Monday 28 November 2016

Biblical Astronomy

A creationist website says: 
As in all things, the Bible is absolutely correct when it teaches about the universe.
https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/ 


Let's put that claim to the test...

The first reference to the universe appears in the first book of the Old Testament where we are told,
"God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars." (Genesis 1:16)
A 13 billion year old universe containing billions of galaxies and trillions of stars is casually dismissed with the words, "He also made the stars."



The last reference to the universe appears in the last book of the New Testament where we are told,
Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. (Rev 12:3-4)
Considering the vagueness of the first text and the utter stupidity of the last text, I think we can safely assume that any astronomical "truths" found among the intervening texts will be the result of mere coincidence; telling us nothing about the correctness of "biblical astronomy".



The creationist article goes on to say, 
Christians need to take back those fields of science, like astronomy, which have been hijacked by evolutionists in order to promote their secular worldview.
https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/ 
I challenge any Christian to name even one evolutionist, anywhere in the world, at any time during the last 150 years, who has hijacked (or even attempted to hijack) fields of science like astronomy. This creationist website is fooling its Christian audience into believing a lie.



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