God's knowledge of the germ theory,advanced zoology, advanced marine biology, cloning, genetic engineering, trans genetics, advanced disease prevention through surface contact, the spread of airborne diseases, contagious skin diseases, convalescence of women after childbirth,classification of land animals by their internal digestive system and even or odd number of toes,knowledge of every insect on earth,human health and nutrition,the health hazards of green mold and mildew on clothing and on walls of houses, sexually transmitted diseases, the health hazards of human inbreeding, the human only health benifits of cooking our food, disease prevention by circumcision of the human male penis, plus many more I'll leave out right now because I'm the only one in the world that knows it. Isn't this enough scientific proof of pre- human scientific knowledge belonging to a non-human scientific mind of a "Intellegent Designer" who the world calls "God"? (Looks like this debate is over).
2007-08-05 02:30:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's a distinction between knowledge and science. Science is about explaining what we think is knowledge.
2007-08-05 03:02:35 · answer #1 · answered by Caveman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "advanced" knowledge of anything explained in the bible at all. Just "do's" and "dont's". No explanations of "how".
Why do boys need to be circumcised? Didn't God know about the "disease prevention" before he created the foreskin? If human inbreeding is bad, explain the fact that you think we all came from Adam & Eve - ONE couple. Then, further on, from the one single family of Noah, or the fact that every land dwelling animal who's species was present on the ark, is also derived from one single breeding pair? Didn't God know about the dangers of inbreeding when all that happened? I could go on & on but I'm getting bored. A science lesson produced from information from the bible would last about 10 minutes. That's why it isn't taught.
2007-08-05 02:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by MJF 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible doesn't say anything scientific. All of the medical things in there are things based on observation that anyone would have known like, this person has genital warts, hmmm....look, now his wife has them... must be spread by sex. Or they saw that when a man had a child with his sister, the baby turned out blue. Oh my, let's not do that anymore. If God wrote that book, don't you think it would have been a little more detailed and helpful. C'mon, he "created" us.
2007-08-05 02:43:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't say ANY of those things.
For instance, WHERE is the scientific knowledge of germ theory? (the FIRST of your suggestions). Just because the MEN who wrote the Bible were smart enough to see that eating pork raw could make you sick, that ISN'T germ theory. And EVERY one of your arguments is similar. There is NO science in those things, only human observation.
2007-08-05 03:58:35 · answer #4 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If God had "knowledge of the germ theory" why didn't he tell his prophets (or Jesus) about it? People thought that disease was caused by evil spirits or by God as a punishment for sin. They thought it was cured by exorcism or "laying on hands" (a great way to spread germs, BTW). No one knew that washing your hands would prevent disease. Science discovered that.
2007-08-05 02:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by Robin W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because anything that has reference to God breaks the rule of separation of church and state. Which by the way, is a fallacy. The only reference EVER to the separation of church and state was a note in a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote. People and government have twisted this and used it to defeat any Christian teachings. There is no actual law that states this.
As for prayer in public schools, it IS legal as long as it is student led and student initiated. Most public schools will deny this also.
2007-08-05 02:37:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
God has knowledge of that stuff?
I recall reading that the Bible god had Joshua stop the sun so their troops could finish a battle, and genocide mopping-up operations.
That's about all the God's knowledge I care to discuss...
2007-08-05 02:35:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
wow
so bats really are birds then, the earth really is flat and the sun orbits the earth
although isn't god pro incest?
I mean look at the ark story - all those animals would have been inbreeding not to mention Noahs family
2007-08-05 02:37:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is not a scientific treatise, it is a collection of theological narratives and other literary genres that communicate theological insights.
2007-08-05 02:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sci·ence [ s ənss ] (plural sci·ences)
noun
Definition:
1. study of physical world: the study of the physical and natural world and phenomena, especially by using systematic observation and experiment
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Nothing discussed in the Bible involved any systematic observation and experiment.
2007-08-05 02:38:42 · answer #10 · answered by Mike H. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