This thread is to highlight how science confirms the Bible and not the other way round. It is science that had to keep updating itself to conform with the truth of the Bible which is inerrant and infallible.

Modern Science in an Ancient Book 
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

"Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?" (Job 12:9).

The book of Job is one of the oldest books in the world, yet it contains numerous references to natural systems and phenomena, some involving facts of science not discovered by scientists until recent centuries, yet recorded in Job almost 4,000 years ago.

A good example is in 26:7. "He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing."  While ancient mythologies may imagine the earth to be carried on the shoulders of Atlas or on the back of a giant turtle, Job correctly noted that it is suspended in space.  The force of "gravity" is still not understood, and it is quite reasonable to believe that God Himself holds it in the assigned place in His creation.

There is a reference to the rotation of the earth in 38:14. "It is turned as clay to the seal."  This speaks of the smooth turning of the globe to receive the sun's daily illumination.

"The springs of the sea" are mentioned in 38:16, even though it has only been discovered in recent decades that there are springs of water emerging from certain parts of the deep ocean floor.  The fact that mountains have "roots," consisting of rocks of the same nature and density as the mountains themselves, is noted in 28:9.

The infinite extent of the stellar heavens, contradicting the ancient pagan notion of a vaulted sky with stars affixed to a sort of hemispherical dome, is suggested in 22:12. "Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!" (see also Isaiah 55:9, etc.).

There are many other scientific insights in this remarkable book and no scientific errors.  The logical conclusion, as our text says, is that "the hand of the Lord hath wrought this." HMM

"Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?" (Job 12:9).

The book of Job is one of the oldest books in the world, yet it contains numerous references to natural systems and phenomena, some involving facts of science not discovered by scientists until recent centuries, yet recorded in Job almost 4,000 years ago.

A good example is in 26:7. "He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing." While ancient mythologies may imagine the earth to be carried on the shoulders of Atlas or on the back of a giant turtle, Job correctly noted that it is suspended in space. The force of "gravity" is still not understood, and it is quite reasonable to believe that God Himself holds it in the assigned place in His creation.

There is a reference to the rotation of the earth in 38:14. "It is turned as clay to the seal." This speaks of the smooth turning of the globe to receive the sun's daily illumination.

"The springs of the sea" are mentioned in 38:16, even though it has only been discovered in recent decades that there are springs of water emerging from certain parts of the deep ocean floor. The fact that mountains have "roots," consisting of rocks of the same nature and density as the mountains themselves, is noted in 28:9.

The infinite extent of the stellar heavens, contradicting the ancient pagan notion of a vaulted sky with stars affixed to a sort of hemispherical dome, is suggested in 22:12. "Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!" (see also Isaiah 55:9, etc.).

There are many other scientific insights in this remarkable book and no scientific errors. The logical conclusion, as our text says, is that "the hand of the Lord hath wrought this." HMM
[quote][/quote] all ur claims are baseless

Pls explain, Joshua's attempt to stop the sun from rotating around the earth?

Ymodulus:

all your claims are baseless

Lets start from the science practised ages ago and the claim of the Bible from 3 to 4,000 years ago. Science then said that the earth was a flat disk. The Bible said the earth is a sphere (Isaiah 40:22). When scientists updated their facts today what did they get? The earth is a sphere.

Kay 17:

Pls explain, Joshua's attempt to stop the sun from rotating around the earth?

It was actually scientists that thought the earth was stationary. Then it was discovered in recent years that the sun is in fact moving through space at approximately 600,000 miles per hour. What did the Bible say? That the sun travels through the heavens and has a "circuit" (Psalm 19:6). Its circuit is so large that it would take approximately 200 million years to complete one orbit. If you don't know this fact then you are due for a science update.

As for Joshua's prayer, we are used to being earth centric in our discussions. We say that the sun rises and sets, even though we know that the earth actually revolves around the sun and rotates on its axis. Our point of reference determines how we discuss what we see.

OLAADEGBU:

It was actually scientists that thought the earth was stationary. Then it was discovered in recent years that the sun is in fact moving through space at approximately 600,000 miles per hour. What did the Bible say? That the sun travels through the heavens and has a "circuit" (Psalm 19:6). Its circuit is so large that it would take approximately 200 million years to complete one orbit. If you don't know this fact then you are due for a science update.

