(June 14, 2012 at 12:20 am)Stimbo Wrote: I think there's an important distinction we need to make between scientific references in the bible (or the kerrang or whatever) that were included because they were known at the time, and anything that we might interpret as scientific with the benefit of discoveries made centuries later in the real world. Things like the shape of the Earth, movements of the planets, oceanic currents etc were all well known to the ancients so it would be surprising if those things were not included. Other things, such as how television works (think I'm joking?) are pure wishful thinking and desperate at that.
hm, fair points! Who was it who knew the shape of the Earth and all that though? I'm confused >.<
I also found this:
It does seem like there is a reasonable amount of evidence to back up Jesus. I guess that's not a scientific accuracy though. Most research is needed methinks o.O
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