[Diamond]

... it seems reasonable to me for the human writers of the Bible to have made some. Review Leviticus chp 11 wherein bats are referred to as birds, review Joshua, chp 10 (I think) where it described the sun going around the earth. The mistakes and errors do not detract from the ethical and moral message and guidance extractable from the Bible.

1. Our 'scientific' definition of 'birds' was not the word available in Hebrew, Greek or any language back then so the definition used to refer to 'bats' is correct for that time - not an error - obviously the word "bird' means any creature that has wings and flies. Hence the so called 'error' is a reading back into the text of a foreign definition of a word - it's a common mistake made by some theological liberals who are trying to find fault with the Scriptures.

2. The reference to the sun setting is not an error - its the way we still talk in phenomenological language.

Cordially,

[muir_redwoods]

So as long as you can explain away the errors and mistakes they aren't errors and mistakes. I get it.

Seat yourself comfortably because there are about 1500 to 2000 more of them for you to work with if you're interested.

The bible is a man made document. It is full of the kinds of errors people make. It is no less valuable as an ethical and moral guide because of these errors and mistakes but it is worthless as a biology text.