As for Joshua's prayer, we are used to being earth centric in our discussions. We say that the sun rises and sets, even though we know that the earth actually revolves around the sun and rotates on its axis. Our point of reference determines how we discuss what we see.

As Joshua ordered the Sun to stay put, nothing would have happened as it has been waiting on earth ever since. U said; science said the earth was flat, i'm surprised, because u seem to confuse the Church for Science or prevailing thoughts of the time for Science. What was the proof, science lay for the flatness of the earth?

The Bible had always blamed spiritual agents for diseases, failed to discover microbes.

Other areas of conflict include evolution, date of the earth.

Kay 17:

As Joshua ordered the Sun to stay put, nothing would have happened as it has been waiting on earth ever since.

Yes.  Joshua ordered the Sun "stay put" and the earth stopped rotating until the battle was won.  Do you use the phrase sunrise and sunset?  Why is this phrase written in modern dictionaries today?  When used does it mean that the sun literally rises and sets?  Do you now see how our point of reference determines how we discuss what we see?

Kay 17:

U said; science said the earth was flat, i'm surprised, because u seem to confuse the Church for Science or prevailing thoughts of the time for Science. What was the proof, science lay for the flatness of the earth?

You need to update your scientific knowledge because it seems you are still living in the dark ages.  Do a google search on the flat earth and see what you will come up with.  It is not good to feed yourself on a diet of hearsays and pub talks.  The Bible for more than 3,000 years ago has stated that the earth is sphere (Isaiah 40:22) and went as far as saying that it rotates on its axis (Job 38:14) to receive the sun's illumination.  Science is still playing catch-up with the revelations in the Bible.

Kay 17:

The Bible had always blamed spiritual agents for diseases, failed to discover microbes.
Other areas of conflict include evolution, date of the earth.

All your claims above is a classic example of alleged factual contradictions which are all fallacious.

How does science confirm noah's ark, all the animals in the earth contained in that tiny measurement. . .

Dolemite:

How does science confirm noah's ark, all the animals in the earth contained in that tiny measurement. . .

Noah's Ark did not need to carry every "kind" of "animals in the earth" and did not God command him to. The Ark only carried air-breathing, land-dwelling animals, creeping things and winged animals such as birds without Aquatic life, and this reduces space requirement in the Ark. It was only the parent "kinds" of these species that were required to be on board in order to repopulate the earth.

Take for example, If more than 200 different breeds of dogs exist today, from the miniature poodle to the St. Bernard, all of which have descended from one original dog "kind" as you will have the wolf, dingo, etc. Many other types of animals, like the cat kind, horse kind, cow kind etc, all have similarly been naturally and selectively bred to achieve the wonderful variation in the species we have today. God in His omniscience "programmed" this variety into the genetic code of animals to breed and reproduce with each other. For example, cats and dogs cannot breed to make a new type of creature. This is God's design, and it is one fact that makes evolution impossible.

Another thing is that Noah wouldn't have taken the largest animals on board, it is more likely that he took juveniles aboard to repopulate the earth after the flood was over. These younger animals also require less space, less food and have less waste.

The Bible's fascinating facts

"And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly" -- 2 Peter 2:5 The Evidence Bible

In Genesis chapter 6, God gave Noah the dimensions of the 1.5 million cubic foot ark he was to build.  In 1609 at Hoon in Holland, a ship was built after that same pattern, revolutionizing shipbuilding.  By 1900 every large ship on the high seas was inclined towards the proportions of the ark.

(as verified by "Lloyd's Register of Shipping" in the World Almanac).

"Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." -- (Acts 14:17 The Evidence Bible).

Job stated, " made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder" (Job 28:26).  Centuries later, scientists began to discern the "decrees [rules] for the rain."  Rainfall is part of a process called the "water cycle."  The sun evaporates water from the ocean.  The water vapour then rises and becomes clouds.  This water in the clouds falls back to earth as rain, and collects in streams and rivers, then makes its way back to the ocean.  That process repeats itself again and again.  About 300 years ago, Galileo discovered this cycle.  But amazingly the Bible described it centuries before.  The prophet Amos (Amos 9:6) wrote that God "calls for the water of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth."  Scientists are just beginning to fully understand God's "decrees for the rain."

