IF the bible is "myth" and "fairytales"...how was it able to predict....?

Question

later scientific discoveries? Such as..control of contagious diseases (Lev. 13:4546).
importance of sanitation to health (Lev.; Num. 19: Deut. 23:12-13). control of cancer and heart disease (Lev. 7-19). conservation of mass and energy (Eccl. 1:9; Eccl. 3:14-15).
water cycle (Eccl. 1:7; Is. 55:10).
gravity (Job 26:7; Job 38:31-33). just to name a few?
Do YOUR fairy tales do this???

Thank you for asking Agnostic boy..we believe God meant "spiritual death" not physical. As our understanding is that God is Spirit..

Dear Janet..that is not true

Hey..I need a..if scientific discoveries are "already in your mind" why don't you discover something ?

Moiraes Fate
Must you always reduce yourself to insults in order to discuss issues??

Answer 1

because it is not a myth and a book full of fairytales........it is a book full of truth and wonderful gloriful things

Answer 2

OK, so I took the time to read each of the passages you referenced here (sorry, my Christan mythology is a little rusty) and here's what your offering us:

Lev 13: 45-46 says that you should more or less leave someone visibly sick to himself--pretty common sensical

Leviticus in general and Numbers 19 are religious directions to various practices. To suggest that they were designed for health reasons specifically is specious. Though I can't argue with Deut. 23:12-13--the "don't poop where you live" verse! Sorry that's not science.

Eccl. 1:9--"Nothing new under the sun"--never has a cheesier metaphor been asked to serve the needs of science

Eccl. 3:14-15--"I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it." (Amer. Stand. version) More metaphorical rhetoric. I got no science here.

Water cycle--Eccl 1:7--it tries, but it's wrong. It says that the rivers must flow both to and from the sea since the sea isn't "full" OK, that's science, but it's wrong.

Iss. 55:10--that snow and water falls down but doesn't fall up to the sky is entirely observational. Not really science. Partial credit for reference that the water from rain is related to the growth of plants.

Gravity--Job--That God makes the Earth hang from nothing and binds the stars together sounds like magic to me. No scientific forces at work that I can see.

So you get 1/2 a point for the Eccl 1:7 verse--an attempt to describe why the sea isn't full by the flow of the rivers--and 1/2 for Issiah and his water/plant relationship, but that's it. The rest is just silliness.

Let me know any time you need more help translating your precious mythology for you.

Answer 3

ok, so I took the time to study each and every of the passages you referenced the following (sorry, my Christan mythology is somewhat rusty) and that is what your providing us: Lev 13: 40 5-40 six says so that you may bigger or a lot less go away someone visibly sick to himself--noticeably problem-free sensical Leviticus as a rule and Numbers 19 are non secular instructions to multiple practices. to characterize that they were designed for health motives specifically is specious. regardless of the truth that i won't be able to argue with Deut. 23:12-13--the "do not poop the position you stay" verse! Sorry it really isn't any longer technological expertise. Eccl. a million:9--"no longer something new less than the solar"--by no skill has a cheesier metaphor been requested to serve the needs of technological expertise Eccl. 3:14-15--"i comprehend that each and everything God does will stay continuously; there is no longer something to operate to it and there is no longer something to take from it." (Amer. Stand. version) more suitable metaphorical rhetoric. I were given no technological expertise the following. Water cycle--Eccl a million:7--it tries, although that is incorrect. It says that the rivers ought to pass both to and from the sea because the sea isn't "finished" ok, it really is technological expertise, although that is incorrect. Iss. fifty 5:10--that snow and water falls down yet would not fall as a lot because the sky is totally observational. no longer extremely technological expertise. Partial credit for reference that the water from rain is regarding the boom of flora. Gravity--interest--That God makes the Earth carry from no longer something and binds the celebrities at the same time feels like magic to me. No medical forces at artwork that i can see. so that you get a million/2 a level for the Eccl a million:7 verse--an attempt to describe why the sea isn't finished by technique of the pass of the rivers--and a million/2 for Issiah and his water/plant courting, yet it really is it. something is in basic terms silliness. enable me comprehend any time you opt for more suitable help translating your helpful mythology for you.

Answer 4

These things were not "predicted" it's true but the sanitary guidelines etc. that were given as part of the mosaic law went directly in contrast to the practices of the nations around them. Since it went against the grain, where did this knowledge come from?

In addition to that, Job spoke of the one who is hanging the earth upon nothing. He wrote this at a time when everyone believed the earth was being held up by Atlas or some such similar thing. How did they know this in the millenia before space exploration proved it to be true?

And, about Adam & Eve? Considering that "a day to Jehovah (the lord) is as a thousand years", they died in the same day.

Answer 5

Only the true, sovereign and all-knowing God is able to predict human actions in such a way, and YHWH-God lays out a very tough challenge to any prophet-pretenders in Isaiah 44:7, when he says, "Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare ...what is yet to come-- yes, let him foretell what will come!" God repeats this challenge when he says, "I am God and there is none like me. I make known from ancient times ...what is still to come" Isa. 44:9,10. This is only a sampling of such statements.

God asserts that he is the only one with such predictive power, and also Jesus said that he had the same power of prediction, when he declared, "See, I have told you ahead of time" Mat. 24:25... and again, as a demonstration of who he was, Jesus said in John 13:19, "I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am He."

God is not the only one, however, who uses forecasts of future events to get people's attention. Satan does, too. Through clairvoyants (such as Jeanne Dixon and Edgar Cayce), mediums, spiritists, and others, come remarkable predictions, though rarely with more than about 60 percent accuracy, never with total accuracy. Messages from Satan, furthermore, fail to match the detail of Bible prophecies, nor do they include a call to repentance.

Answer 6

I am a sci-fi fan. Sometimes science fiction becomes reality.

Just because human beings have imagination, does not mean the stories are true.

You can say that star trek predicted automatic sliding doors. Or that 2001: a space Odyssey predicted the space station. But it would not have much credence.

Answer 7

It is about as accurate Nostradamus. The language is so vague and convoluted that you can read anything into it. I don't know why I waste time trying to answer such questions let us face it this is a dialog of the deaf.
Christians will never convince me; I certainly won't convince them. Not that I care much what they believe if it makes them happy and helps them to lead better lives good luck to them.

Answer 8

We believe or not in the Bible by faith. Some say it is a myth or fairy tales but I sure don't. To me that is how it is right. To each his/her own.

Answer 9

Leviticus 13

45 And the leper in whom the plague is his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry Unclean, unclean.

46 all the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled: he unclean: he shall dwell alone with camp his habitation be.

Where do you find prophecy in that? They kept lepers separated from healthy people, they also kept menstruating women separated too.

After seeing that your first example had no merit, I chose not to investigate the others.

Pantheist

Answer 10

I don't believe that the bible did "predict" these things, it just stated fact and common sense that have been lost due to arrogance.
"Fairytales" don't predict, they tell stories that encourage society to live more healthily, however over the years they have become sanitised. You may also not that christianity has adopted many fairytales as it's own in order to teach morales.

Answer 11

You have GOT to be kidding me. "There is nothing new under the Sun" is proof of the law of conservation of mass and energy? "Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?" is proof of Newton's laws of gravity? "He hangeth the earth upon nothing" is bad science, plain and simple. There are a number of forces that hold the earth in orbit around the Sun...the Sun's mass and gravitational pull, mainly. Hardly "nothing". Did you actually bother to read these verses before you posted them? Lady, I'm not an atheist, and you're making us look bad.