Do you suppose that your forefathers were as dismissive of the Germ Theory of Disease as being "just a theory", when it was so OBVIOUS to them that demonic possession and curses were the cause of all disease?
Do you think they asserted that it took as much faith to believe that the earth was round as it did to simply accept the holy scripture that "proved" it was flat?
Do you suppose they claimed that the proposed heliocentric solar system was "just as much of a religion" as the commonly accepted belief that the Earth was the center of the universe?
In any one of a MILLION instances where the evidence of scientific inquiry clashed with established religious dogma, do you suppose what people BELIEVED made one whit of difference as to what the factual REALITY of the universe was?
Science is a very effective means of gaining knowledge whereas revelation and scriptural study is not, and this fact is less surprising under atheism than theism. --From EbonMusings.org
2006-09-28 01:46:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are mislead by a pseudo-intellectual article posted by someone with an agenda. Here's the truth:
1) The Bible does NOT state or imply that all disease is due to "demonic possession and curses." The OT alone uses the word "plague" 87 times; "sickness" 15 times; "disease" or "diseased" 13 times; and "leprosy" (a catch-all term for any skin disease) 25 times.
2) The Bible does not imply the earth is flat. References to the "four corners" of the earth are references to North, South, East and West. In fact, Isaiah 40:22 expressly tells us the earth is round.
3) The Bible does not propose a heliocentric solar system. It substantiates that GOD is the center of all things.
4) Yes. For instance, people believed the earth was round and the sun was not the center of the universe even before incorrect scientists proposed conflicting theories. If you doubt this, I can easily prove it.
5) Incorrect.
Peace.
2006-09-28 02:01:46 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, and the universe is finite. It had to start somewhere.
It had to be created. God is the Creator.
2006-09-28 08:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by Casey M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely!!!!!
But I'm a theist. :( Can I still play?
2006-09-28 08:50:22 · answer #3 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