Scientific facts recorded in the Bible

For ages, scientists believed in a geocentric view of the universe. The difference between night and day were believed to be caused by the sun revolving around the earth. Today, we know that the earth's rotation on its axis is responsible for the suns "rising and setting." But 4,000 or more years ago, it was written, "Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the day spring [dawn] to know his place? . . . It [the earth] is turned as clay to the seal" (Job 38:12,14). The picture here is of a clay vessel being turned or rotated upon the potter's wheel. This is an accurate analogy of the earth's rotation

thehomer
Come to school o!

@Olaadegbu; i know you will dock your head about the below. maybe. but i wanna read how real or not you are;

please let science confirm who was killed; Simon of Cyrene who carried the Cross to the place of hanging, in the mist of all the confusion;

or

Jesus son of the father [bar abba s];

or

or Jesus who was called the anointed?


What form of death took place;

Hanging in NT or Stoning in the Talmud [mishna and its commentary]?

OLAADEGBU:

Scientific facts recorded in the Bible

For ages, scientists believed in a geocentric view of the universe.  The difference between night and day were believed to be caused by the sun revolving around the earth.  Today, we know that the earth's rotation on its axis is responsible for the suns "rising and setting."  But 4,000 or more years ago, it was written, "Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the day spring [dawn] to know his place? . . . It [the earth] is turned as clay to the seal" (Job 38:12,14).  The picture here is of a clay vessel being turned or rotated upon the potter's wheel.  This is an accurate analogy of the earth's rotation

You have still not provided evidence that was proffered at that time to prove the flat earth

@Sweetnecta,

The evidence of Jesus Christ's resurrection has been exhaustively dealt with in the relevant thread.  It is your right to believe whatever dogma you choose to believe but let me remind you of one of the evidences for Christ's resurrection that will be accepted in today's court of law.

The fact that Abraham Lincoln was born, became president, or was assassinated cannot be proven using scientific methods.  To be scientific it must be repeatable (as in the testing of gravity).  The proofs that Lincoln did exist and was a historical figure are:

[list]
[li]the written evidence,[/li]
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[list]
[li]eyewitness testimony,[/li]
[/list]
[list]
[li]physical evidence that remains to this day at the Ford Theatre, birth records and newspaper articles regarding his election.[/li]
[/list]

All these facts are acceptable in a court of law as proof to a judge and jury.  Garry T. Ansdell (D.D.) made a case out of this when he stated that "The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is evidential: [list]


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[li]the empty tomb still exists,[/li]
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[li]His birth record is documented all the way back to Adam and Eve,[/li]
[/list]
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[li]the four Gospels record His death;[/li]
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[li]the location, even the names of the political leaders who sentenced Him are historically recorded;[/li]
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[li]there were more than five hundred eyewitnesses who saw Jesus after the resurrection, recorded by the New Testament writers;[/li]
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[li]the very existence of the Christian faith, based on His death and resurrection;[/li]
[/list]
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[li]the cultural and political evidence at the time, including the Roman calender separating all of time into Before Christ (B.C.) and in the year of our Lord (A.D.)."[/li]


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-261358.0.html

Kay 17:

You have still not provided evidence that was proffered at that time to prove the flat earth

Read up on your favourite link the wikipedia on the flat earthers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth

Image123:

thehomer
Come to school o!

Why are you inviting me to this thread? Do you have anything to present to me here? Oh well I'll just go ahead and look at this joke of a topic.

OLAADEGBU:

Scientific facts recorded in the Bible

For ages, scientists believed in a geocentric view of the universe. The difference between night and day were believed to be caused by the sun revolving around the earth. Today, we know that the earth's rotation on its axis is responsible for the suns "rising and setting." But 4,000 or more years ago, it was written, "Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the day spring [dawn] to know his place? . . . It [the earth] is turned as clay to the seal" (Job 38:12,14). The picture here is of a clay vessel being turned or rotated upon the potter's wheel. This is an accurate analogy of the earth's rotation

Please what scientific work are you quoting? It seems you simply wish to ascribe to science whatever we currently know is wrong. This is disingenuous.

I hope you realize that you have not actually said anything here that indicates either the rotation or revolution of the earth. The reference to the seal is the fact that when a seal is stamped on clay, the clay becomes an imprint of the seal that is stamped on it.

