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.
Here’s some more fun facts from Campbell:
D. The Stars
Before the telescope was invented, man was able to number the stars. The Greek astronomer and mathematician Hipparchus (190-120 B.C.) said there were exactly 1,026 stars. The astronomer, and mathematician Ptolemy said there were 1,056 stars. The German astronomer, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), counted 1,006. The whole thought of the stars being uncountable was contrary to modern science until the invention of the telescope. When Galileo first pointed his telescope to the heavens in 1608, we discovered there were a lot more stars than anybody had ever imagined, just as Jeremiah had said:
Jeremiah 33:22 “The host of heaven [a reference to the stars] cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured.” Today, with the help of powerful telescopes and modern satellite photographs, scientists estimate the universe contains approximately 100 billion galaxies containing approximately 200 billion stars each. Carl Sagan (1934-1996), the world famous astronomer, said, “The total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.” (Cosmos, p. 196). That is enough stars for every person alive on planet earth to personally own approximately 2 trillion stars each. Dr. Mark Eastman says, “Counting at a rate of ten stars per second it would take over 100 trillion years. Surely the host of heaven cannot be numbered!”
If you want more of these kinds of amazing scientific insights, check out: answersingenesis.org and icr.org
How did the authors of the Bible know that the stars were uncountable, that the earth was round and hangs on nothing? Were they taking lucky guesses? I don’t think so. Their flawless accuracy rules that out. The Bible says in 2 Peter 1:21 that “Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” God, who knows all there is to know about the universe He created, superintended the writing of the Bible to make sure that what He wanted written, was written.
oh my, I just saw that I already responded to you twice with that...sorry, sorry everyone for the over-pasting of information.
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'.
Amen! God’s Holy Word is TRUE. And Awesome!
The Bible, God’s Inspired Word, is His Gift to mankind and an amazing gift it is!
I would encourage any who are still skeptics of the truth of the Bible but who genuinely want to know the truth - about who they are, about who God is, about why they are here, about what has happened in the past and what is coming in the future, to take another look at the Holy Bible.
START READING IT.
ASk God simply and humbly to show you the TRUTH.
Leave the rest to His Holy Spirit who will transform your very life!!!
Maybe that’s what people fear.
But God says to FEAR NOT, because HE BRINGS TO US GOOD TIDINGS OF JOY THAT SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE!
This Good News is just that - the BEST News of all time.
Find out about it, give the Bible a chance to have a say.
Stop listening to anybody else - just let God speak to you through His word.
But ask God for His guidance before you read.
Then Thank Him for helping you understand His Word.
You won’t be sorry!