Sep
28
The First Science Book
Filed Under Devotional
I have been on a bit of a stretch about the question of why science has such an aversion to the Bible. To that end, I did find a website that had a thought or two on the subject (christiananswers.net).
I liked the part about how the Bible stated truth before man ever knew it:
Regarding the roundness of the earth:
“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
Regarding the almost infinite extent of the sidereal universe:
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9
Describing the Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy:
“But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” 2 Peter 3:7
Describing the Law of Entropy:
“Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.” Psalm 102:25-27
Of course, there is a problem with a scientist reading the Bible as stated by the Arkansas Science Teachers Association: “The business of science is to develop theories based on natural explanations about how the natural world works.”
I can’t help but wonder who decided that God was unnatural. It appears that the gap is self-imposed by an unwillingness to connect. A true scholar would wonder how something that was written before the birth of Jesus, and had its accuracy confirmed in 1947 with the Dead Sea Scrolls, could appear to understand what so-called modern man has theorized.
“I wonder as I wander”