Has the Bible been proven true scientifically?

Answer 1

Science does not and cannot prove the existence of deity, nor should it try. Science is a problem-solving heuristic, and it theoretically can never arrive at conclusions that can never be called into doubt again. At its most fundamental, science is a living and evolving process. Faith-based approches to deity are another matter altogether and have little to do with the concerns of science.

It should also be pointed out that scientists are not spending time and resources on the question of the existence of God since it is a matter of faith. People choose to believe in God in the absence of any proof.

No, it cannot. Here is the thinking. It is a very popular mis-conception that science somehow proves things. It does not. Science rules things out. That's how it works. Consider Newton, and his monumental model of gravity. For centuries it was considered beyond challenge, and had reached the level of Scientific Law. It might still be considered Law if a few key people had not shown up. There were probably people who would have fought to the death defending Newton's model as absolutely perfect. It continues to be extremely useful, in fact.

But along comes Einstein, with his very strange theories involving space, time and light. In no time, it is shown that Einstein's model, actually a theory of the nature of gravity itself, shows itself capable of predicting things at super-high velocities that go against Newton, and Einstein's work has been verified again and again. It also works perfectly well at ordinary velocities and shows results matching Newton.

Einstein's work actually rules out Newton, at least for super-high velocities. Newton's model is a very good approximation of Einstein. Someone may come along and disprove, or rule out Einstein before long, so everyone counting on his theory being perfect may be in for a surprise similar to the Newton followers.

People just don't get this, or perhaps they just don't stop to think about it. There is nothing in the process of science that allows anyone to conclude, beyond all possible future doubt, that something is absolutely, completely true. Even if we come up with a model that makes all the right predictions and generates all the right numbers, there is no guarantee that we are interpreting or understanding all the elements of the model correctly.

So how will science ever prove or disprove the reality of a deity? It cannot. For believers, subjecting the deity to tests of science seems blasphemous. Faith and science are very different approaches to knowledge, and there will forever be a divide between them, as far as we can currently foresee.

Answer 2

A:It has been scientifically proven false. The astronomy is all wrong in The Bible. There's lots of pseudo-science in the bible. It was written 2000 years ago by ignorant people. Of course it's scientifically wrong. A:Science can only do so much, and of course it is not a priority of research scientists to prove the Bible either true or false. Nevertheless, some of the evidence that science does provide includes:

• The first creation story in Genesis is in the wrong order. It says that (i) the sun and the stars were created after the earth; (ii) grass was created before the sun. It says that the sun, moon and stars are fixed in a 'firmament' just above the earth, that separates the waters above from the waters below.
• The second creation story in Genesis is also in an incorrect order. It says that God created Adam, then all the other animals and finally Eve. Genesis shows that Adam, the first human in the Bible, was created only about 6000 years ago, but science has proven that the first modern humans lived on earth over two hundred thousand years ago.
• Science has proven there was never a worldwide Flood as in the story of Noah. In fact, there is not even enough water on earth to make this possible.
• In a number of places, the Bible tells us that heaven is a physical place just above the earth. Elijah rode a chariot of fire up to heaven. Jesus rose bodily to heaven, and Stephen looked up and saw the heavens open and saw Jeus on the right hand of God. All our telescopes and spacecraft have never seen anything of this.
• The science of Archaeology has proven that many of the Old Testament stories are just that - stories.

Another Answer:

Not fully, but in general, Yes. Science is proving the veracity of many statements in Scripture - at least those that are physical and science can. Consider that there have been many 'scientific' ideas of creation and earth science that were and are now 'revised' or discounted. That is because man is limited in his knowledge but he continues to strive and learn.

Consider some of ideas of mankind like the earth being the center of the Universe or the planet Earth sitting on the back of a man, turtle, or elephant. Then read Job 26:7.

Science has only discovered in the 19th Century that the Creation is made of 'particles' invisible to the naked eye. Try read Hebrews 11:3

How about the proper dimensions of building a ship to sail the seas and then read Genesis 6:15 and see the ratio of the dimensions still in use today.

Then there are todays proper sanitary conditions to help prevent disease - consider Deuteronomy 23:12-13 and see the ancient wisdoms.

How about Oceanograpy and the mountains at the bottom of the seas - read Jonah 2:5-6

Can evolution explain emotions? - the Scriptures can - read Acts 14:17; Psalm 4:7 and 16:11.

Old medicine believed in 'bleeding' to cure a person which usually lead to their demise. Today we know healthy blood is needed for life to be sustained yet the Scriptures said this in Leviticus 17:11;14).

There are many, many more facts and replies to those above but that is not the question or necessary to show this answer. In my opinion, we would be far more scientifically advanced if we would only consider the Bible. But because of false interpretations of religious men of the past, and perhaps other prejudices, we we travel at this much slower, trial and error pace.

Answer 3

Answer 1

The Bible was never written intending to be a science textbook.

Many of the stories in the Bible, such as the description of the creation of the World in Genesis, the Tower of Babel, and the Deluge, are contradicted by modern science.

Many Christians interpret these stories metaphorically rather than literally. Verses like and Isaiah 11:12 and Psalm 104:5 assume that the Earth is flat and laid out on a foundation, which is scientifically false.

The parable of the Mustard Seed says that it is the smallest of seeds but grows into the largest of plants, which is also not scientifically accurate.

All of these points indicate that the Bible cannot be interpreted literally and in accordance with mainstream science. You must chose either to interpret parts of the Bible metaphorically, or completely reject modern science.

Answer 2all the prophesies in the old testament are fulfilled in the New Testament. another way is to compare the biblical accuracy with science, for example Genesis 1 which talks about creation mentions heredity which is something that modern science has proven in the form of DNA.

Answer 4

Although the Bible is not a Scientific text book, there are many instances where the Bible agrees with science. For instance, in the book of Ecclesiastes we can see the rain/water cycle. Ecclesiastes 1:7: "All the winter torrents are going forth to the sea, yet the sea itself is not full. To the place where the winter torrents are going forth, there they are returning so as to go forth." Consider, for example, what the Bible says about our planet, the earth. In the book of Job, we read: "[God] is stretching out the north over the empty place, hanging the earth upon nothing." (Job 26:7) Compare this with Isaiah's statement, when he says: "There is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth." (Isaiah 40:22) The picture conveyed of a round earth 'hanging upon nothing' in "the empty place" reminds us strongly of the photographs taken by astronauts of the sphere of the earth floating in empty space.

Answer 5

In some areas, yes, solidly and definitively. In others - such as the existence of any god - science cannot be used to prove or disprove anything, but indicates the unlikelihood of Christian belief being correct.

Answer 6

God didn't inspire His Word to be written for the shallow purpose of competing with man's limited carnal minded reasoning methods based on the five physical senses.

It's His instruction manual (owner's manual, if you will, from the Manufacturer) that teaches those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear (those to whom God is personally revealing His invisible self) about his Creator, what his Creator is doing and why He is doing it.

"For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.' ...since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - His eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse..." (Rom.1:17-20 NIV).

If men refuse in their carnal minds to ignore the fact that you can't have "creation" without a "Creator"... or that the "design" throughout creation is not possible without a "Designer"... that doesn't alter the Truth revealed in the Bible:

"...Thy Word is Truth..." (John 17:17).

It only means that they don't believe the Truth.

Genesis chapter one begins by telling us that God created the heavens and the earth (the universe). It doesn't say how long it took "Elohim" (God) to do that.

Then it says that the earth became ruined and wasted (verse 2). It doesn't say what happened or why it became that way... nor is the amount of time that passed between the creation of the universe and the ruination of the earth mentioned.

What is described after that is the RE-creation of the ruined "earth"... not the universe. It tells of a six-day repair of the earth that prepares it to support and sustain man... created in God's image.

The RE-creation of the earth happened about 6000 years ago... not the creation of the universe... or however much time passed until something destroyed it... or however much more time passed after it became "formless and void" to the time its recreation began.

God doesn't care if science believes it. He's telling man the Truth... and only the faithful man will believe it. There it is. Believe it or don't.

