation, the herbs the shrubs, the trees - they were created on the 3rd day And the Sun, Genesis, Ch. No. 1, Verses. 14 to 19, was created on the 4th day.How can the vegetation come into existence without sunlight, and how can they survive without sunlight ?

Answer 1

Bible as a holy book can't disagree with science-but there's distortion perversion,misstatement & falsification.Many priests admited this such as:priest Lavander in India 1854 during a debate,Billy in his book published in London1850 and Selbergis wrote that he knows when Botros wrote verse 6:chapter 4:1st ,this gospel was only in his imagination.

Answer 2

" This then is the message that we have heard of him, and
declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." The First Epistle of John 1:5. In answer to your first question; God doesn't need the sun in order to be able to produce light.
"And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:9,10 (the word "land," in both cases, was added by the translators to make the text more understandable in English-- in the KJV the words are italicised) As you can see from the above verses, the word "Earth" is referring to the dry land which had been separated from" the waters under the heaven," and not to the planet itself, which had been previously created. Is this a satisfactory answer to your second question?
Finally, the vegetation came into existence, because , just as you said, God created it on the third day. Remember that the day and night cycle was already in place at this time. Even if God had not chosen to begin this cycle on the first day, the sun was created on the fourth day, and surely the plants could have survived 24 hours with out sunlight. More could be said, but this ought to be enough, I would think, unless you've already thoroughly made up your mind. Maybe someone else can provide you with information on obtaining helpful resources.

Answer 3

1) Bad assumption. Bad science. Is your computer screen a star? Does it emit light?
Light is a form of radiated energy, not solely limited in existence to being a byproduct of stars. There are literally an infinite number of possibilities of light sources.

2) Bad grammar. Limiting the universe. Bad science. Night and day are evidence of rotational activity of an object to a light source. The earth existed BEFORE day 3 (Gen 1:1), it was just without 'form'. Just because an object in space does not have a defined shape does not mean it cannot rotate upon a central axis, having a definable delineated relationship to a light source.

3) Bad science. Assumed understanding. First, you have assumed that the plants were in the form of adults, not seeds. Seeds from many plants can exist in the ground for great periods of time without sunlight or water, and actually begin their life cycle only when both are present. Second, you have assumed that day 3 and 4 are ages, not literal days. If they were literal days, then it would be no big thing to plant them without sunlight for one day.

Finally, nothing that you have cited from the Bible is un-scientific. Just because a person or group of persons chooses to pull random phrases from science and/or the Bible and put them together does not force them to disagree.

Science and the Bible have always agreed. It is only men who have disagreed.

Answer 4

Light was created first, God created light without the sun, then the sun. It is intirely likely, given other verses in the Bible, that the light to begin with was simply the light of God/Jesus. Human's don't need the sun to produce light, many things produce light. God didn't need the sun to produce light either, He created the sun later to be a specific type of light and to 'rule the day'. The Earth was already created "The earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep." verse 2. Dry land was separated from water in verse 9-10, but the Earth was already there providing for alternate times of light and dark to produce 'days' and 'nights'. Yes vegatation was created before the sun, one day before. Plants don't have any problem suviving a single day without sunlight. And the initial light God created before the sun may also have been meaningful for plant life, we don't know because either way the plants would be fine for a single day. Heck, most plants will suvive days, even weeks, without light before they start dying.

Answer 5

Here we go again!

Yes, light was the first thing created. There was light before the sun and the moon, which helped the grass to grow. However, because "days" are mentioned in Genesis, we can assume that the Earth was already rotating. t was only until aftet this that God DIVIDED the light into two light-givers, the Sun and the Moon.

Answer 6

Perhaps this is the time of Jesus coming into existence.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Answer 7

The Bible is not a scientific text. Genesis is a compilation of the creation myths of a group of Semitic nomads. It has truth, but not scientific truth. You can believe this, and still be a Christian -- you don't have to take everything in the Bible literally, and you don't have to check your brain and your conscience at the door.

Answer 8

the answer to the first two questions is: only the concept of a) light and b) day and night was created but later applied. the answer to the third question is: they came into existence cuz Gd created them! and come on! it was only for a day!
and there is always a logical answer in religion. if your religion can't give you logical answers, you know you're wasting your time and need to look somewhere else.

Answer 9

the light on the first day was probably spiritual not physical

second early commentators have all ready stated that the first part of Genesis is not in chronological order.

Answer 10

There are many books on the subject :Man's questions---God's answers!

You have a right to find fault but as for me and my house we shall serve the Lord.

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