...Continued...
"The Bible tells us light moves, something the ancient people didn't know" Job 38:19-20
FAIL!
Light doesn't "dwell" anywhere. Neither does "darkness". Darkness isn't even a thing. It's the absence of light. And the ancient people didn't know light moved? Really? They could see the light from a fireplace dancing on the walls of an otherwise unlit room?
Btw, a few verses later, we have one of my favorite "scientific" verses from Job:
Do I even need to comment here? Storehouse of snow? Treasures of Hail? Tucked away in storage to be used in a future battle? This is a book you really want to be parading around as a source of divinely inspired scientific knowledge?
"The Bible says air has weight" Job 28:25
FAIL!
Winds, not air. And the context seems to imply that "weight for the winds" refers to the force of the wind blowing. The NIV agrees with my interpretation.
"The Bible says winds blow in cyclones, not straight lines as the ancients thought" Eccl 1:6
DUBIOUS
I included the verse previously that refers to the sun's movements across the sky and how it runs under the earth to return to its circuit, underscoring just how badly cherry-picked this list is, even before we examine the claims.
The ancient people had no idea the winds blew in cyclones? Really? The sea-faring people had never seen a storm at sea?
"Blood is the source of life and health, something the ancient people didn't know." Lev 17:11
DUBIOUS
Really? The ancient people had no idea that people could die by bleeding to death? They had no idea that blood had some kind of vital contribution to life (acts of medical bleeding to get out the "bad blood" notwithstanding, I think they knew that bleeding someone dry would kill them).
Interestingly enough, the next verse forbids the drinking of blood, in contradiction to Jesus command that we drink of his blood and eat of his body to attain salvation.
...To be continued...
"The Bible tells us light moves, something the ancient people didn't know" Job 38:19-20
FAIL!
Quote:Job 38:19-20 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Light doesn't "dwell" anywhere. Neither does "darkness". Darkness isn't even a thing. It's the absence of light. And the ancient people didn't know light moved? Really? They could see the light from a fireplace dancing on the walls of an otherwise unlit room?
Btw, a few verses later, we have one of my favorite "scientific" verses from Job:
Quote:Job 38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Do I even need to comment here? Storehouse of snow? Treasures of Hail? Tucked away in storage to be used in a future battle? This is a book you really want to be parading around as a source of divinely inspired scientific knowledge?
"The Bible says air has weight" Job 28:25
FAIL!
Quote:Job 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Winds, not air. And the context seems to imply that "weight for the winds" refers to the force of the wind blowing. The NIV agrees with my interpretation.
"The Bible says winds blow in cyclones, not straight lines as the ancients thought" Eccl 1:6
DUBIOUS
Quote:Eccl 1:5-6 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
I included the verse previously that refers to the sun's movements across the sky and how it runs under the earth to return to its circuit, underscoring just how badly cherry-picked this list is, even before we examine the claims.
The ancient people had no idea the winds blew in cyclones? Really? The sea-faring people had never seen a storm at sea?
"Blood is the source of life and health, something the ancient people didn't know." Lev 17:11
DUBIOUS
Quote:Lev 17:11-12 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Really? The ancient people had no idea that people could die by bleeding to death? They had no idea that blood had some kind of vital contribution to life (acts of medical bleeding to get out the "bad blood" notwithstanding, I think they knew that bleeding someone dry would kill them).
Interestingly enough, the next verse forbids the drinking of blood, in contradiction to Jesus command that we drink of his blood and eat of his body to attain salvation.
...To be continued...
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
