Many people doubt the
Bible for various reasons. One of them is that the Bible is not accurate
scientifically. But this just isn't so. The Bible is not a book about
science, but when it does speak scientifically, it is accurate. In fact,
it was far ahead of any other writing of its time. Please consider the
following.
The Spherical Shape of the Earth
"He sits enthroned above
the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He
stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like
a tent to live in" (Isaiah 40:22, NIV).
The Earth is suspended in nothing
"He spreads out the
northern [skies] over empty space; he suspends the earth over
nothing" (Job 26:7, NIV).
The Stars are Innumerable
"He took him outside and
said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars -- if
indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So
shall your offspring be" (Genesis 15:5, NIV).
The Existence of Valleys in the
Seas
"The valleys of the sea were
exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke
of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils"
(2 Samuel 22:16, NIV).
The Existence of Springs and
Fountains in the Seas
"In the six hundredth year
of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month -- on
that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the
floodgates of the heavens were opened"
(Genesis 7:11, NIV). See also Gen. 8:2; Prov. 8:28.
The Existence of Water Paths
(Ocean Currents) in the Seas
"O LORD, our Lord, how
majestic is your name in all the earth!...When I consider your
heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which
you have set in place,...You made him [man] ruler over the works
of your hands; you put everything under his feet...the birds of
the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the
seas" (Psalm
8:1,3,6,8, NIV).
The Hydrologic Cycle
- "He wraps up the waters
in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight"
(Job 26:8, NIV).
- "He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain
to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant
showers fall on mankind" (Job 36:27-28, NIV)
- "The wind blows to the south and turns to the north;
round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams
flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the
streams come from, there they return again (Ecclesiastes
1:6-7, NIV).
The Concept of Entropy
"In the beginning you laid
the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your
hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out
like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will
be discarded" (Psalm
102:25-26, NIV).
The Nature of Health, Sanitation,
and Sickness
The listing for this section is
too large for this page. But the scriptural references are
Leviticus chapters 12 through 14.