Which makes more sense; The Bible or a Science book?

Answer 1

If you need to boil water, the science book
If you need to find peace, the Bible.

Using the Bible to learn how to boil water makes no sense. Nor is there a scientific equation for finding peace within your soul.

Answer 2

A science book makes sense if I'm wanting to learn about science. The Bible makes sense if I'm wanting to learn about faith. I don't read the Bible to understand Biology or Evolution. The Bible speaks to universal human experiences and truths.

Answer 3

you do realize you are comparing 1 book to thousands. Some science books are going to make more sense than others. There are science books that are aimed at 7 year olds that have such basic information in them that ..well, a 7 year old could understand. There are "junk" science books with radical theories few would agree on. Maybe you should try comparing to a specific book.

Answer 4

Science.

Let's examine them.

The Bible starts off with a creation poem that contradicts everything we know about cosmology. It then moves on to an Egyptian-style story (from a completely different source) complete with a different order of creation, talking snakes, an inadequate attempt to answer the "Problem of Evil," and some mumbo jumbo about women being cursed.

From there, we get some stories derived from Sumerian myths (Noah = Utnapishtim from Gilgamesh), and we move on to the mythic hero Abraham and his nemesis, Nimrod (made more famous in other writings, though he appears in the Bible several times). Nimrod, by the way, was believed to have been defeated when Abraham summoned a swarm of gnats that ate his brain, and then he built the Tower of Babel and later invaded heaven in a chariot pulled by birds. The order of events varies according to the account.

Next comes Moses, who mostly explains why everyone was supposed to obey their priests. The Egyptians in his story could easily be compared to the Assyrians/Babylonians/Persians (and later, Greeks), whom the authors hated for, you know, winning wars against them.

We then get some nationalistic stories on why everyone should hate their neighbors, some fables telling people *not* to hate their neighbors (Ruth and Jonah), some cranky philosophy (Proverbs and the Prophets), some less cranky philosophy (Job and Ecclesiastes), and some history cooked to support the ruling class of the time. Plus we have a book on why the Jews *really* didn't like the Greek (Book of Daniel, in which the Greeks are cleverly disguised).

Moving on to the New Testament, we have a magician named after an Old Testament war hero (Joshua = Jesus) whose life story is more or less ripped from that of Moses and the pan-Mediterranean "god dies and then we eat his flesh and blood" cults that came from Osiris worship. (John the Baptist and Lazarus are also likely influenced by these other traditions.) The historical Jesus was likely just a slighlty revolutionary rabbi, but the miracles attached to him spawn a violently dangerous sect, whose teachings make up the rest of the book. Those teachings include the "enlightened" idea that women are inferior and slavery is a good thing.


Science books, on the other hand, contain the end results of hundreds of years of research by smart, hard-working people.

Answer 5

I may understand a science book better than the bible, BUT, I do not read the Bible the same way as I do a science book. Non-believers will not understand this concept, but, many Christians will.

GOD bless

Answer 6

Science books, usually. Though there are some that are quite difficult to understand, so they wouldn't make a ton of sense to me.

Answer 7

To be frank,it breaks my heart to hear most people ask questions like,Is there really GOD?Now coming back to your question I'd advice you stack to your bible because if not for the word there wouldn't have been any science.I leave you with 1 john 4:4.Please do read it Stay Blessed.

Answer 8

You are comparing apples and oranges...the Bible is a proven history book that has science in with it and most science books are basically unproven history (as far as origins).

Answer 9

I think that they both make sense. The more you learn scientifically, the closer you get to acknowledging God, Creator of this vast expansion, the Universe.

Answer 10

both. archaeology and history and science are just as relevant as anything else....bible has all of those as does science....nothing in the bible has ever been "disproven" rather MANY things are proven through archaeology and historical syncronism...nothing to do with faith etc...rather reality is reality.