If global warming is real, why isn't it in the Bible?

Question

The Bible tells all of what happened and will happen. Explain that, anti-Christians.

Answer 1

The Bible is full of prophecy concerning "global warming". And, there's nothing Al Gore can do about it!

Answer 2

Ummm -- I'm not anti-Christian. I'm Anglo-Catholic.

Now, that being clarified.

The Bible is far from infallible -- and if you think otherwise, you haven't actually sat with notebook and pen and read it from cover to cover. Let us reason together.

While we have none of the autographs of the Bible, the early manuscripts we do have have and that are known to be genuine, by the most conservative estimates, have 200,000 differences between the wording in them, and while many are not meaningful, some completely change the doctrine of the church. (Ehrman, Bart, Ph.D.; Misquoting Jesus: The story behind who changed the Bible and Why; Harper Collins, 2006 -- p. 89). less conservative estimates range up to about 400,000 -- and there are programmers now endeavoring to write a program that will be able to count the exact number of variances.

And that's only the start of the difficulties for the Bible. If you only use the Textus Receptus (Received Text) as it is printed in modern Bibles then you are looking at enormous problems anyway -- in fact insurmountable ones. The World does not have corners (Isaiah 11:12), nor does it sit on pillars (I Samuel 2:8), nor water (Psalms 24:1-2). God did not establish a solid dome over the earth (that's what firmament literally means) and he does not have a palace on top of it from which angels can come and go up Jacob's ladder -- which might be reached by the tower of babel -- and where he keeps "treasuries" of hail and snow (Job 38: 22-23). For the sake of all that is decent, you can't even harmonize the 1st and 2nd chapters of Genesis with each other, say nothing of being able to defend the Biblical creation as scientifically factual. That's no surprise though, as the Bible tells us that beetles have four legs (Leviticus 11: 21-23) and that rabbits chew their cuds (Deuteronomy 14:7). It says that pi is 3, not 3.14 (I Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2) and that the mustard seed is the smallest seed in the world and grows into a tree [neither of which are true] (Matthew 13: 31-32). It is hardly a font of rational thought or scientific accuracy. Furthermore these errors only scratch the surface. Try harmonizing accounts in Joshua and the telling of the same tales in timeline in Judges sometime. If you can you are more proficient than any theologian I've ever met, and I've met a few.

Late bronze age men created the OT and early iron age ones the NT. It is not surprising therefore that God cannot lead Israel to defeat Iron chariots after promising he would (Judges 1:19), and it is not surprising that the flight of Israel from the god Chemosh, after the king of a city the Jews were beseiging and that God had promised them they would overthrow The King of the city offered his own son to Chemosh as a human sacrifice, resulting in Chemosh driving the Israelites away (2 Kings 3: 19-27) -- further it is not surprising that no punishment is mentioned -- the Israelites were still sacrificing their own children, as is evidenced in several places, but most graphically in Judges 11:30-39

The long and short of it is, the Bible is a mythic book, written by bronze and iron age men who were recording primarily oral legends in written form. In any realistic sense it is drivel. You can see, just in the passages I noted above from 2 Kings -- the last vestiges of polytheism fading away. Chemosh was supposed to get power from human sacrifice, just as Jehovah did -- and that power allowed him to turn the table against Israel, despite the fact that God was with Israel.

Read the verses, read the context -- to all the things I've suggested, calm your breathing and thinking and ask yourself if this is really the God of the Universe you are reading about -- or a tribal deity, which has now evolved into the one we worship. I think you will find biblegod sadly lacking -- something the liturgical churches have been saying for hundreds of years. If you find yourself unwilling to even look -- ask yourself why? Are you willing to sacrifice the truth, in order to maintain a comfortable myth for yourself?

And if you want a chuckle, read the second, and theoretically final version of the ten commandments. They are in Exodus 34: 10-26. That is the covenant Yahweh actually made with Israel. No seething here.

