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a Flat Earth
The word SCIENCE comes from a Latin word Scientia, which means KNOWLEDGE. The Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines Science as a "knowledge attained through study or practice". In other words, it is a system which aims to acquire knowledge. People uses scientific methods in order to explain a specific natural phenomena. But does Science, at all times, really contradicts the Bible?
Basically, Science is anchored on human knowledge and is therefore subject to error. What is accepted scientifically true today may not be considered so in the future. However, the Bible is founded by the words of God. It contains truth that do not stand only for a particular time. The words of our God stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8 ""The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."" (KJV)
God's word written in the Bible is the ultimate truth. Whats written is certain and is surely WILL COME TO PASS.
Matthew 5:18 ""For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished."" (RSV)
This is quite opposite with Science, because Science is always open to FALSIFICATION if new evidence is presented.
""A scientific theory is empirical, and is always OPEN TO FALSIFICATION if new evidence is presented. That is, no theory is ever considered strictly as science accepts the concept of FALLIBILISM. The philosopher of science Karl Popper sharply distinguishes truth from certainty. He writes that SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE "CONSISTS IN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH", but it "IS NOT THE SEARCH FOR CERTAINTY ... ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IS FALLIBLE AND THEREFORE UNCERTAIN."" (http://knowbook.weebly.com)
Scientific facts vary through ages. Scientists have often erred in the matters of science, however, the Bible contains facts which is now accepted as scientifically true. The Bible had already declared certain facts long before human knowledge and experiences proved it to be scientifically accurate.
1. Scientists used to believe that the Earth is flat not until Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation.
"When the Bible was written it was universally believed that THE WORLD IS FLAT. It was argued that should one go too far toward the edge he would fall off. .... Finally, MAGELLAN and his men sailed around the earth and thus PROVED IT TO BE SPHERICAL IN SHAPE.
"Dehoff, George, W. Why we believe in the Bible, 5th edition. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Dehoff Publications, 1962) p.49
But more than 2000 years ago, it was already pronounced by God that the earth is round or spherical.
Isaiah 40:22, ""It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth", and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"" (KJV)
2. Scientists used to believe that the Earth is carried on someone's back.
The ancient Greeks and the Romans were the most advanced people of their time, yet they believed that the EARTH WAS HELD IN PLACE BY POLES OR BY NECK OF ATLAS. Others believed that Atlas had the EARTH ON HIS SHOULDERS.
"Dehoff, George, W. Why we believe in the Bible, 5th edition. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Dehoff Publications, 1962) pp. 49-50
But many years ago, it was already pronounced by God that the Earth floats free in space.
Job 26:7 ""He stretches out the north over empty space; he HANGS THE EARTH ON NOTHING."" (KJV)
3. The discovery of the springs of the sea.
""In 1977, scientists DISCOVERED HOT SPRINGS AT A DEPTH of 2.5 km, on the Galapagos Rift (spreading ridge) off the coast of Ecuador. This exciting discovery was not really a surprise. Since the early 1970s, scientists had predicted that hot springs (geothermal vents) should be found at the active spreading centers along the mid-oceanic ridges, where magma, at temperatures over 1,000 °C, presumably was being erupted to form new oceanic crust. More exciting, because it was totally unexpected, was the discovery of abundant and unusual sea life -- giant tube worms, huge clams, and mussels -- that thrived around the hot springs.
(Exploring the deep ocean floor: Hot springs and strange creatures. U.S. Dept. of Interior, U.S. Geological survey)
Long before its discovery, God already pronounced it beforehand that there is indeed springs of the sea.
Job 38:16 ""Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?"" (RSV)
4. Ancient people used to believe that there were only about 3000 stars in the heavens.
""The ancients believed that there were only a VERY FEW STARS IN THE HEAVENS. In 150 B.C. Hipparchus said that there were LESS THAN 3000. In A.D. 150 Ptolemy said there were no more than three thousand.....After the middle ages and the invention of the telescope, men discovered that the stars are innumerable.
""Dehoff, George, W. Why we believe in the Bible, 5th edition. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Dehoff Publications, 1962) p.56
Man need not wait for the invention of the telescope to believe that stars are innumerable. It was already pronounced by God through his prophet that stars can not be counted.
Jeremiah 33:22 ""And as the STARS CAN NOT BE COUNTED nor the sand upon the seashores measured, so the descendants of David my servant and the line of the Levites who minister to me will be multiplied."" (LVB)
5. The great empty space in the North.
""Astronomers have discovered that there is a GREAT EMPTY SPACE IN THE NORTH. It contains no moving planets and shinning stars. By turning their telescopes to the South, East and the West, men may behold countless millions of stars invisible to the naked eye but when the telescope is set exactly to the North there is a great empty space. For this astronomers have been unable to account. They did not know until recently that there was such an empty space.""
Dehoff, George, W. Why we believe in the Bible, 5th edition. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Dehoff Publications, 1962) p.50
Long before its discovery, it was already pronounced by God that in the North is a great empty space.
Job 26:7 ""He stretches out THE NORTH OVER EMPTY SPACE; he hangs the earth on nothing."" (KJV)
These examples were only few among many beliefs that were once accepted by many, some were falsified through time but all were far ahead pronounced in the Bible. The Bible is not a book of science, but is accurate when it speaks scientifically. The examples above show that there were actually many mistakes of science,however when SCIENCE ARRIVES AT THE ULTIMATE TRUTH, IT IS ALWAYS COMPATIBLE WITH THE BIBLE.
