[boatbums]

I think you misunderstand my point. I'm not "begging the question" so much as simply stating an observation that should the Scripture make mention of something that is of a scientific interest (i.e., stating the stars are as numberless as the sands of the sea - when at the most we can see only about 3000 to 4000 stars with the naked eye), it is not a willy-nilly statement that could be untruthful, it isn't going to be disproved so much as eventually proved by the curious. Scripture makes many such what seems like "offhanded" statements but which turn out to be true even if the knowledge of the people hadn't reached that level yet.

So, I don't disagree with you at all that Scripture was NOT aimed towards the wise of the world, the intellectual, or the scientific minds. Simply that when it does mention something it always turns out to BE the truth, because it is from the mind of God - how can it NOT be! These so-called "scientific" examples I truly believe were put there by God to demonstrate that it is from HIM and not man. He told the Israelites, for example, that He would tell them things before they happened so that when they happened as He said they would, they would believe that He was God. See Deuteronomy chapter 13.

[HiTech RedNeck]

But again this is to make a presumption about the manner in which it speaks about something.

Metaphor is a very heavily used thing in love language. It can include some things that would be nonsense if taken literally, or would invite silly questions that miss the point.