Do science and the Bible go together?

Answer 1

The bible is a book of stories written by men that are not be followed literally. They offer morals and insight into how to live a better life. These men that wrote the book did not know much about the world. It wasn't explored, so their world was what they saw on a daily basis. Do you really think that God flooded the earth for 40 days and 40 nights and while Noah collected two of every animal? There may have been a flood in the part of the world where they lived, but they did not the vastness of the earth. The book is a collection of fairy tales and to follow it literally is silly and if you do follow it literally then you cannot pick and choose which 'stories' to believe.

However, science and the bible can go together and it doesn't make you a bad christian if you do believe in evolution and don't think homosexuality and pre-marital sex is a sin. I'm a soil scientist and believe that evolution is very real and that the earth is over 4 billion years old. I also think every person has their right to live their life as they see fit and shouldn't be shunned or judged by it; this includes homosexuality and a woman's right to choose. Remember, God gave us free will.

To disregard science is ridiculous.

Answer 2

The historical accuracy of the Bible was once widely doubted. Critics, for example, questioned the existence of such Bible characters as King Sargon of Assyria, Belshazzar of Babylon, and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. But recent discoveries have verified one Bible account after another. Thus historian Moshe Pearlman wrote: "Suddenly, sceptics who had doubted the authenticity even of the historical parts of the Old Testament began to revise their views."

If we are to trust the Bible, it must also be accurate in matters of science. Is it? Not long ago scientists, in contradiction of the Bible, asserted that the universe had no beginning. However, astronomer Robert Jastrow recently pointed to newer information that refutes this, explaining: "Now we see how the astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements in the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis are the same."—Genesis 1:1.

Men have also changed their views relative to the shape of the earth. "Voyages of discovery," explains The World Book Encyclopedia, "showed that the world was round, not flat as most people had believed." But the Bible was correct all along! More than 2,000 years before those voyages, the Bible said at Isaiah 40:22: "There is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth," or as other translations say, "the globe of the earth" (Douay), "the round earth." (Moffatt)

Thus the more humans learn, the greater the evidence is that the Bible can be trusted. A former director of the British Museum, Sir Frederic Kenyon, wrote: "The results already achieved confirm what faith would suggest, that the Bible can do nothing but gain from an increase of knowledge."

Answer 3

Yes they do. Megami or whatever apparently doesn't have a clue what the bible says, because the bible said the world was round (little hint here, the 4 corners of the earth mean North, South, East and West), and then you have the Wim type who doesn't even realize the DaVinci Code was fiction. These types of people can't differenciate between fact and fiction, so haven't got a clue if the bible and religion go hand in hand, because they haven't studied either.

Answer 4

they are two entirely different things.

Faith can not be compared to Science
and Science can not be compared to Faith

Not saying that you are doing this, but I find it funny how so many people argue about Science being better than Faith or Faith being better than Science when the simple fact is that neither one can prove one way or the other of the existence of God.

Faith is a belief based system
Science is a system for evaluating ONLY that which is Physical, thus Spiritual matters being of non-physical are excluded from sciences realm of competence.

Both Science and Religion exist as separate entities on two different levels of comprehension. Neither one will EVER replace the other because neither one can compete with the other.

But, some people will just not get that, and in the process, they meaning both sides, will continue looking the fool.


That's just my opinion and yours may differ.

Answer 5

I borrowed this from a new book by Micheal Shermer publisher of Skeptic Magazine "Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design"

If one is a theist, it should not matter when God made the universe—10,000 years ago or 10,000,000,000 years ago. The difference of six zeros is meaningless to an omniscient and omnipotent being, and the glory of divine creation cries out for praise regardless of when it happened. Likewise, it should not matter how God created life—whether it was through a miraculous spoken word or through the natural forces of the universe that He created. The grandeur of God’s works command awe regardless of what processes He used.

As for meanings and morals, it is here where our humanity arises from our biology. We evolved as a social primate species with the tendency of being cooperative and altruistic within our own groups, but competitive and bellicose between groups. The purpose of civilization is to help us rise above our hearts of darkness and to accentuate the better angels of our nature.

Believers should embrace science, especially evolutionary theory, for what it has done to reveal the magnificence of the divinity in a depth never dreamed by our ancient ancestors. We have learned a lot in 4,000 years, and that knowledge should never be dreaded or denied. Instead, science should be welcomed by all who cherish human understanding and wisdom.

Answer 6

The Bible and science go quite well together.

The prophet Isaiah, writing some 700 years before Christ, writes about the circle of the earth. Circle is translated from the Hebrew word for sphere.

Answer 7

You can put them together if you wish, but men were not as well educated when they wrote the Bible, and they had a poor understanding of the world. When in doubt, lean towards science, never the Bible.

Answer 8

Men said the world is flat. Many watched ships sail away from their homeland and thought they were going to drop off the edge of the world, in Columbus' day.

Consider a 191 page book " Is There A Creator Who Cares About You?". In it are wonderful accounts of creation and scientists' views from Einstein to Hubbel and much more. " A well researched and factually informative reading". Available from your local Jehovah's Witnesses.

Answer 9

the bible is science an science is the bible if you seek carefully you will find the beginning is science and the bible is story's of this
all or science....

Answer 10

No they do not go together. This is what God says about science.

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: