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The prophesies in the bible reveals insights on a variety of science subjects, sometimes thousands of years ahead of it's time
1. "Paths in the Sea" Matthew Morray {father of oceanography} read Psalms 8:8
"The fowl of the air and the fish of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the sea" After reading this in Psalms, Matthew Morray discovered sea currents and trade winds.
2. Ecclesiastes 1:6 described winds blowing in cyclonic patterns. That wasn't confirmed till Benjamine franklin in late 1700's
"The wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north, it whirleth about continually and the wind returneth again according to his circuits."
3. Isaiah 40:22 mentions that the earth is a sphere which wasn't accepted until 2200 years afterwards
"It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth"
Other scientific principles mentioned in bible are that each star is different and light is in motion. these weren't confirmed till the 20th century.
The tower of babel
Cuniform tablets mention Shinar, the place mentioned in the bible as the place where the tower of babel was built. Alexander the great mentioned seeing the ruins of the tower of babel which is modern day Iraq. Linguists have traced the origins to the various languages to this area as well as race origins.
The burning bush
It wasn't consumed by fire. There is a bush named the "gas plant" with white and purple flowers that produces an oil that is so volatile that it can be ignited by the sun.
The plagues mentioned in the bible were also recorded on anciant Egyptian papyrus, a document called "ipular" {spelled as it sounded}
parting of the red sea
In 1799 Napolean's engineers discovered a underwater bridge some 600 feet wide that extended from shore to shore. they calculated the right time for crossing the 5.2 miles when the east wind would blow enough to clear the sea bed of water. Napolean barely escaped when a sudden change in the wind"s direction brought an onrush of water that covered the strip in minutes.
God can use nature, especially if He created it to cause supernatural events, in this case all He needed to use was wind. The ridge was already there.
Jericho
Astronomers discovered that a solar eclipse occured at the time Jericho fell. Archeologists found evidence of earthquake activity. In allmost every building there were
+ big jars of grain. usually that would have been plundered to eat, especially a hungry army would want to eat this wheat but the Israelites were forbidden to plunder the city.
Virgin conceiving
I want to preface this with this statement, that the following example that I am using to illustate IS NOT saying, that is how the Virgin Mary conceived. I do not know how, only God knows, but I want to show ways were available to God then.
The following example is artificial Insemination. Artificial Insemination makes it possible for a virgin to conceive. That is not the primary reason that woman choose to conceive that way. It is to be able to conceive but some have chosen this method who wish to be single or not have relations with men.
A supremem being, Heavenly Father or Father God could have known a way that would make it possible to conceive and preserve virginity at the same time.
Science in a way is playing catch up to God or to a Supreme Intelligence. They are playing catch up to what God ot supremem Intelligence already knows and can do.
We've learned to make computers but I believe a Supreme Intelligence made a brain that works like a computer and has independent thought.
Science hasn't disproven the bible or the very existence of God. In some ways, sometimes, it has proven the bible's accuracy of historical events and principles of science ahead of it's time and at the very least, the possiblitity of a Supreme Intelligence.
The Immaculate Conception isn't a ridiculous notion anymore.
1. "Paths in the Sea" Matthew Morray {father of oceanography} read Psalms 8:8
"The fowl of the air and the fish of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the sea" After reading this in Psalms, Matthew Morray discovered sea currents and trade winds.
2. Ecclesiastes 1:6 described winds blowing in cyclonic patterns. That wasn't confirmed till Benjamine franklin in late 1700's
"The wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north, it whirleth about continually and the wind returneth again according to his circuits."
3. Isaiah 40:22 mentions that the earth is a sphere which wasn't accepted until 2200 years afterwards
"It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth"
Other scientific principles mentioned in bible are that each star is different and light is in motion. these weren't confirmed till the 20th century.
The tower of babel
Cuniform tablets mention Shinar, the place mentioned in the bible as the place where the tower of babel was built. Alexander the great mentioned seeing the ruins of the tower of babel which is modern day Iraq. Linguists have traced the origins to the various languages to this area as well as race origins.
The burning bush
It wasn't consumed by fire. There is a bush named the "gas plant" with white and purple flowers that produces an oil that is so volatile that it can be ignited by the sun.
The plagues mentioned in the bible were also recorded on anciant Egyptian papyrus, a document called "ipular" {spelled as it sounded}
parting of the red sea
In 1799 Napolean's engineers discovered a underwater bridge some 600 feet wide that extended from shore to shore. they calculated the right time for crossing the 5.2 miles when the east wind would blow enough to clear the sea bed of water. Napolean barely escaped when a sudden change in the wind"s direction brought an onrush of water that covered the strip in minutes.
God can use nature, especially if He created it to cause supernatural events, in this case all He needed to use was wind. The ridge was already there.
Jericho
Astronomers discovered that a solar eclipse occured at the time Jericho fell. Archeologists found evidence of earthquake activity. In allmost every building there were
+ big jars of grain. usually that would have been plundered to eat, especially a hungry army would want to eat this wheat but the Israelites were forbidden to plunder the city.
Virgin conceiving
I want to preface this with this statement, that the following example that I am using to illustate IS NOT saying, that is how the Virgin Mary conceived. I do not know how, only God knows, but I want to show ways were available to God then.
The following example is artificial Insemination. Artificial Insemination makes it possible for a virgin to conceive. That is not the primary reason that woman choose to conceive that way. It is to be able to conceive but some have chosen this method who wish to be single or not have relations with men.
A supremem being, Heavenly Father or Father God could have known a way that would make it possible to conceive and preserve virginity at the same time.
Science in a way is playing catch up to God or to a Supreme Intelligence. They are playing catch up to what God ot supremem Intelligence already knows and can do.
We've learned to make computers but I believe a Supreme Intelligence made a brain that works like a computer and has independent thought.
Science hasn't disproven the bible or the very existence of God. In some ways, sometimes, it has proven the bible's accuracy of historical events and principles of science ahead of it's time and at the very least, the possiblitity of a Supreme Intelligence.
The Immaculate Conception isn't a ridiculous notion anymore.
I haven't been able to find anything that says he was the first to realize they were there, just that he was very involved in mapping those winds and currents. Given that the 'trade' in 'trade winds' comes from old English, I'm going to take a guess and say this was old knowledge that he just expanded upon. If anything led him to mapping those, I'd say it was his involvement in the Navy, not sitting down, reading a verse, and saying "I think I'll go map that!"
