Why is it that Atheists and Evolutionists trust their text books and they cannot trust the Bible?

Question

Especially since their text books have been proven wrong time after time... (magnetic poles, leap second, the burning of the Sun, the position of the moon, the rotation of planets and galaxies, their impossible geologic index, radiometric dating, and 5 of the six forms of evolution just to name a few..(after all micro-evolution is observable but a monkey never became a man.) and the Bible correctly stated more than 80 prophecies for Christ alone let alone the nearly 2500 year accurate statement of May15, 1948? (just for an example?)

Answer 1

I don't rely on textbooks. I look at the facts: periodic inversion of the magnetic poles, the gradual slowing of the Earth's rotation, Solar fusion, the geologic record and radiometric dating. The fact that high school textbooks are watered down does not change the fact that Creation as literally worded in the Bible could not have occurred. The fact that processes that take millions of years have not occurred in my lifetime does not phase me one iota.

The major difference is that when the Bible is contradicted, it cannot be revised (although the literalists revise the "literal interpretation") whereas scientific theories are refined based on the discovery of new facts.

Answer 2

First of all, you cannot take the bible to be "fact." The bible is collection of works that were passed down orally for centures before they were finally written down. They were folklore and little more. You say that the bible has correctly stated more than 80 prophecies. Show me one, conclusively, that has come true. I see religious zealouts all the time say "lo this prophecy is coming true" but they never do. How many respectable Christians and Christian leaders hailed the 2000 as an end of the world event...which never occured? It is easy in hindsight to look back and say see...it came true. It didn't...you just perceive it to be so. You have yet to point to a single FUTURE even and say this or that will happen because the bible says so and then have it actually happen.

Those scientific proofs that you give AGAINST atheists & evolutions are not actually proof either. They may be difficult to proof but are not less provable that any God theories. You can not PROVE that God created everything and as such all your beliefs in this matter must be predicated upon faith alone. The big bang theory (and a few others) at least have some provable evidence.

Answer 3

Man are you asking for trouble. Sigh. The simple answer is that some people only will believe what they can see or prove. I'm not sure where you are getting your facts from, but I'm not sure you have any other sources to rely on other than the Bible. A better question is how can you trust the Bible, when you don't have an original copy of what was written? The Bible has been revised and retranslated more times than any script ever written. Things have been ommitted, banned, poorly translated, or entirely changed over the course of the Bible's long history. So unless you have an original Aramaic text of the good book, you really don't know what to trust exactly.

Don't get me wrong, the Bible is full of wonderful lessons about how to live a good life. But not all of it is relevent or makes sense in today's world. When it comes to God, the only thing you can trust is your heart. Everything else is relative.

Answer 4

When something is discovered that challenges an established part of science, scientists go away and test all possible outcomes so that they can gain a more refined and accurate version of the truth. When theists are challenged by some inconvenient fact, they frantically try to refute the fact because they think that the slightest error in their book means the whole thing has to be thrown out. They can never achieve a refined truth. Science doesn't work in the same way.

Answer 5

Scientific texts get updated as the amount of information grows and is not afraid to admit that they have better information.

Anytime you have a book that claims to be the definitive source and that anyone who claims otherwise is wrong is suspect in my view. Since none of the prophecies for Christ are future dates its easy to write a book wherein the prophecies all come true. The only prophecy being waited on is the end times.

Hominid was not a monkey, but was or so it thought to be the prototype from which we may have sprung.

Answer 6

Science has proved your book wrong as well. When science proves science wrong it happily retreats and rejoices in the new discoveries. When the bible is found inaccurate, well that's a different story.

By the way, no one has ever said that a monkey became a man. They have common ancestors. I know you like to spread that little piece of misinformation while you sit on your tail bone, but it only makes you look silly to those who know better.

Should we go into all of the FALSE prophecy in the bible, including Jesus saying he would return in the lifetime of his audience in Mathew? (Hint: Jesus = false prophet)

Answer 7

The textbooks are based on science. Science is fluid and does change over time as new discoveries are revealed. The Bible is based on man's word. The Bible could have been the "word of God" at one time, but it has been SO altered by man that it has been destroyed.

Answer 8

I trust the Bible on matters of divine revelation. I trust science books on matters of science. And I trust cookbooks for cooking. Trying to determine scientific truth from the Bible makes about as much sense as trying to find divine revelation in a cookbook.

Answer 9

Science books mainly are based on logic and involves deep study and investigation to understand and explain the truth.
Some statements in the bible however are illogical and contradicting and will require a persons' blind faith in it to be regarded unquestionable.
I guess it is human nature to seek a deeper understanding.

Answer 10

Science is not a Bible. Science is always changing, that is the very nature of it. True scientists are willing to admit when their findings are wrong. If science was "wrong time after time" then your computer would not be running right now.