By the way, how does the Bible advice you to cure leprosy?

thehomer:

Please what scientific work are you quoting? It seems you simply wish to ascribe to science whatever we currently know is wrong. This is disingenuous.

Can you read?  The Subject says Science confirms the Bible, did you see anything like evolution here?  image123 invited you to come to school here if you will learn what proper science is and how it confirms the Bible.

thehomer:

I hope you realize that you have not actually said anything here that indicates either the rotation or revolution of the earth. The reference to the seal is the fact that when a seal is stamped on clay, the clay becomes an imprint of the seal that is stamped on it.

I give you the assignment to first go to the potter's house and learn how any clay vessel is being made, how it is rotated on the potter's wheel and then come back and compare it to the earth's rotation for you to know what the Bible is talking about.

thehomer:

By the way, how does the Bible advice you to cure leprosy?

Only if down through the ages, biblical principles had been adhered to during epidemics such as the Black plague, millions of lives would have been saved.  Long before man understood the principles of quarantine, the Bible spoke of the importance of isolating those who had a contagious disease and of disinfecting their houses.  To update your biblical knowledge read the book of Leviticus chapter 13 and 14 if you will learn.

@Olaadegbu; « #15 on: Today at 09:31:34 PM »
[Quote]@Sweetnecta,

The evidence of Jesus Christ's resurrection has been exhaustively dealt with in the relevant thread. It is your right to believe whatever dogma you choose to believe but let me remind you of one of the evidences for Christ's resurrection that will be accepted in today's court of law.

The fact that Abraham Lincoln was born, became president, or was assassinated cannot be proven using scientific methods. To be scientific it must be repeatable (as in the testing of gravity). The proofs that Lincoln did exist and was a historical figure are:

* the written evidence,

* eyewitness testimony,

* physical evidence that remains to this day at the Ford Theatre, birth records and newspaper articles regarding his election.


All these facts are acceptable in a court of law as proof to a judge and jury. Garry T. Ansdell (D.D.) made a case out of this when he stated that "The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is evidential:



o the empty tomb still exists,

o His birth record is documented all the way back to Adam and Eve,

o the four Gospels record His death;

o the location, even the names of the political leaders who sentenced Him are historically recorded;

o there were more than five hundred eyewitnesses who saw Jesus after the resurrection, recorded by the New Testament writers;

o the very existence of the Christian faith, based on His death and resurrection;

o the cultural and political evidence at the time, including the Roman calender separating all of time into Before Christ (B.C.) and in the year of our Lord (A.D.)."
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-261358.0.html[/Quote]While I never said Jesus did not exist, your argument above, using the Lincoln elements support your belief, will not wash with me. People say the lifeless body of Lincoln, with the entry of a bullet from the gun. They tried to save him and a killer is also known. He was buried and remained so. There were statements from eyewitnesses, with real names.

The above are not the same with Jesus because some thought there was Simon of Cyrene. Another thought it was Jesus Bar Abba s, the very reason the Coptic has Pilate as a saint. The jews say that they stoned him. You said they hung him.

None of the 12 disciples, minus 1 you said betrayed him, leaving 11 disciples stock around to see the end of their leader. The jews who at later time thought they made mistake wanted to be sure of his condition much, much later, the reason he never showed himself in the public after he got out of the coma, well enough to grasp the fact that he almost was killed, if not by the Protection of his Lord Who he had prayed to so much. Or are you arguing that Jesus prayers were rejected? It would have proven against his prophetic office if that happened. Was there a time or a prophet whose prayer was rejected, after he had been allowed to make such a prayer?

I wonder why anybody would want to anoint [rob/wipe/ massage] a dead body as the women wanted to do? To have an empty grave is to proof that the one supposed to have died, was not dead in the first place. Funny that he did not wake up in front of anyone, if he was really dead?

Most of what you said seem to be in the line of saying " Sweetnecta" eats cereal for breakfast, therefore he must be a man, instead of a woman! Women eat cereal for breakfast, too. The people who erroneously claim Jesus is dead may stick with their story, even after they privately realize it was not so. Some may never know that their position is false. The truth is always constant, however. No one who wrote about jesus's death in the bible or two [jewish and roman writers] out it was an eyewitness.

However, the Seer and Knower of all events and affairs says in the Quran that jesus [as] was not killed and was not crucified. He raised him up and those who believe otherwise are doing so by conjecture[s].


