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The Bible's Amazing Scientific Accuracy and Foresight
AlwaysBeReady.com ^ | unknown | Charlie H. Campbell

Posted on 12/11/2009 4:56:40 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Thanks!


21 posted on 12/11/2009 5:48:31 PM PST by MilicaBee
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To: Moonman62

Bah. If I tell you 2+2=4, do I also have to explain calculus to make the first statement valid?


22 posted on 12/11/2009 5:50:57 PM PST by piytar (Go Away RNC, Steele, Graham, and the rest of the lib-loser GOP. WE'RE TAKING OUR PARTY BACK!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

That’s a pretty good list!


23 posted on 12/11/2009 5:57:29 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: donmeaker
I think the Bible got Pi wrong.

Actually, it didn't. When you actually read the full passage about the circumference and width of the brasen sea, you see that the number given for the circumference is the inner rim of the sea, but the diameter is given for the outer rim of the sea - which was two "hands" (about 1/4 of a cubit) wider than the inner diameter. When you subtract those two hands, and calculate from the inner diameter, you get a number amazingly close to pi.

24 posted on 12/11/2009 5:58:45 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (There are only two REAL conservatives in America - myself, and my chosen Presidential candidate)
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To: donmeaker

What’s the value of pi?


25 posted on 12/11/2009 6:00:30 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: donmeaker

For comparison sake, please give an exact value for pi. Decimal or fraction will work. Thanks!


26 posted on 12/11/2009 6:03:05 PM PST by piytar (Go Away RNC, Steele, Graham, and the rest of the lib-loser GOP. WE'RE TAKING OUR PARTY BACK!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; donmeaker
When you subtract those two hands, and calculate from the inner diameter, you get a number amazingly close to pi.

Within a few hundredths.
27 posted on 12/11/2009 6:04:19 PM PST by aruanan
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To: aruanan
Within a few hundredths.

Actually, it's 3.13 and something, so it's within a few thousandths. And that figure comes from using cubits, hand spans, etc.. The ancient artisans knew what they were doing.
28 posted on 12/11/2009 6:06:14 PM PST by aruanan
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To: OneWingedShark
It would be scientifically accurate to say that the Earth circles the sun; mathematically though it is not a circle, but an ellipse.

To be truely accurate you would have to say that the earth and sun orbit a common center of gravity. This is the cause of the wobble we use to find planets orbiting other stars. (or other planets and stars orbiting their common center of gravity)
29 posted on 12/11/2009 6:12:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; aruanan

Interesting on the “pi in the Bible thing”. First off, let me say that the Bible is NOT a science book. However, it is true, and so it will not contradict science - except of course for the various miracles! But I’ve always noticed the lack of goofy ideas such as the turtle caring the earth, etc. Sometimes of course they need to use the terminology that they have to work with such as “chariots of fire”. Of course we do that too if someone says they saw a “flying saucer”.

I did a quick search on the bowl in the temple and pi thing. Seems to me though that with the description in the text is describing the bowl based on measurements and not calculations. If you gave me a circle (or a bowl), or a picture of it, and I measured the diameter and the cicumference and told you what they were, there is nothing in there that says that I know what pi is. I could build the bowl as well without knowing what pi is. But of course, you could determine what the value of pi is using the formula and dimensions I gave to you.

I always found the story of Creation to be the most interesting. Sounds a lot like the “Big Bang” theory if you ask me!


30 posted on 12/11/2009 6:26:20 PM PST by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Great posting! I think it’s important to state that, although the Bible is not on book about science, whenever it touches upon scientific areas, it is accurate.

The bible does not mention the human genome but it does say that blood is the source of life for animals and man. Lev. 17:11. Also, that the flesh of species are different from each other. 1 Corinthians 15:39 All flesh is not the same: Human beings have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. Maybe 50 or 60 years agao, if you hit someone with your car and drove away with flesh and blood on your car bumper, you could say you hit a deer and nobody had a way to know. Now they can.

The Bible has many such instances that state truths not known to men when it was written. God said he would speak to them things that were unknown or had not happened so that when they came to pass, we would know that the true God had spoken.


31 posted on 12/11/2009 6:27:54 PM PST by boatbums (Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life!)
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To: 21twelve

The big bang theory did originate from a vatican scientist. For the most part it makes sense but I’ve got a few issues with it as it currently stands.


32 posted on 12/11/2009 6:30:54 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

When we say “Bible” we, of course, include Torah.


33 posted on 12/11/2009 6:38:56 PM PST by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege; Moonman62

Moonman,

Do you ignore all references to science that do not include the periodic table of the elements? Perhaps you ignore all sources that predate the periodic table of elements.

Do you find that limits your research material?


34 posted on 12/11/2009 7:17:09 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

To me, Hebrews 11:3 squares pretty well with the big bang theory:

(NIV) “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”


35 posted on 12/11/2009 7:26:20 PM PST by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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To: arthurus

That’s why we call it “Judeo/Christianity” brother.


36 posted on 12/11/2009 7:26:36 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (America, 1776 - 2009. R.I.P.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Again, the Bible is not a science textbook. You won’t find the human genome there either...It is not a science textbook, BUT IT IS SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE. That’s the point.......

Well not sure I totally agree with your statement. In Genesis 2:21 What is described as the first medical operation says something was removed from the Adam to form/create woman. The word the translators used 'rib' in the prime form means to 'curve'. And what is the shape of the human genome, it is a curve. So since the days of Genesis 2:21 the man has been missing half his 'curve'.

37 posted on 12/11/2009 7:50:28 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: aruanan; Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; donmeaker
Within a few hundredths.

Take time and read the passage. You will see that the lip of the basin was flared out and 10 cubits across at the top. The thickness was one hand. The circumference was 30 cubits, this would naturally be down around the main part of the basin, not the lip. Lets throw some numbers. Generally a cubit is about 18 inches, and a hand about 4 inches. Since the top flares out, lets estimate that it does so by one hand (4 inches). Now what is pi? The circumference would be 540 inches (30 cubits x 18 inches) The diameter would need to be adjusted for the flare out of one hand on BOTH sides (8 inches) therefore the diameter at the circumference measuring point would be 180inches - 8 inches = 172 inches. Pi would be 540/172 = 3.1359 (rounded to 4 decimal points) with current pi rounded to same = 3.1416, less than 0.07% off from modern calculations, done with crude measuring techniques.

38 posted on 12/11/2009 8:05:22 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
"...the Bible is not a natural science textbook, nor does it intend to be such. It is a religious book, and consequently one cannot obtain information about the natural sciences from it. One cannot get from it a scientific explanation of how the world arose; one can only glean religious experience from it. Anything else is an image and a way of describing things whose aim is to make profound realities graspable to human beings. One must distinguish between the form of portrayal and the content that is portrayed. The form would have been chosen from what was understandable at the time -- from the images which surrounded the people who lived then, which they used in speaking and in thinking, and thanks to which they were able to understand the greater realities. And only the reality that shines through these images would be what was intended and what was truly enduring. Thus Scripture would not wish to inform us about how the different species of plant life gradually appeared or how the sun and the moon and the stars were established. Its purpose ultimately would be to say one thing: God created the world."

"In the Beginning...." A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall - excerpts from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

39 posted on 12/11/2009 8:22:18 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Moonman62

What is it that makes a person spend a lot of time figuring out how he can be fun at parties?


40 posted on 12/11/2009 8:24:17 PM PST by reasonisfaith (When liberal ideology is put into practice it accomplishes, universally, the opposite of its claims.)
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