Global warming isn't in the Bible because the Bible is the mythic book I described above -- and is not the Word of God -- what it says will not protect you from the reality of Global Warming -- nor will it protect your children.

Let go of the idol that you worship in the book and embrace reality.

Peace.

Regards,

Reynolds Jones
Schenectady, NY
http://www.rebuff.org
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Answer 3

I'd love to see this mystical "fantasy" bible that you're reading, because I'd love to know the lottery numbers for next week.
Give me a break - the bible is a historical document written by men a very very long time ago in the attempt to explain things they didn't understand. As an insight into ancient thought, it is invaluable. As an inspiration on how to live your life, priceless. As the be all and end all literal word of God, a load of cr*p. The bible is a STORY. A good one, but still a story. Those of you who take it as God speaking directly to you give religion a bad name.
And what do you mean "IF" global warming is real? You sad and ignorant people make my head hurt.

Answer 4

Well, first if all, your question is predicated on the assumption that the Bible is the word of God, not men. This is erroneous in the extreme. The Book of Revelations is largely stolen by John (not the Baptist, as is commonly believed) from Zoroastrian writings, significantly predating Christianity. It was mostly a criticism of Christians in the age of Nero (the Antichrist, after one does the numerical/Hebrew transliteration) who participated in Roman Pagan rites.

That notwithstanding, there are all sorts of things in the Bible like sanctioned child murder, incest and other atrocities. You might find such things interesting if you read it from cover to cover, instead of having your pastor give you the Cliff's notes from the pulpit. Just because something isn't in the Bible doesn't mean it should be ignored, and just because something is in the Bible doesn't mean it should be attended to seriously. It is the work of humanity, not God.

Don't get me wrong. I believe in God (for lack of a better title), and I am, by no means, anti Christian. I merely believe that the Bible, like the Koran, the Bhagaviadgita, the Dhamapada and other texts are testimonials about human experience withe The Divine. None of them are to be entirely ignored, because kernels of philosophical truth can be found there, but to invest blind faith in any of them is unwise.

Answer 5

No... the Bible doesn't tell ALL of what happened and what will happen... I'm a Christian and I don't even believe that. Just because it isn't in the Bible doesn't mean it isn't real.

Answer 6

The Bible says that this present earth will melt with fervent heat, doesn't it. Well, global warming may be the start for it someday.

II Peter 3:7- "But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."

II Peter 3:10- "But the day of the Lord will come as a theif 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 burnt up."

II Peter 3:12- "Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be disolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat."

Answer 7

Could it be that the Bible is wrong? Naaaahhhh. With all due respect, they're not kidding when scientists tell you our northern polar ice cap is melting at three times the rate it was just 15 years ago. Can you say "low albedo"? Can you say "greenhouse effect"? Can you say "Venus"? Can you say "sulphuric acid rainstorm"? Can you say "boiling oceans"? Get a clue and stop being part of the problem. Thank you.

P.S. -- I take it all back -- isn't it supposed to be "the fire next time"? Maybe you should read your Bible more carefully.

Answer 8

...first of all, this question makes no sense. And second of all...this question still makes no sense.

Thirdly, if the Krebs Cycle is real (which it is), then why isn't it in the Bible? Because it has no relevance or significance to spiritual goings-on, maybe? If global warming is going to be responsible for something that results in the fulfillment of some certain prophecy, does it matter that we know that global warming caused it? No.

Answer 9

Don't expect the bible to predict every happening. Just be logical and think for yourself.

For the second part of your question:
I don't like to criticize a religious document. But you exactly know that bible is not true related to the Past. So don't even bother about the accuracy related to the future.

If you are really curious and open minded only check this link:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1811332,00.html

Answer 10

The Bible doesn't tell everything that has happened and will happen. The Bible never mentions coffee, but are you going to tell me that coffee isn't real. There are about 6 Starbucks within walking distance to my house, so try telling Starbucks that coffee isn't real because coffee is never mentioned in the Bible.