[anailev]

Here is what we're going to do with this thread.
The purpose is to give some examples of scientific principles described in the Bible hundreds (or thousands) of years before they were proved to be true by science. So ...everybody mention ONE example at a time and include the biblical references if possible. I'm just wondering how long this list would go. I'll start.

The water cycle

Ecclesiastes 1:7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.

Isaiah 55:10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

Job 36:27-28 He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

PS. Move if it's in the wrong forum

[Nate]

*waits for Qingu*

[slap_j]

22"While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease." - Genesis 8:22

The uniformity of nature. Though science hasn't "proven" this they assume it and use it all the time.

[cuziamthecaptai]

The earth cannot and does not move:

Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool.

1 Chronicles 16:30: He has fixed the earth firm, immovable.

Psalm 96:10: He has fixed the earth firm, immovable ...

Psalm 104:5: Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken.

Isaiah 45:18: ...who made the earth and fashioned it, and himself fixed it fast...

Psalm 93:1: Thou hast fixed the earth immovable and firm ...

[BurntHombre]

Did the purpose of this thread change when it was moved to Apologetics?

[anailev]

Probably have to start Science VS. Bible thread

[cuziamthecaptai]

Originally Posted by anailev

Probably have to start Science VS. Bible thread

What do you mean? The earth is fixed, right? Cuz Jesus fixed it right? Right?!

You're kinda killing my faith, here.

[BurntHombre]

No need to be snarky, cuziam. She clearly stated her purpose for the thread. You don't have to honor that, of course, but you also have the option of creating a new thread.

[JerryLove]

[/quote]Ecclesiastes 1:7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.[/quote] Some streams empty into lakes or underground water-tables. No streams originate in the sea as they all originiate in higher-lands and flow down.

Isaiah 55:10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

Since it rains and snows directly on the ocean, as well as on ice-shelfs, this is also not true.

Job 36:27-28 He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

This one is accurate.

[Epaphras]

Job 36:27-28 He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

Keep in mind this is before science had any idea about the water cycle. It's quite revolutionary for its time.

_Epaphras

[JerryLove]

Keep in mind this is before science had any idea about the water cycle. It's quite revolutionary for its time.

How do you know that this is before they understood the water-cycle (as explained here)?

One must assume that they did understand the water-cycle, even if only *from* the scripture.

[cuziamthecaptai]

Originally Posted by Epaphras

Keep in mind this is before science had any idea about the water cycle. It's quite revolutionary for its time.

_Epaphras

"Water is unique in that can naturally exist as a gas, liquid, and solid within the relatively small range of air temperatures and pressures found at Earth's surface. Ancient Greeks, including Homer and Plato, knew that water continually circulates from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back again to the ocean."
http://aquarius.gsfc.nasa.gov/science-watercycle.html

[Epaphras]

Originally Posted by cuziamthecaptai

"Water is unique in that can naturally exist as a gas, liquid, and solid within the relatively small range of air temperatures and pressures found at Earth's surface. Ancient Greeks, including Homer and Plato, knew that water continually circulates from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back again to the ocean."
http://aquarius.gsfc.nasa.gov/science-watercycle.html

...ha, well...I stand corrected

*Retreats to the corner in shame*

_Epaphras

[anailev]

Originally Posted by cuziamthecaptai

"Water is unique in that can naturally exist as a gas, liquid, and solid within the relatively small range of air temperatures and pressures found at Earth's surface. Ancient Greeks, including Homer and Plato, knew that water continually circulates from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back again to the ocean."
http://aquarius.gsfc.nasa.gov/science-watercycle.html

Homer lived around year 800 BC
Plato lived from about 427 - 347 BC
Solomon lived from about 970 - 930 BC

[anailev]

Originally Posted by BurntHombre

Did the purpose of this thread change when it was moved to Apologetics?

I knew it!! I posted this thread in the right forum at the first place

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