Science VS the bible?

Question

What would you do if science found a totally opposite thing from the bible? Would you believe science or the bible? and why?

Answer 1

The Bible has absolutely no credibility- Jesus would agree with me 100% Let me explain:

The Old Testament was written from around 600 BCE.

The main authors were: Jeremiah, Baruch (600 BCE- 590 BCE) with help of Persians and then Nehemiah and Ezra from 450 to 420 BCE (again with help of Persians).

See the Supreme Bible of God which gives you all the source texts from which the Bible was written as well as the Biblical texts.
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/bible_of_god.htm

+++Is the Bible fact or fiction+++

If we take just one character, Moses, did Moses ever exist? or was Moses in fact based on the real historic figure of Pharaoh Akhenaten?

The Essene High Priests exiled at Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls etc) certainly believed the Torah was pure fiction and based on Akhenaten. One of their most treasured relics was
the Copper Scroll on which is written in Greek:
"Akhenaten is also Zadok". (in other words Akhenaten is Moses/Aaron )...
See:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/old_testament/sources/copper_scroll/copper_scroll_0010.htm

Or maybe the instruction from Nehemiah to the Temple on Elephantine Island around 420 BCE on the "brand new" ceremony of Passover is a clue that the Old testament Bible is a made up story?
See:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/old_testament/apocrypha/passover/passover_0010.htm


+++What did Jesus think?+++

Jesus founded the Nazarenes, also known as the gnostics.
http://one-faith-of-god.org/new_testament/apocrypha/nazarenes/nazarenes_0010.htm

Jesus believed the god of the old testament was not god, but satan, the ultimate deceiver pretending to be god.

This of course makes perfect sense, for any god that commands its followers to kill, has to be twisted and evil. Any God that is "jealous" is "vengeful" clearly cannot be the creator of the universe, but some lesser deity.

However, the Sadducee High Priests with Paul of Tarsus created the parasite religion called christianity to deceive even those who thought they follow Jesus.
http://one-faith-of-god.org/new_testament/apocrypha/founders_christianity/founders_christianity_0000.htm

So if a person truly follows Jesus, then they would reject the Bible of Paul of Tarsus. Because any person who believes the Bible supports the primary enemy of Jesus.

Answer 2

Does Science Agree With the Bible?

The Bible’s answer
Yes, for although the Bible is not a science textbook, it is accurate when it mentions matters of science. Consider some examples showing that science and the Bible agree and that the Bible contains scientific facts that differed greatly from the beliefs of many people living at the time it was written.

The universe had a beginning. (Genesis 1:1) In contrast, many ancient myths describe the universe, not as being created, but as being organized from existing chaos. The Babylonians believed that the gods that gave birth to the universe came from two oceans. Other legends say that the universe came from a giant egg.
The universe is governed day-to-day by rational natural laws, not by the whims of deities. (Job 38:33; Jeremiah 33:25) Myths from around the world teach that humans are helpless before the unpredictable and sometimes merciless acts of the gods.
The earth is suspended in empty space. (Job 26:7) Many ancient peoples believed that the world was a flat disk supported by a giant or an animal, such as a buffalo or a turtle.
Rivers and springs are fed by water that has evaporated from the oceans and other sources and then has fallen back to earth as rain, snow, or hail. (Job 36:27, 28; Ecclesiastes 1:7; Isaiah 55:10; Amos 9:6) The ancient Greeks thought that rivers were fed by underground ocean water, and this idea persisted into the 18th century.
The mountains rise and fall, and today’s mountains were once under the ocean. (Psalm 104:6, 8) In contrast, several myths say that the mountains were created in their current form by the gods.
Sanitary practices protect health. The Law given to the nation of Israel included regulations for washing after touching a dead body, quarantining those with infectious disease, and disposing of human waste safely. (Leviticus 11:28; 13:1-5; Deuteronomy 23:13) By contrast, one of the Egyptian remedies in use when these commands were given called for applying to an open wound a mixture that included human excrement.
Are there scientific errors in the Bible?
A reasonable examination of the Bible shows the answer to be no. Here are some common misconceptions about the scientific accuracy of the Bible:

Myth: The Bible says that the universe was created in six 24-hour days.

Fact: According to the Bible, God created the universe in the indefinite past. (Genesis 1:1) Also, the days of creation described in chapter 1 of Genesis were epochs whose length is not specified. In fact, the entire period during which earth and heaven were made is also called a “day.”—Genesis 2:4.

Myth: The Bible says that vegetation was created before the sun existed to support photosynthesis.—Genesis 1:11, 16.

Fact: The Bible shows that the sun, one of the stars that make up “the heavens,” was created before vegetation. (Genesis 1:1) Diffused light from the sun reached the earth’s surface during the first “day,” or epoch, of creation. As the atmosphere cleared, by the third “day” of creation, the light was strong enough to support photosynthesis. (Genesis 1:3-5, 12, 13) Only later did the sun become distinctly visible from the surface of the earth.—Genesis 1:16.

Myth: The Bible says that the sun revolves around the earth.

Fact: Ecclesiastes 1:5 says: “The sun rises, and the sun sets; then it hurries back to the place where it rises again.” However, this statement merely describes the apparent motion of the sun as viewed from the earth. Even today, a person can use the words “sunrise” and “sunset,” yet he knows that the earth revolves around the sun.

