Scientists or the Bible…Who do you believe?

Question

When science disputes the claims in the bible...who do you believe. Should we take the bible absolutely or take it a story with a moral to it. Looking for insight.

Answer 1

I believe both. Science is how. The Bible is why.

Answer 2

If it were not for, the fear based disregard and unacceptance of science by the church.
I am sure there would be far more people willing to become part of Christian communities/churches.
How can faith be placed in a doctrine that has, and continues to remain in denial?
Christianity continues to push proven evidence,that has answers for questions regarding biblical history and its teachings,"under the carpet".
The bible was written in another time, for the people of that time.It contains some wonderful parables and proverbs, that can still apply in life. But as a book,it should never be taken as literal truth.
An analogy, (and I mean no disrepect) would be the flashcards and stories used to educate the illiterate people of India and Africa on the dangers of unprotected sex,with regard to pregnancy and AIDS.
At the time of the compilation of the scriptures,letters etc. that comprise the bible. There were very,very few people who could read or write.Almost all among the clergy.
The cost of a copy of the Bible was far beyond the wealth of the ordinary man. In most cases the only compete versions were held by the churches,Kings and nobles of the land.Every Bible being hand crafted.
This remained so until the invention of the printing machine some 1200 years later.
Until the 1800 the majority of people were still illiterate and so relied information to given to them in a verbal fashion.This included the words of the Bible which would be read to them by a preacher ar priest.
This truth, was now well imbedded into the human psyce and the churches dogma,the conception of change because of the newly revived sciences findings was and still is a scandleous conception to many learned men,most who have a private agenda. Even though science has brought forth and totally disproven so many happenings and inconsistancies with the reality of Biblical history.
It is the great fear of the Christian churches that the revealing of the facts will be the end of religion.Were as I and many others feel that the truth can have only a possitive effect for the future of Christianity.

Answer 3

I think it takes some effort to sort the answers out for each person. I grew up believing the Bible was infalliable, but that is God. The bible I believe now, has some issues because man has translated it so many times and sometimes with alterior motives. I still think the Bible is very valuable information, however seeking God to show you the answers will teach you and help you to have confidence in Him and yourself rather than some other man trying to tell you what to believe. Science then comes in and helps you understand God, and the Bible.
Things are as they are, humans are the ones that have trouble understanding. The law of Gravity just IS whether we believe it or not, that is the same with the laws of God. God didn't say think positive because he wants you to jump through hoops like a poodle. he said be positive because he knows that life has different tracks and the positive track is a lot more fun(and easier to bear) than the negative one! God didn't say don't be materialistic so you had to be a poor miserable man. He just knows if you focus on material, you'll be a slave to your debt. If you focus on life you're a free man or woman.
Try not looking at it as black and white. Because man errs so much, its very possible the science could be miscalculated, or the bible mistranslated, but if you invite God into the middle, He's the only one that could help you decipher between the two and without the confusion of men!

Answer 4

I believe both - but NEVER all of the time. Sometimes the scientists turn out to be frauds (remember the Korean stem cell lines fraud?), and sometimes the Bible distorts history, but sometimes it IS accurate. Archaeology proves that certain portions of the Bible ARE accurate, but it also proves that certain parts are NOT accurate. The bible is actually NOT meant to be taken literally - about 150 years ago somebody decided that it should be taken "word for word", but if you do that the bible contradicts itself in a multitude of places. The bible was meant to be a moral guide, and to make people think about what is the right thing to do. Scientists are meant to show us how things work, and to solve problems in technology and medicine. If you take the bible as "metaphor" and not completely literally, then the creation story is quite logical for a mind from 5,000 years ago. However, if you start to take the bible literally, then the Scientists will always almost win my vote, because they can back up what they say with more than just "because we say so".

Answer 5

If you take everything that the Bible says literally, there are going to be so many mistakes and misconceptions that it makes it difficult to believe what it says.

I am sure you will get mixed responses to this question because there are mixed answers to it.

I believe that what is written in the Bible was done so at a time when the way they conveyed messages was in parables'. That was how they expressed ideas so that the people could understand the concept they were trying to convey.

That timetable they used was all wrong based on what we know actually happened. That doesn't make the Bible wrong, but just confirms that the writers wrote what they were told to write.

As far are as insight goes, there are boatloads of ideas of the how when and why. Take your pick.

Answer 6

I more readily believe science than the bible. I see the Bible as half-history, half-fable. It is not meant to be taken literally. Many things in the bible are verifiably true--Jesus existed. He lived for 33 years (give or take) and was crucified. There was some kind of large flood. Things like that. However, we cannot prove the "little things" in the bible (i.e. water into wine) like we can prove genetics.

I am a very logical person. I need a LOT of facts before I believe anything from either side.

Answer 7

You have to remember, the bible, theorhetically, got it's last updates like 2000 years ago. It's been translated to death and what we have of it left (in it's original form) was in very bad condition.

I think the universe is too large, for all it's truths to be defined by a simple and single book. If you read the whole thing, you may find some passages disturbing and even shocking by today standards (like stoning people because they eat meat on a friday).

So common sense has to be the real issue. The only thing everyone seems to agree about with gods and religion is that man as a species has been touched somehow, and that he has been given free will and common sense. It would be a shame to blindly follow a book written by man and give up those two gifts from above.

Answer 8

Mans sciences used to teach the earth was the center of the universe until they discovered different and learned better

Mans sciences used to think the earth was flat and the moon was made of cheese until the learned better

A man said evolution about 200 years ago..... and now some scientist say intelligent design.... oh but they are not real scientist because they don't agree with the ortodox science community...

sounds like just as many wrong versions of science as there are forms of religion.....

until the learn a little better.... i'll just keep on believing what I want....

besides I can trust what I perceive to be a God... or I can trust the mankinds science..... whats the difference between my imaginations about God or scientists imaginations (theories) about the whos, whats, when, wheres, and most distressing for scientists whys of life give me a break

trust my own opinions or someone elses.... i don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out

Answer 9

Scientists have some proof that the Bible has some truth, perhaps more than they reveal, since most are nonbelievers and that they just don't have God's wisdom to figure it out. They have the same old education taught by the same old teachers..... they need to move into spirituality, and if they do that right, perhaps they would become a priest or something.

God and the Bible is job security for scientists.

Answer 10

I've read many people's answers on this question and I would like to address a few of them. I have copyed this down because this subject repeatable comes up.

Now in one of the laws of thermal dynamics it is stated.
Chaos can come from order but order never comes from chaos except with the help of an outside force.
Now most scientists speculate that the universe came into being in a theory called "The big bang". In this theory they speculate that two large masses called dark matter collided in a chaotic explosion that started "evolutions" slow steps forward toward modern man. See the error in that? The big bang theory is in direct contradiction to the laws of thermal dynamics. thermal dynamics by the way is a proven fact. Now lets look at that law again. Notice the part that states "except with the help of an outside force"? Guess who that outside force is? GOD! Isn't that incredible!


OK the preceding was the copyed part but now to address the issue of carbon dating.
Carbon dating is based on an assumption. the assumption is that the rate of decay was the same thru out history. This is obviously not the case. The earth has gone through many climate changes and that also effects the rate of decay. Carbon dating is totally useless. That's the problem with most scientists many of them base evidence on assumptions instead of finding out the truth.