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Now either the Bible is the true word of God or it isn't.

Is it true that rabbits chew cud?

Is it true that bats are birds?

Is it true that goats which mate while looking at striped rods will produce striped offspring?

Is it true that "the whole earth was of one language" around 2400BC?

Is it true that the rain, winds, stars, sun, and moon enter through windows in the sky?

Is it true the sea is shut up with doors?

Is it true that ostriches do not attend to their eggs or young?

Is it true that the sun lives in a tabernacle, and "goes forth from the end of heaven"?

Is it true that the earth rests on "pillars"?

Is it true that there are cockatrices and unicorns and dragons?

Is it true that there can be a tree tall enough to be seen "from the end of all the earth", when the earth is spherical?

Is it true that stars are small enough to fall from the sky and then be "stamped upon"?

Is it true that God's promise to drive out the Jebusites and Canaanites succeeded?

Is it true that Solomon's kingdom lasted forever?

Is it true that Zedekiah "died in peace"?

Is it true that Tyrus was completely destroyed forever, and if so how did Jesus and Paul visit there later?

Is it true that the world ended within the lifetime of Jesus's apostles?

Wow! What a list you've compiled there. Let's address the first supposed bible error you've cited.

Is it true that rabbits chew cud?

Ahhh one of the great questions of our time, Ichi. No doubt you are referring to Leviticus 11:6 which speaks of a hare chewing it's cud.

I'm sure you are aware that Lagomorphs breed bacteria in their stomachs to improve food, just like cows do. How do you define rumination?

"we consider that the fundus of the rabbit stomach, loaded with soft pellets, is analogous to the rumens of sheep and cattle."

Griffiths, M. & Davies, D. The role of the soft pellets in the production of lactic acid in the rabbit stomach. J. Nurte., 80:161-80, 1963.

I'd say Moses had insider information!

Is it true that ostriches do not attend to their eggs or young?

Proving Bible passages are correct is fun, but I'm afraid this will be the last one I look at.

From here:

What about the Ostrich?

**Ostriches definitely "leave" their nests -- in a study of 57 nests, Bertram found that "most were destroyed by predators after surviving for different and unpredictable periods of time." [25] As a result, "The great majority of ostrich nests did not produce any chicks, mainly because of predation." [71] Only 5 out of 57 had successful hatchings. [77]

**The secondary female ostriches -- what Bertram calls "minor hens" -- laid eggs in the nest, but thereafter "took no part in attending or guarding it, nor later in incubating it." [57] This sounds like "forsaking" and "cruel" behavior, subjectively speaking, to me! Bertram confirms the behavior of shoving the eggs of minor hens out of the nest as needed for space; only 20 eggs at most could be covered. This happened "at most incubating nests" [65]. The eggs shoved out "eventually rotted or were destroyed." [66]

**The male spends 71% of the incubating time on the nest; the major hen, 29%; the minor hens, as noted above, none.