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Is the Bible unscientific? View of the earth

Earth from space.

Many would say that the Bible is unscientific.

What’s the Bible’s view of the earth?

Space flight gives better insight into the early verses in Genesis.

During the creation in Genesis it tells us that God:

separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light day and the darkness he called night.”

Genesis 1:4

If you had a blob of red plasticine and a blob of blue plasticine pushed together on a table.
Then you separate the red plasticine from the blue and leave them both on the table.
Both are present at the same time.
That’s a no brainer!
But now relate that to separating light from the darkness:

That is such an interesting phrase!

It implies that light and darkness, day and night are both present at the same time on the surface of the earth.
Early man probably wouldn’t have appreciated that concept.

A planet showing light and dark on it's surface.

But day and night being on the earth at the same time was only fully realised when astronauts were able to look back at the earth and see this for themselves.

Light and darkness, day and night are both present at the same time on the surface of the earth!

Sky and clouds

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Published 6 January 2012
Categorised as Facts behind Bible stories Tagged Bible unscientific, genesis

By Peter Reason

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Quote from the bible:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
John 3:16-18

All quotes from the Bible are from the New International Version unless it says otherwise.

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