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'''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is a belief that certain Bible passages knew about scientific facts before scientific discovery. | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is a belief that certain Bible passages knew about scientific facts before scientific discovery. | ||
== | == Bible verses cited as scientific foreknowledge == | ||
== | ===Earth floating free in space=== | ||
{{Bible ref|book=Job|chap=26|verses=7|version=ESV}} states that God "hangs the Earth on nothing.", It also contrasts with ancient Hindu <ref>https://steemit.com/culrture/@syaukani/earth-above-the-back-of-the-giant-turtles-the-story-of-awatara-kurma</ref> and Native American myths that the Earth hangs on a turtle. | |||
== | === Blood circulation === | ||
{{Bible ref|book=Leviticus|chap=17|verses=11|version=ESV}} states, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood", <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2017%3A11&version=KJV</ref> blood circulation was not discovered until 17th century by William Harvey. <ref>https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/health-and-medicine/discovery-blood-circulation</ref> | |||
== Circumcision on the 8th day == | William Harvey cited Leviticus 17:11 on "On Generation". <ref>https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Works_of_William_Harvey_(part_1_of_2).djvu/476</ref> | ||
Genesis 17 | |||
Modern science agrees that blood is essence for life because it carries oxygen, food, hormones. <ref>https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/blood.html</ref> | |||
=== Universe expansion === | |||
Isaiah 40:22 says "who stretches out the heavens", <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A22&version=ESV</ref> Hebrew word "natah" in Isaiah 40:22 means to stretch out or extend. <ref>https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5186.htm</ref> universe expansion was not discovered by secularists until 20th century. <ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp29hu.html</ref> | |||
=== Uncountable stars === | |||
{{Bible quote| Even as the stars of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so too I will make innumerable the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.”|book=Jeremiah|chap=33|verses=22|version=CSB}} | |||
Jeremiah 33:22 states number of stars cannot be counted by a human, <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%20Jeremiah%2033%3A22&version=CSB</ref> scientific estimate puts that number of stars are 10<sup>22</sup> to 10<sup>24 .</sup> <ref>https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe</ref> but it would take human billions of years to count all of them. | |||
=== Circumcision on the 8th day === | |||
{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=17|verses=12|version=ESV}} commands circumcision to be on the 8th day, <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2017:12&version=GNT</ref> Modern science suggests that optimal time to circumcise is the 8th day. <ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1477513109000114</ref><ref>https://seattlebris.com/blog/circumcision-countdown-the-physiology-behind-why-eight-days-matters</ref> | |||
=== Big bang === | |||
{{Bible quote|And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=3|version=KJV}} | |||
Genesis 1:3 matches the description of big bang, Big bang theory was not purposed until 20th century by Georges Lemaître.<ref>https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/lemaitre-proposes-big-bang-theory</ref> | |||
=== Ocean pathways === | |||
[[File:Matthew Fontaine Maury memorial at Goshen Pass overlooking the Maury River.jpg|thumb|Matthew Fontaine Maury memorial citing Psalms 8:8 as his inspiration.]] | |||
Psalm 8:8 mentions "the path of the seas", <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208%3A8&version=ESV</ref> ocean pathways were not discovered until in 19th century by Matthew Fontaine Maury. <ref>https://oceanmotion.org/html/background/timeline1800.htm</ref> | |||
=== Hygiene === | |||
Biblical sanitation laws predates germ theory, supported in 19th century. <ref>https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9027159/</ref> | |||
Wash yourself and clothes (Leviticus 15:4-27) — many cultures underemphasize bathing. | |||
Poop in holes and cover them (Deuteronomy 23:12-13) — contrasts with modern river pooping. | |||
Quarantine if diseased (Leviticus 14:8-9). | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:17, 31 March 2026
Biblical scientific foreknowledge is a belief that certain Bible passages knew about scientific facts before scientific discovery.
Bible verses cited as scientific foreknowledge
Earth floating free in space
Job 26:7 (ESV) states that God "hangs the Earth on nothing.", It also contrasts with ancient Hindu [1] and Native American myths that the Earth hangs on a turtle.
Blood circulation
Leviticus 17:11 (ESV) states, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood", [2] blood circulation was not discovered until 17th century by William Harvey. [3]
William Harvey cited Leviticus 17:11 on "On Generation". [4]
Modern science agrees that blood is essence for life because it carries oxygen, food, hormones. [5]
Universe expansion
Isaiah 40:22 says "who stretches out the heavens", [6] Hebrew word "natah" in Isaiah 40:22 means to stretch out or extend. [7] universe expansion was not discovered by secularists until 20th century. [8]
Uncountable stars
Even as the stars of heaven cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so too I will make innumerable the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister to me.” Jeremiah 33:22 (CSB)
Jeremiah 33:22 states number of stars cannot be counted by a human, [9] scientific estimate puts that number of stars are 1022 to 1024 . [10] but it would take human billions of years to count all of them.
Circumcision on the 8th day
Genesis 17:12 (ESV) commands circumcision to be on the 8th day, [11] Modern science suggests that optimal time to circumcise is the 8th day. [12][13]
Big bang
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Genesis 1:3 (KJV)
Genesis 1:3 matches the description of big bang, Big bang theory was not purposed until 20th century by Georges Lemaître.[14]
Ocean pathways
Psalm 8:8 mentions "the path of the seas", [15] ocean pathways were not discovered until in 19th century by Matthew Fontaine Maury. [16]
Hygiene
Biblical sanitation laws predates germ theory, supported in 19th century. [17]
Wash yourself and clothes (Leviticus 15:4-27) — many cultures underemphasize bathing.
Poop in holes and cover them (Deuteronomy 23:12-13) — contrasts with modern river pooping.
Quarantine if diseased (Leviticus 14:8-9).
References
- ↑ https://steemit.com/culrture/@syaukani/earth-above-the-back-of-the-giant-turtles-the-story-of-awatara-kurma
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2017%3A11&version=KJV
- ↑ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/health-and-medicine/discovery-blood-circulation
- ↑ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Works_of_William_Harvey_(part_1_of_2).djvu/476
- ↑ https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/blood.html
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A22&version=ESV
- ↑ https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5186.htm
- ↑ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp29hu.html
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%20Jeremiah%2033%3A22&version=CSB
- ↑ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2017:12&version=GNT
- ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1477513109000114
- ↑ https://seattlebris.com/blog/circumcision-countdown-the-physiology-behind-why-eight-days-matters
- ↑ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/lemaitre-proposes-big-bang-theory
- ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208%3A8&version=ESV
- ↑ https://oceanmotion.org/html/background/timeline1800.htm
- ↑ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9027159/