The Bible tells us about Jonah. It doesn't tell us that Jonah was "alive" those three days and three nights in the fish's belly. It does tell us, however, that God "specially PREPARED" the fish for Jonah.

"Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah..." (Jonah 1:17).

Did He alter the fish's degestive tract in this preparation? Or was it a fish that takes weeks to digest the things it swallows? Or was it so specially prepared that it only existed that one time?

All we know is what God's Word tells us. In fact... Jesus cited Jonah as the "only sign He would give to prove the He is the Messia":

"...an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's (fish's) belly; SO SHALL THE SON OF MAN BE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH." (Matt.12:39-40)

Was Jesus "alive" in the tomb for those three days and three nights... or was He dead? However it was... so was it that way with Jonah. Whereupon the third day, they both "resurrected"... Jonah to "mortal life"... and Jesus to "immortality."

Science must deny these things because "faith" isn't part of the scientific process of observation, experimentation and reasoning.

Eve was the world's first scientist. Being coached by Satan (another scientific no-no), she "observed" and "experimented" with the forbidden fruit... and decided that "God's Word wasn't trustworthy."

"...the woman SAW (observed) that the tree was good for food... pleasant to the eyes... desired to make one wise, she TOOK OF THE FRUIT THEREOF, and DID EAT (experimentation)..." (Gen.3:6).

As coached by Satan, she reasoned that God was holding things back from them... wasn't telling them everything... and was unreliable and incomplete.

"...God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." (Gen.3:5)

It was the world's very first scientific experiment against God's Truth. And it failed... because "faith" was missing. Simple "belief" in God's Word.

God made the natural world and all its laws. Science refuses to "believe" that all these "laws" it has discovered existing in the universe requires a "Lawgiver."

"There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and destroy..." (James 4:12).

Until the scientific method of "observation, experimentation and reason" are wrapped in "faith"... it will never agree with the Bible.

Answer 7

Not as much as people seem to think they do. Take the Big Bang "theory" for example. It postulates that the universe had a beginning. The Bible says they same thing. Look at proponents of ID (Intelligent Design). Proponents of ID are willing to follow scientific evidence wherever it leads. ID theorists begin with the common scientific principle that intelligent design is detectable wherever there is specified, organized complexity (i.e. information). This design principle is central to many scientific fields including archaeology, forensic pathology, crime scene investigation, cryptology, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). When applied to information rich DNA, irreducibly complex biochemical systems, the Cambridge Explosion in the fossil record, as well as the fact that earth is perfectly situated in the Milky Way for both life and scientific discovery, ID is the most plausible scientific explanation.

Answer 8

Genesis chapter 1 says that God created day and night before he created the sun; that the earth already existed before the sun and the moon; that grass and trees grew before there was a sun in the sky; that all species on earth were created just as they are now. Science says that this is impossible. The Bible says that the world is only about 6000 years old. Science says that is impossible. The Bible says that Jonah was swallowed whole by a large fish or whale and lived in its digestive juices for three days. Science says that is impossible. The Bible says that many miracles were performed, defying the laws of nature. Science says that is impossible.

Science and religion can best agree when religion seeks to describe the spiritual world, leaving the natural world to science.
For some information on biblical creation, evolutionary science and some modern religious attempts to supplant science, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

Answer 9

Yes, indirectly. Science has exposed the infinite wisdom that is manifest in the vast complexity of plants and animals. Each cell is more complex than an entire town with all its Plumbing, wiring, gas lines, buildings, etc. The fact that not everyone recognizes God through this clear evidence is their personal choice, but is not a scientific one.

For more detail:

http://www.allaboutscience.org/intelligent-design.htm

http://www.pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/sci-ev/sci_vs_ev_26.htm

http://religion.answers.com/controversy/is-there-evidence-against-evolution

http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-philosophy/can-you-prove-that-god-exists

Answer 10

No. God is an assumption, a speculation that cannot be proven no matter how cushioned it is in scientific sounding rhetoric. Belief in God requires faith in the absence of proof. Faith is the basis for religious belief. Those who claim proof of the existence of the supernatural can only do so by assigning a new meaning to the term "proof" that can only have as its basis indirect and unsurmountable "must haves".