The existence of the Christian faith based on his death and resurrection is not a proof that he died and resurrected. The whole world could have been wrong, if God Almighty Alone is taking a different stand, humans as a whole will be wrong, for one who is with God is a majority. Head counts is irrelevant here. Majority are often wrong.

You are entitled to your Islamic dogma just as thehomer is entitled to his religion of evolution.  The onus is on you to give scientific or circumstantial evidence to back up your claims.

Your religious book states in:

Surah Maryam, Aya 33 (19:33):

"So peace is on me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!"

and in Surah 3:55:

"Allah said: O Isa, I am going to terminate [put to death] the period of your stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto Me."

It is up to you to put whatever spin on the above so as to suit your claim but it will be better if you keep them to yourself and to those who share your beliefs unless you have anything that can stand in the court of law.

OLAADEGBU:

Can you read?  The Subject says Science confirms the Bible, did you see anything like evolution here?  image123 invited you to come to school here if you will learn what proper science is and how it confirms the Bible.

Did I make any reference to evolution here? Image123 appears to be as ignorant as yourself when it comes to understanding scientific issues so I doubt that you'll be able to present proper science even if it jumped up and smacked you in the face.
I also notice that you have still failed to point to the scientific work you are quoting. This implies that you are just lying.

OLAADEGBU:

I give you the assignment to first go to the potter's house and learn how any clay vessel is being made, how it is rotated on the potter's wheel and then come back and compare it to the earth's rotation for you to know what the Bible is talking about.

It seems you truly do not know how to read your own Bible. I just explained to you that that passage was not about a potter's wheel making a clay vessel but about the stamping of a seal on clay which produces an imprint. Please go back and read your Bible properly. Be careful that you do not add anything to the Bible because you may also end up in hell with more punishment.

OLAADEGBU:

Only if down through the ages, biblical principles had been adhered to during epidemics such as the Black plague, millions of lives would have been saved.  Long before man understood the principles of quarantine, the Bible spoke of the importance of isolating those who had a contagious disease and of disinfecting their houses.  To update your biblical knowledge read the book of Leviticus chapter 13 and 14 if you will learn.

Your reference to Leviticus really makes me laugh because do you know how a purification is carried out? How about how to treat an infected stone? And treat an infected house? You are really making more and more absurd claims.
Also, how does it advice you to treat leprosy? Please don't try to change the subject again.

Archaeology confirms the accuracy of the Bible:

Following the 1993 discovery in Israel of a stone containing the inscriptions "House of David" and "King of Israel,"  Time magazine stated, "This writing -- dated to the 9th century B.C., only a century after David's reign -- described a victory by a neighbouring king over the Israelites . . . The skeptics' claim that David never existed is now hard to defend." 

-- Time, December 18, 1995

@OLAADEGBU,

Here is an excerpt from the link

"and a flat Earth domed by the firmament in the shape of an inverted bowl is common in pre-scientific societies"

"John Jasper, the black ex-slave preacher said to have preached to more people than any Southern clergyman of his generation, echoed his friend Carpenter's sentiments in his most famous sermon "Der Sun do move and the Earth Am Square", preached over 250 times always by invitation"

Also what age did the bible say the earth was again?

Kay 17:

@OLAADEGBU,

Here is an excerpt from the link

"and a flat Earth domed by the firmament in the shape of an inverted bowl is common in pre-scientific societies"

"John Jasper, the black ex-slave preacher said to have preached to more people than any Southern clergyman of his generation, echoed his friend Carpenter's sentiments in his most famous sermon "Der Sun do move and the Earth Am Square", preached over 250 times always by invitation"

"It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in" (Isaiah 40:22)

and:

"He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness" (Job 26:10).

Flat earth beliefs were common in ancient Greece before 500 BC and resurfaced again in the early AD 300's with Lactantius.  The evolutionists later revived this myth during the Renaissance and tried to stick it on Christians.  What these evolutionists (who like to see themselves as scientists but are actually humanists in religion) did was that they took some biblical passages as they do now, out of context.  Instead of them to understand the figurative nature of some prophetically or poetic passages, they attempt to impose a strictly literal meaning to such passages so as to discredit Christians.

^^Where did you find evolutionists as at 300Ad? You have still not provided scientific theories on flat earth.

