The bible is not wrong about science, it simply does not speak to science. I simply refuse to practice bibliolatry.Originally posted by Helen:
[QB] Elena, if you choose to use your brain to figure out where the Bible is wrong "according to science", that is up to you.
I am a Christian and I respectfully disagreeFor the Christian, however, God's Word stands rock solid as the foundation of everything in life, including science.
We agree. Our disagreement is based on your insistence on using the bible for something other than its intended purpose.If God has said something, it's true.
YEC is an excellent example of that point. We agree again!Period. If man has said something, it's noise -- which occasionally has a bit of truth in it.
Spouting the good word is good apologetics, it only becomes a problem when you spew the bible as science.So we will 'spout Bible.' God is our first love and our authority. He made us; He knows how to communicate to us; He has commanded us to love Him -- that includes respect and belief.
In science, we call this progress and good science. Agreed.Man's knowledge changes constantly. Man's opinions about what it is he has found out changes constantly.
Correct.God, on the other hand, as the Creator, has known it all since forever.
As you noted, man's interpretations can be wrong. However, we have the bible telling us who created and science to tell us about what God did and finally we have the bible telling us how to get to heaven. The main problem is that YEC have forced the bible to be something other than what it is. IMO, they lose in 3 ways. (1) They are forced to compromise Christianity by idolizing the bible (2) Conversion of non-believers is impossible when peddling scientific fancy as biblical fact and (3) they are unable to see the real beauty of creation.And He has given us the parameters of where to find the truth in the Bible -- whether it be in science or history or anything else.
Agreed.We all know that God is powerful enough to do anything He wants.
Exactly, he gave us the brains and the scientific knowhow to get a glimpse into his creative mechanism. The bible was written to help us get to heaven and not to tell us how the heavens go (to quote someone more eloquent than myself).We also know that we can trust Him to have communicated clearly to us what He did do
Scientifically, it is irrelevant. With regard to telling us who did it, well that's an easy answer we both agree on.The Bible is not at all irrelevant to exploration of the universe!
You mean from your interpretation of what it presents. I have no doubt you truly believe what you say, but the evidence is against you on that claim.The Bible has a pretty good batting average for the science it presents. About a thousand, from what I can see.
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