Myth: The Bible says that the earth is flat.

Fact: The Bible uses the phrase “the ends of the earth” to mean “the most distant part of the earth”; this does not imply that the earth is flat or that it has an edge. (Acts 1:8; footnote) Likewise, the expression “the four corners of the earth” is a figure of speech referring to the entire surface of the earth; today a person might use the four points of the compass as a similar metaphor.—Isaiah 11:12; Luke 13:29.

Myth: The Bible says that the circumference of a circle is exactly three times its diameter, but the correct value is pi (π), or about 3.1416.

Fact: The measurements of “the Sea of cast metal” given at 1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2 indicate that it had a diameter of 10 cubits and that “it took a measuring line 30 cubits long to encircle it.” These dimensions might have been merely the nearest round numbers. It is also possible that the circumference and diameter represented inner and outer measurements of the basin respectively.

Answer 3

Why does it have to be the bible vs science? Science finds an explanation to how something is possible and people question question Gods existence or the bibles relevence. I will never understand that. I don't recall anywhere in the bible stating that there would be no scientific explanation to Gods work. What we actually understand of science is very, very limited. Everytime 1 scientific discovery is made, a trillion more questions emerge.
We can not rule out the existence of anything what-so-ever until we have mastered science and understand it 100%.

Answer 4

You might as well ask, "What would you do if science found the opposite of the Mona Lisa? Would you believe science or the Mona Lisa?"

The Bible does not make scientific claims - it makes religious, philosophical and psychological claims. No part of the Bible was ever included because it contains historical or scientific information - if something is in the Bible at all, it is because it contains spiritual or religious significance. The idea that you can't have it both ways, that you must either believe in religion or science, is a false dichotomy. How can you scientifically prove or disprove moral and aesthetic truth?

Answer 5

The Bible is the only way to go because it's the only truth we have these days. Most "science" that contradicts the Bible is "evidence" or something for evolution, and most of the theory is rather...er, questionable, shall we say. Anything that contradicts the Bible is complete hooey.

To Dan: Are you saying you believe that dinosaurs are extinct? Just because we've found bones and because "scientists" say they are? All that stuff is bogus. In 1990, a T-Rex bone was found with red blood cells, and red blood cells mean the animal is either alive or recently dead. And in Africa, when a group of scientists showed some natives a picture of a dinosaur, the natives said they see that creature once in a while. (And most of us don't know about these things because they don't want us to believe the truth - the Bible - and they want to see if they can brainwash us, and guess what? They've succeeded, for the most part.)

To Egiptian: Yes, science can be "checked out", but some of it can be proven wrong, like the evolution theory. The whale once supposedly walked on land, and today's whales have "hip remnants", but those "hip remnants" have been proven to aid the whale in reproduction. Also, quite a bit of "science" cannot be proven either way, like the Big Bang Theory. Why is that classified as science and taught as science when there is no proof whatsoever for it? (The same question goes for evolution.) It's just a theory (and I stress the word "theory") for people who don't want to face the truth - that God created everything.

Answer 6

The Catholic Church does not take the stories of creation in the Bible literally. Catholics believe the book of Genesis tells religious truth and not necessarily historical fact.

One of the religious truths is that God created everything and declared all was good.

Catholics can believe in the theory of evolution. Or not. The Church does not require belief in evolution.

On August 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII said in his encyclical Humani generis:

The Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter - for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God.

Here is the complete encyclical: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html

The Church supports science in the discovery of God's creation. At this time, the theory of evolution is the most logical scientific explanation. However tomorrow someone may come up with a better idea.

As long as we believe that God started the whole thing, both the Bible and modern science can live in harmony.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

Since that has not happened yet, nor is it likely to happen in the forseeable future, I don't think we need to worry about it.
Unless and until science figures out how to break out of the universe, and tell us what lies beyond, there really isn't a chance that any scientist will ever make a discovery that is "totally opposite" from anything the Bible teaches.
As a matter of fact, so far as I know, everything that science has discovered so far has been spot-on with basic Biblical truths....

Answer 8

The bible is perfect theology and prophecy
of how god is fulfilling his will.
Science is just documented facts of elements or processes thereof for invention, health, decision making, etc....
Science is a tool that can be good or bad.
You could say it easily leads to witchcraft, because magic is manipulation of natural
powers of the elements.
Science may encourage this,but in the end
its the study of all gods creation.
Without god creation there is no science.

Answer 9

Science is limited to the physical. Your soul is eternal. The Bible deals with what is eternal where science cannot venture. The physical realm will pass away, and science will pass away with it. What you want to do is latch onto that which will last forever, and that is the Word of God.

Science deals with understanding and comprehending creation. Religion deals with the understanding and comprehension of the Creator.

Also, God is using science today as a form of winnowing for the last days scenario.
http://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/winnowing_wheat_chaff.pdf

Answer 10

In the old testament it is not so much mistakes as a total mistranslation. The ancient Jewish history has much in common with the ancient Norse tradition with their near identical tree's of life, for example. The error is the belief of the literal translation of the words. When the words are in fact more abstract. They are describing the nature of an energy. So when they mention talking snakes, or burning bushes etc, it does not mean literally. Practicing Shaman... quantum physics rocks.