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth

Isaiah 11:12

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH

Revelation 7:1

And after these things I saw four angels standing on FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree

Job 38:13

That it might take hold of the ENDS OF THE EARTH, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Jeremiah 16:19

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ENDS OF THE EARTH, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit

Daniel 4:11

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the ENDS OF ALL THE EARTH

Matthew 4:8

8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them

http://kingjbible.com/

OLAADEGBU:

Lets start from the science practised ages ago and the claim of the Bible from 3 to 4,000 years ago. Science then said that the earth was a flat disk. The Bible said the earth is a sphere (Isaiah 40:22). When scientists updated their facts today what did they get? The earth is a sphere.

Your interpretation of that quote from Isaiah 40:22 is seriously flawed. Circular does not imply spherical. A flat disc, think a CD, is circular but it is not a ball, spherical.

Kay 17:

^^Where did you find evolutionists as at 300Ad? You have still not provided scientific theories on flat earth.

Evolutionists who are the same as humanists came much later than 300 AD. They are the ones revived this dead myth trying to sling mud at Christians, and it is not a scientific theory at all even though it was the accepted theory at the time.

Skeptics often try to ridicule the Bible by saying that the Christian Church persecuted Galileo when he maintained that the earth circled the sun. As a professor of astronomy at the University of Pisa, Galileo was required to teach the accepted theory of his time that the sun and all the planets revolved around the Earth. Later at the University of Padua he was exposed to a new theory, proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus, that the Earth and all the other planets revolved around the sun. Galileo's observations with his new telescope convinced him of the truth of Copernicus' sun - centred theory. Galileo's support for the heliocentric theory got him into trouble with the Roman Catholic church. In 1633 during the inquisition he was convicted of heresy and ordered to publicly withdraw his support for Corpernicus. The Roman Catholic church sentenced him to life imprisonment, but because of his advanced age allowed him to serve his term under house arrest at his villa outside of Florence, Italy. The Christian Church therefore should not be blamed for his imprisonment. It was the Roman Catholic church that persecuted Galileo.

OLAADEGBU:

Evolutionists who are the same as humanists came much later than 300 AD. They are the ones revived this dead myth trying to sling mud at Christians, and it is not a scientific theory at all even though it was the accepted theory at the time.

Skeptics often try to ridicule the Bible by saying that the Christian Church persecuted Galileo when he maintained that the earth circled the sun. As a professor of astronomy at the University of Pisa, Galileo was required to teach the accepted theory of his time that the sun and all the planets revolved around the Earth. Later at the University of Padua he was exposed to a new theory, proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus, that the Earth and all the other planets revolved around the sun. Galileo's observations with his new telescope convinced him of the truth of Copernicus' sun - centred theory. Galileo's support for the heliocentric theory got him into trouble with the Roman Catholic church. In 1633 during the inquisition he was convicted of heresy and ordered to publicly withdraw his support for Corpernicus. The Roman Catholic church sentenced him to life imprisonment, but because of his advanced age allowed him to serve his term under house arrest at his villa outside of Florence, Italy. The Christian Church therefore should not be blamed for his imprisonment. It was the Roman Catholic church that persecuted Galileo.

Until the reformation of Martin Luther, the Roman Catholic Church was sole voice, guardian and body of the christian faith. Do not attempt to distance yourself. The Roman Catholic Church defined the foundations of what you call Christianity today.

devayid:

Isaiah 11:12
Revelation 7:1
Job 38:13
Jeremiah 16:19
Daniel 4:11
Matthew 4:8
http://kingjbible.com/

This is a classical case of how these humanists take some biblical passages out of context and try to impose a strictly literal meaning on some prophetic and poetic passages as I earlier mentioned.  Revelation 7:1 for example, refers to the four corners of the earth, and is obviously refering to the directions of North, South, East and West.  Poetic passages such as Psalm 75:3, which refers to the "pillars" of the earth figuratively, are also being used to discredit Christians by these skeptics who believe in the humanist religion.

devayid:

Your interpretation of that quote from Isaiah 40:22 is seriously flawed. Circular does not imply spherical. A flat disc, think a CD, is circular but it is not a ball, spherical.

You need to study the Hebrew word "khug," translated "Compassed" in Job 26:10 and "Compass" in Proverbs 8:27.  All 3, when read in context, clearly refer to the sphericity of the earth.