To: Soliton
The Bible makes no mention of steam engines, but we have managed to make them fit into God’s plan.
8 posted on
06/30/2008 11:46:43 AM PDT by
50sDad
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To: 50sDad
From a more nature-centric point of view, like you said, the Bible makes no mention of lots of things, including natural things that are huge and hard to miss. Things like galaxies, nebulae, globular clusters, other planets, etc.
Just because they're out of the scope of the Bible does not mean the Bible is wrong. The Bible never claims to be the only source of information about the natural world, in fact its purpose was never to explain how the natural world works, its purpose is only to explain why it's here in the first place and how we're supposed to relate to each other and God. If life exists beyond earth, great. Some Christians even believe in aliens already (and even in alien visitation in biblical times) based on their interpretation of "sons of heaven." To them, such a discovery would only serve to affirm the Bible, not contradict it.
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