Are bats really birds?

Question

I picked up the bible as a "textbook" but it said that bats were birds!

I also notice that when Lucifer took Me up to a very high hill to tempt me before My crucifixion, we could see "all the Kingdoms of Earth" which would indicate a flat earth.

So, all those books about space and orbits are fibs too?

Answer 1

Sure, and people used to live for over 900 years. Makes perfect sense. NOT!

Answer 2

Remember that the bible isn't literally God's words. It was written by people who talked with Him, then translated by people a lot later who often had to guess at exact meaning. Birds and bats both fly so assume the translator read something indicating an animal that flies. Seeing all the earth doesn't mean the world was flat. I can see the whole world by flipping channels, maybe God and Satan give satellite vision.

If you are going to use the Bible as a textbook then get it in the original language, get someone who lived back then to interpret historical idioms and figures of speech, and remember that God can do things you can't.

Answer 3

Bats really stand out in the animal world. They are the only mammals that can fly, and they live much of their lives hanging upside down. Most species are only active at night, dusk and dawn, spending their days in dark caves. Many bats have developed adaptations that let them find their way (and their prey) in complete darkness. Bats are also well-known for sucking blood, though in actuality, there are only a few specific species that feed this way.
Scientists believe that bats evolved from a non-flying mammal that lived mostly in the trees, roughly a hundred million years ago. Like a lemur or squirrel, this animal would leap through the air from branch to branch. Some individual members of this species were born with more skin extending between their arms and body, which gave them just a little bit more lift as they leaped through the air (some modern lemurs and squirrels have developed this same sort of physiology). The individual bats with this mutation had slightly greater mobility than others in the species and so were more likely to thrive and reproduce. In this way, nature selected for wider and wider skin membranes over time, eventually leading to fully functional wings.

Answer 4

What? No! Bats are not birds! They are mammals, as they are warm-blooded, have fur, and give birth to live young. Birds are also warm-blooded, but they have feathers and eggs. Space and orbits absolutely exist. You see irrefutable proof of them everywhere you go.

BTW, I could write a book and say anything I wanted in it, but that doesn't mean it's TRUE. So why don't you put down the Bible and pick up some actual knowledge, huh?

Answer 5

Of course bats are birds, just like the "Bible" is an accurate, historical account!

Answer 6

No bats have fur and give birth to live young. Birds and bats are totally different. What does this have to do with religion?

Answer 7

There are lots of errors and contradictions in the Bible.

Don't make the mistake of elevating the Book to the level of God. That is idolatry and a sin,

Answer 8

Just goes to show the scientific illiteracy of those times.

Answer 9

Bats are mammals. So they can not be birds.

Answer 10

no, bats are mammals, Birds lay eggs( not mammals)