I would list all of the inaccuracies, but I can not fit them all into a thousand characters or less (which is Yahoo! Answer's limit). And I would hate to leave any of them out.
2007-04-28 12:42:39 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OK, I was looking for more than "it IS scientific", or "you are wrong about that".
2007-04-28 12:48:07 · update #1
I said I can't list it becasue the list is too long so here is a link to what I'm talking about. http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/science/long.html
2007-04-28 13:04:11 · update #2
I can list some.
1. The Earth is the center of the universe.
2. The Earth is the oldest thing in the Universe.
3. The stars revolve around the Earth.
4. Man was created less then a week after the Earth.
5. Dinosaurs never existed.
6. Two of every animal can fit on one ark.
7. Someone could collected 2 of every animal and put them on an Ark. Explain how they went about getting penguins and polar bears and kangaroos.
That is just a small sample.
2007-04-28 12:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by Tina R 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't written by an all knowing being. It was written by his followers.
And, this is a little pointless I geuss, but not bothering to list any inaccuracies because you "couldn't fit them all" is pretty lame. List a few, give people a better understanding of your question, or they're not going to be able to refute it in a way that satisfies you that you can accept. This won't neccessarily mean you're "right", just a bad communicator. Life lesson. Many people haven't learned it yet.
2007-04-28 19:48:42 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The obvious answer is that no god had anything to do with writing the Bible. No all knowing being could have written or inspired it. There are far too many contradictions and inaccuracies.
But those who believe in it won't like that answer. They prefer God can do whatever God wants, so that's the answer you will most likely get. That or 'you read it wrong' 'you didn't understand it' etc.
2007-04-29 14:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite clearly, the godders don't care. The responses you're getting show that such matter wash straight over them: if it's in the Bible, it's true. If it makes no sense or is just plain wrong, that OK - God can do anything.
There's no cure, obviously. I recommend we nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
CD
2007-04-28 19:53:54 · answer #4 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, there is a large section on Jewish dietary law in the old Testament. Does this make the Bible the first Southbeach diet book?
If you don't want to believe in God or the Bible, that's fine by me. Just don't try to convert anyone into your way of thinking and we'll all be happy.
2007-04-28 19:55:55 · answer #5 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Bible is a book of faith that starts out "In the beginning God...".
That should have given you a clue it's not a book about science.
2007-04-28 20:01:03 · answer #6 · answered by Uncle Remus 54 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
hmm... wasn't evolution... CREATED by Darwin's leetle mind? If so, WOW. It was CREATED. I'm so IMPRESSED. ( sarcasm's the best ) and if ur ancestor is an ape, you'd be glad to hang around with ur leetle friends, the gorillas. I have a classmate that looks like a gorilla. He'd be a perfect match for you.
Dinosaurs died either during the flood or before, so no arguing
2007-04-28 20:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It doesn't.
Many things that were thought to be Scientific FACT in the past have now been shown to be wrong. An example is that Scientists thought that MS was a psychiatric condition. As science advanced they discovered that a covering that is found on people's nerves had started to flake off and this is why people experience MS symptoms.
Even Scientists disagree on things so I certainly would not depend on them for the final word on things.
2007-04-28 19:48:37 · answer #8 · answered by bobbi123 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
My personal favorite:
Bats are birds.
I mean really, what's poetic about that?
It's in there because, to the people living then... wings = bird.
2007-04-28 20:05:32 · answer #9 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does not.
What fundamentalists and naysayers have in common is attributing literally what the Bible says poetically. When the Bible refers to the 'four corners of the earth', it is not saying the earth is square, yet merely a reference to the four directions-North-south-East-West. All of the 'non-scientific facts' you probably would like to suggest if you knew about the 'details function' of answers, could easily be explained by this simple 'fact'.
One fact I truly enjoy exploiting from the Bible, is the fact that it clearly predicted the presence at the time of the end of all of those who disbelieve the Bible. Only in the last century, have so many so-called scientific 'experts' jumped on the band wagon. This further supports a true believers reliance upon scripture.
HA HA, you can't win against that!
Too bad atheists.
2007-04-28 19:45:53 · answer #10 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 3⤊ 8⤋