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BolshyFaker · 02-06-2003, 09:52 AM

Another thread posted a link to Creationists.org so just thought Id have a look around, and what do you know? A quality article about scientific foreknowledge in the Bible

I knew Islamic schloars played this kind of game with the Koran, but I'd never seen anyone try it with the Bible before.

Take a look at how "successful" it is!

What a load of verse twisting balls

Enjoy...

RufusAtticus · 02-06-2003, 10:58 AM

I should do this with the Homeric epics one day.

Heck, Lucretius would put the bible to shame.

Bobzammel · 02-07-2003, 12:35 PM

Some of that scientific knowledge was actually common sense at the time anyway, it was not "rediscovered". For instance we know that Babylonians had Astronomy, Egyptians were skilled in Surgery and that Greeks were skilled in Geography. To assume the bible was given it's scientific "foreknowledge" by God is to misunderstand the development of science.

monkenstick · 02-07-2003, 02:52 PM

hahahah

Quote:

fact: dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time

Quote:

discovered by science:
Modern science is still playing catch-up to the Bible on this issue.....

hahhahah

ajm51987 · 02-07-2003, 03:17 PM

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K · 02-07-2003, 09:10 PM

monkenstick:

I got a kick out of that one too. I also liked the one about the universe being surrounded by a layer of water or ice. And these are supposed to convince us that the Bible agrees with science

?

02-07-2003, 09:47 PM

Personally, I think that it is unfotunate that these people seem to have twisted the term (or tried to co-opt the term) 'creation' in an attempt to only allow for a literal interpretation of creation.

Heck, there's more than one creation myth in the Bible ... how could it be a scientific account of how we got here?

Jayjay · 02-08-2003, 01:36 PM

These were funny. Like the medical piece of information that "blood is necessary to sustain life". It must be difficult to figure out that a person who's blood drains out will soon die, but the real punchline is in the verses of Leviticus that they quote: instructions to conduct proper animal sacrifice and laws that forbid eating anything that has blood in it! Yup, that's the epitome of christian science alright.

02-06-2003, 09:52 AM	#1
BolshyFaker Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: London, England, UK, Europe, Planet Earth Posts: 2,394	Priceless Creationist nonsense Another thread posted a link to Creationists.org so just thought Id have a look around, and what do you know? A quality article about scientific foreknowledge in the Bible I knew Islamic schloars played this kind of game with the Koran, but I'd never seen anyone try it with the Bible before. Take a look at how "successful" it is! What a load of verse twisting balls Enjoy...

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02-06-2003, 10:58 AM	#2
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	I should do this with the Homeric epics one day. Heck, Lucretius would put the bible to shame.

02-07-2003, 12:35 PM	#3
Bobzammel Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 276	Some of that scientific knowledge was actually common sense at the time anyway, it was not "rediscovered". For instance we know that Babylonians had Astronomy, Egyptians were skilled in Surgery and that Greeks were skilled in Geography. To assume the bible was given it's scientific "foreknowledge" by God is to misunderstand the development of science.

02-07-2003, 03:17 PM	#5
ajm51987 Regular Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Seattle, USA Posts: 245	nm

02-07-2003, 09:10 PM	#6
K Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,485	monkenstick: I got a kick out of that one too. I also liked the one about the universe being surrounded by a layer of water or ice. And these are supposed to convince us that the Bible agrees with science ?

02-07-2003, 09:47 PM	#7
stretch Guest Posts: n/a	Personally, I think that it is unfotunate that these people seem to have twisted the term (or tried to co-opt the term) 'creation' in an attempt to only allow for a literal interpretation of creation. Heck, there's more than one creation myth in the Bible ... how could it be a scientific account of how we got here?

02-08-2003, 01:36 PM	#8
Jayjay Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 6,261	These were funny. Like the medical piece of information that "blood is necessary to sustain life". It must be difficult to figure out that a person who's blood drains out will soon die, but the real punchline is in the verses of Leviticus that they quote: instructions to conduct proper animal sacrifice and laws that forbid eating anything that has blood in it! Yup, that's the epitome of christian science alright.

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