2006-10-19 10:12:51 · 9 answers · asked by a sock 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Can you discount the Bible using monkeys?
Really, let's get a little more original with our questions, shall we?
2006-10-19 10:17:46 · answer #1 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
One intelligent arguement from Whitehorse and thats it so far... However, I wish to state to Whitehorse - if there are problems with man's way of measuring these things, then why is it that the degradetion of the earths magnetic fields are used by CHRISTIANS to support a young age for the earth?? It suffers from the same basic flaw - the rate of decay is not constant. But they will use that science in an attempt to prove the Bible correct - even if the science is wrong!
"pillars of salt that MIGHT HAVE..." proves NOTHING!! And big deal if the stories might be historically accurate as to the location of places - this has nothing to do with science!!
It amazes me. In the Bible, there is like 8 places where it says the world is FLAT, and only one place where it describes the earth as a sphere. For hundreds of years the Church refused to beleive the advancements of science and choose to ignore the fact that earth is round...because the Bible said it was flat. Then, when they could no longer stick to their beleifs and it was proven beyond a doubt that the earth is indeed a sphere, the Church suddenly starts saying "LOOK! The Bible was right!! This book is ahead of Science!"
What utter nonsense.
2006-10-19 10:28:10 · answer #2 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would respectfully like to know what science (or for that matter archaelogy, history, etc) contradicts Scripture. And if it is man's scientific dating methods, I would say this...
our dating methods rest on major assumptions and have even proven to be extremely unreliable. For instance, carbon-14 dating rests on two basic assumptions, namely that the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere and its rate of decay have always been constant. Yet, neither of these assumptions is provable. In fact, present testing shows the amount of C-14 in the atmosphere has been increasing since it was first measured in the 1950’s (and factors such as the decay of the earth’s magnetic field would also have direct effects on C-14 level, giving artificially old ages the farther you go back in time.) Some examples of erroneous dates arrived at through our “radiometric” dating methods include shells from living snails being carbon dated as being 27,000 years old (1), living mollusk shells being dated up to 2300 years old(2), a freshly killed seal being carbon dated as having died 1300 years ago (3), and one part of a mammoth carbon dated at 29,500 years while another part carbon dated at 44,000! (4)
1. Science vol. 224, 1984, pp. 58-61
2. Science vol. 141, 1963, pp.634-637
3. Antarctic Journal vol. 6, Sept-Oct. 1971, p.211
4. Troy L. Pewe, Quaternary Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Unglaciated Central Alaska, Geological Survey Professional Paper 862 (U.S. Gov. printing office, 1975) p. 30.
2006-10-19 10:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that science can now explain things such as the plague of frogs is great. It is evidence against a god. In bible times the only expanation for a plague of frogs was a deity, now we know it's caused by the weather.
The world moves on and old ideas get left behind.
2006-10-19 10:55:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Towns have been unearthed in the middle east that have rougly the location as cited in the bible where sodom and gomorrah were, with salt pillars which at one time could have been in the shape of a woman and a cave has been found that is in the general location where Lots cave should be. Also...some of the 12 plagues of Egypt can be explained...like the plague of locusts, the river turing red and the frogs.
2006-10-19 10:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many of the Biblical accounts have been verified through archaeological finds. However, such verification is not necessary for those who recognize the Scriptures as the Word of God.
2006-10-19 10:36:47 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off course, all in the Bible are real. Can you prove the spirit using Science ????, which you cannot. Do you think spirit not real ???, which you are stupid.
Science can only prove anything can you can see but there is many thing that you can see but it is real.
2006-10-19 10:20:10 · answer #7 · answered by OpenMinded 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes. there have been many scientific discovories that support the bible... give me a day or two nd i will find some sites that you can visit and you can see some scientific proof.
2006-10-19 10:19:35 · answer #8 · answered by lpxerounderground 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I can tell you one thing for sure with this question, GOD made the scientists :)
2006-10-19 10:17:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