Scientific ERRORS IN BIBLE?

Question

Book of Genesis Ch 1 V 9-19

1. Universe was created in six days, 24 hours a day.
2. Light was created on 1st day (V 3-5)
3. Earth and vegetables were created on 3rd day (V 11-13)
4. Sun was created on 4th day (V 14-19)
5. God created two lights (LAMPS)….referring sun and moon….means moon also omits light. (V16)
6. “Rainbow is God’s promise…..” (9:17)

COMMENTS : Scientifically how could it be possible: light was created before its source (sun)…day was of 24 hours before the creation of sun and earth….both sun and moon omits light to brighten the earth……earth was created before sun then what was its orbit….etc

Book of Hebrew : says “Earth will perish”
Book of Psalms 78:69, says “The earth will abide forever”
Book of Job: says “All fruits and vegetables are edible”……whereas, even a child knows that there are several fruits and vegetables that are extremely poisonous…

some one explain please? i have a list of thousands. No counter questions please?

Answer 1

I agree. The Bible has a lot of wisdom, a lot of true stories, a lot of symbolic stories, and errors.

Answer 2

The Bible tells you exactly how the universe was created... You only don't want to hear
1 First God created matter. ( In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth)
2 Then God created the electro-magnetic spectrum. (Let there be light:)
3 Then God created the force of gravity.( Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear)
4 Then God created the Earth with the DNA for plant life.(Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon
5 But the Earth was created elsewhere and brought into its present position. Thus the sun and the moon became visible
But this changed the speed at which the Earth was traveling. So the perception of time changed (You know time is connected to the speed of an object) Things may look a million years old, but it is only true if we assume that the speed of Earth had been the same all the time)
Where are the scientific errors you mention?

Answer 3

The creation accounts (plural) in Genesis, found in Chapters 1 & 2, respectively, are not meant to be taken literally. The compiler of Genesis makes this clear by including both accounts, which, if taken literally, conflict in significant ways (such as the order in which things were created). The ancient Hebrews weren't idiots; they realized the accounts were not meant to be taken literally. Instead, they are basically parables that teach certain important truths: God created everything, including people; there is one God, not many; God is extremely powerful and wise, etc.

Consider for a moment the parable of the "boy who cried wolf." We use it from time to time to teach others, especially children, the importance of not claiming there is an emergency unless there really is one, because if they do that people won't believe them when there really is a crisis. If you tell someone that story and he asks how big was the wolf was or why the boy didn't use his cell phone to call 911 that person has completely missed the point of the story! It's the same thing when we take the creation accounts literally.

There is a long history of not taking Genesis in a completely literal manner. St. Augustine, an important theologian who died shortly after the sack of Rome, did not believe Genesis was talking about a six literal, 24-hour days. I suspect that if he had our knowledge of cosmology, evolution, and such he'd have no problem integrating that with the Genesis creation story. Of course, just because we don't take something literally doesn't mean that we don't take it seriously.

As an aside, particle physicist Dr. John Polkinghorne reports that current theories about the very early universe indicate that it would have been filled with photons--that is, light. That doesn't mean the Bible is a science book, but given the fame of the phrase "fiat lux" it is somewhat amusing that the ancients got there before we did. Incidentally, Dr. Polkinghorne is also the Rev. Polkinghorne, an ordained priest in the Church of England.

See the link for more on different Christian interpretations of Genesis. Obviously, this doesn't address all of your questions--if, indeed, they were actually asked in good faith--but will hopefully give you, and others, more to consider.

Answer 4

I have a school science book from my mother's time at school. It states that the atom is the smallest indivisible part of matter. This is not so much a scientific error as the limit of knowledge and understanding at the time it was written. The same with many things in The Bible.

Also, The Bible is a collection of writings by many people that has suffered many translations before getting to you. Of course there are contradictions.

By the way, I am not a believer, but I see no point in attacking someones Holy Book in this way.

Answer 5

1. The hebrew word for day can also be translated era

2. In the begining God created the heavens and the Earth. Learn to read. That's the first verse in the bible.

3. Vegetation would come before animals.

4. He said let them appear, not let them be created. So the stars and sun were now visible from earth.

5. "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:" There are indeed lights in the sky during night and day.

6. So? God said that the rainbow represents the convenant between man and God. Your point?

Where in the book of Hebrews does it say that? You didn't cite it. You didn't cite Job either. I'm starting to think you are reciting what somebody else said, and fail to think for yourself. As to your reference to Psalms which was the only thing I could actually look up because you were too retarded to cite anything else requires only a little research.

The word olam, rendered “for ever,” does not necessarily imply the idea of absolute endlessness. In many instances it simply denotes a period of indefinite length, the end of which is hidden from man. So such texts do not inevitably teach the absolute perpetuity of the earth.

Now that I have explained to you, you explain this to me. How can you make such claims while being too lazy to do a little research. You sir, make ignorant and false claims.

Answer 6

I'm with you. Whenever someone starts spouting about the bible being ultimate fact, I always bring up how the earth was supposedly created before the sun. No one has been able to give me an explanation to that except for some lame reasoning about how "all things are possible with God."

Answer 7

Since the Bible is not a scientific book, I would expect there to be many, many scientific errors in it. When it was written, there was very little scientific knowledge available, no scientific method to be used, or anything else that remotely approches what we know today as science. The Bible is mostly folklore and parable with a dose of coincidence.

Answer 8

actually, light was the first. The Big Ban was a tremendous white hot explosion of pure energy. A star was not required for light just as it is not required now. If you apply enough energy to almost anythig, it is going to get hot. Objects that are hot enough begin to glow (emit light). What is set forth in the Bible is a metaphorical response to the question, "How did all this come to be"?

Answer 9

How can this question be in astronomy?? The big bang, steady state and unified string models of the universe are in complete contradiction with the bible. Go back to school you silly creationist, and say hi to charles darwin for me

Answer 10

its simple. I go to church once about every 5 years but I still know the answer. People then did not know what we know now. They thought the eartch was flat etc. Pretty much the bible is in lamemans terms.

Answer 11

Easy. The bible is wrong. Now put it down and get a proper book out.