Where does the Bible explain the atom?

Question

I've heard a few people make this claim and I was wondering if somebody could point me to the book, chapter and verse (or at least the book and chapter).

Thanks.

Answer 1

--AS TO a direct reference to the explanation of the atom, I do not believe that the Bible in specifics does that!

-- BUT AS TO A REFERAL to the process that atoms are converted into, to make matter , here is a reference:

(Isaiah 40:26) “. . .Raise YOUR eyes high up and see. Who has created these things?(referring to the celestial bodies--my comment) It is the One who is bringing forth the army of them even by number, all of whom he calls even by name. Due to the abundance of DYNAMIC ENERGY (my caps), he also being vigorous in power, not one [of them] is missing.”

--THUS EINSTEINS --E=mc2, relativity premise is in support of what Isaiah penned 2500 years ago!

---IN REFERENCE to how Einsteins presentation improved on the understanding of Laviosiers & Newtons , please note a commentary:

*** ct chap. 6 pp. 88-90 An Ancient Creation Record—Can You Trust It? ***
--In the 18th century, the scientist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier studied the weight of matter. He noticed that after a chemical reaction, the weight of the product equaled the combined weight of the original ingredients. For example, if paper is burned in oxygen, the resulting ash and gases weigh the same as the original paper and oxygen. Lavoisier proposed a law—‘conservation of mass, or matter.’ In 1910, The Encyclopædia Britannica explained: “Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.” That seemed reasonable, at least back then.
--However, the explosion of an atom bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 publicly exposed a flaw in Lavoisier’s law. During such an explosion of a supercritical mass of uranium, different types of matter form, but their combined mass is less than that of the original uranium. Why the loss? It is because some of the mass of the uranium is converted into an awesome flash of energy.
--Another problem with Lavoisier’s law on the conservation of matter arose in 1952 with the detonation of a thermonuclear device (hydrogen bomb). In that explosion, hydrogen atoms combined to form helium. The mass of the resulting helium, though, was less than that of the original hydrogen. A portion of the mass of the hydrogen was converted into explosive energy, an explosion far more devastating than the bomb released over Hiroshima.
--As these explosions proved, a small amount of matter represents an enormous quantity of energy. This link between matter and energy explains the power of the sun, which keeps us alive and well. What is the link? Well, some 40 years earlier, in 1905, Einstein had predicted a relationship between matter and energy. Many know of his equation E=mc2. Once Einstein formulated that relationship, other scientists could explain how the sun has kept shining for billions of years. Within the sun, there are continuous thermonuclear reactions. In this way, every second, the sun converts about 564 million tons of hydrogen into 560 million tons of helium. This means that some 4 million tons of matter are transformed into solar energy, a fraction of which reaches earth and sustains life.
--Significantly, the reverse process is also possible. “Energy changes into matter when subatomic particles collide at high speeds and create new, heavier particles,” explains The World Book Encyclopedia. Scientists accomplish this on a limited scale using huge machines called particle accelerators, in which subatomic particles collide at fantastic speeds, creating matter. “We’re repeating one of the miracles of the universe—transforming energy into matter,” explains Nobel laureate physicist Dr. Carlo Rubbia.

Answer 2

I've never seen or heard of any mention of atoms in the Bible.

I thought Democritos of Abdera was the first historical person to mention atoms, and I doubt he had any input into the Bible.

"All that exists is atoms and the void. All else is opinion." --Democritos of Abdera

Must've been an atheist. :)

Answer 3

I don't know about the Bible, but the Pearl of Great price says:

And were it possible that man could number the particles of the earth, yea, millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations; and thy curtains are stretched out still; and yet thou art there, and thy bosom is there; and also thou art just; thou art merciful and kind forever;

Answer 4

The Bible does not explain the atom. That is like saying that the Qu'ran explains the development of the fetus.

Answer 5

There isn't such a passage since the fellows who wrote and complied the book didn't know atoms existed. There was no reason to make up a story to explain them.

Funny thing about the god that supposedly wrote that book... He didn't seem to know any more about life, science, and the world in general than the people who he "inspired" to write it... Kinda makes ya think, or at least it should...

Answer 6

yes, please

where is jesussaves now?

are you hiding?

the first link 2 peter 3:10 reads as follows

"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."

how does this explain anything? except saying that everything will melt and then burn?

Answer 7

Atomic Disintegration II Peter 3:10


Television Revelation 11:9-11

Rapid Transportation Daniel 12:4

Mass-Energy Equivalence Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3

Answer 8

Another example of them reading way more into something then what is written. That happens alot.

EDIT: See, Just look at the answers from Lion of Judah.

Answer 9

It comes from the book of Hebrews. The things not seen are what we now call atoms.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear," Hebrews 11:3

Answer 10

atoms? what are those? if it's not mentioned in the bible then it doesn't exist...gravity, atoms, dinosaurs, pollution...

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