BIBLE BABBLE

Errors in the Holy Bible

The earth is pretty well understood today. We know it's spherical and we know it rotates on it's
axis as it revolves around the sun. When the Bible was written and compiled, things were
different. People believed that we were in a geocentric universe (the earth was the center of the
universe and everything revolved around it), they thought the earth was flat, and other basic
scientific phenomenon were unknown to these people.

The Flat Earth

The Bible doesn't always reflect that we live on a spinning, revolving, sphere... which I would
think that God would have known and would have inspired the authors to tell, but he didn't. That
is why the Bible reflects that we live on a flat earth.

The term "ends of the earth" is used quite a bit in the Bible. I have received hundreds of e-mails
saying "the term 'ends of the earth' is a saying, it's not literal", but they forget that it is a
figurative saying today. When the Bible was written it wasn't a figure of speech... it was a fact.
Even as late as 1492, people were convinced that silly old Columbus was going to fall off of the
earth. But as we know today, the earth is a sphere, and there are no ends on a sphere. Just pick
up a ball and find its ends.

Even if one was to accept that God was foreseeing enough to put futuristic lingo which matched
the beliefs of the day in. But Job 38:13 speaks of the earth being taken by the physical ends
with "That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?"

Other mentions of the ends of the earth can be found in the following places. Deuteronomy 13:7,
28:49, 28:64, 33:17. Job 2:8, 19:4, 22:27, 33:13, 48:10, 59:13, 61:2, 65:5, 72:8.

The ends of the earth isn't the only signs of the flat earth in the Bible. In Job 11:9 it says that
heaven and hell's measurements are "Their measure is longer than the earth And broader than the
sea". How long is a sphere? There is no length in a sphere. Now a flat two dimensional object
would have a length.

Now we get to something that many people have said is proof of the Bible knowing the true
shape of the earth. The following verses have been sent to me with notes like "See, the Bible
says the earth isn't flat":

Proverbs 8:27- When he prepared the heavens, I was there, When he drew a circle on the face
of the deep
Isaiah 40:22- It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And it's inhabitants are like
grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to
dwell in.

But anyone with a basic grasp of geometry knows what a circle is. It's a flat, two dimensional
object. According to these scriptures, the earth is shaped like a CD. Again, as much as many
people want to believe this proves that the world is a sphere, they are only proving the Bible
talks of a flat earth. There are many who say "it says circle, it got the shape right". But this was
also a common mistake of the day. People thought the earth was shaped like a plate. They got
this belief because if they pointed at the horizon and they spin while tracing the horizon, it
appears that they live on a flat circle. And they could travel 1000 miles and do the same thing
and they got the same result. It made sense.

The Sky and Atmospheric Conditions

The sky is also described inaccurately in the Bible. In the above scripture, Isaiah 40:22, it
mentions that the heavens are stretched out like a tent. A tent would not be a good description of
the earth's atmosphere nor the cosmos. It's describing a flat floor which where there is nothing
below it... no heavens below the top of the earth. By this description you would either step off of
the earth into outer space (but not fall off, because tents don't go underground, so the heavens
can't go below the earth), or you will crash into the sky when you reach the end of the earth.
Much like how you would crash into the side of your tent if you roll over too much in your sleep.

In Genesis 1:6-8 God created a firmament (which he named "Heaven") to divide the water on
earth and the water in the sky. Do we really have a solid sky holding water over us? How the
heck did we get to the moon? Does the space shuttle have a "firmament opener" on the front of
it? This would explain why every time it rained in the Bible, that God had to "open the windows
of heaven" (Gen. 7:1 and Isa. 24:18 are examples). These openings allowed all the water above
the solid sky to leak out. Maybe we broke a window on our first space mission, and have flown
out the broken window every time since.

Snow and hail are mentioned in the Bible. It is also mentioned that they are stored for future use
by God. In Job 38:22 God asks "Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou
seen the treasures of the hail". I can't believe that we are so naive as to think snow and hail are
formed by freezing water vapor. Someone should inform these radical meteorologists that it's all
in God's storage areas, and that he throws him down when he sees fit.

The Stationary Earth

The idea of a stationary earth has been touched on by nearly every mythological tale. There was
Atlas who held the earth on his back, and let's not forget the turtle and elephants in Terry
Pratchett's Disk World series. It seems like this inaccurate belief found its way into the Bible
also.

Job chapter 38 has a lot of mentions of a stationary earth, and as direct quotes from God.
Quotes like the following:
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding." -
Job 38:4

"Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;" - Job
38:6

Really, do these sound like descriptions of a world that spins on its axis, while at the same time
revolves around the sun? First off, everything I have seen foundations on are stationary.
Buildings, walls, towers, etc. Then God says that the foundation is fastened to something.
Again, does your car have a foundation attached to something? Your house has a foundations
which attaches it to the ground. Hmmmm, If you believe these verses, you must have a hard
time finding your house whenever you go out, because it probably moved away while you were
gone.

That's not all. 1 Samuel 2:8 states that "For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And He has set
the world upon them". If you go to any seashore, you are bound to see houses built on pillars,
and yet the houses don't move. How strange.

Psalms 93:1 flat out says that the world doesn't move. "The Lord reigns, he is clothed with
majesty; The Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is
established so that it cannot be moved."

Again, earths foundations (as well as the sky's windows) are mentioned in Isaiah 24:18- "And it
shall be That he who flees from the noise of the fear Shall fall into the pit, And he who comes up
from the midst of the pit, Shall be caught in the snare; For the windows from on high are open,
And the foundations of the earth are shaken."

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars

The sun and the moon are mentioned in the Bible. Why wouldn't they be? After all they are
these two huge things in the sky every day. Every society has mention of them in their writings,
just as every religious text. Some people thought they were gods, others thought they influenced
luck and so on. Even today some people won't go out when there's a full moon.

Today we know that they sun is a massive fireball which provides the earth with light and heat...
not to mention is a requirement for life on Earth. The moon on the other hand is just another
chunk of dirt and rock that floats in space, it just happens to revolve around our little planet. It
does effect some things here on Earth, like the tide. The only reason we see it every night is
because it reflects light from the sun.

The Bible doesn't always reflect the truth about the sun and moon.

In Genesis 1:16 says "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also." According to this, the moon is a light
source just like the sun, only not as bright. If this was the case, we couldn't land on the moon, it
would be too hot. It is also strange that it took God the day to make the sun and the moon, but
the stars are portrayed as an afterthought of sorts. "He made the stars also", this is a definite
sign that the Bible is inspired by man. It is clear that man could not have perceived that the stars
were the same as the sun, but in most cases much larger. Naturally they thought that these
specks were just thrown about. The verse should read "God created the stars and planetary
objects, he also made the earth, sun, and moon". But man, in those days, would have never seen
it that way.

Isaiah 13:10 also says that the moon is a source of light. "moon shall not cause her light to
shine." Again this is another example of the Bible seeming to be inspired by man and limited to
his own perception.

Animals in the Bible

The Bible is also pretty good at inaccurately depicting animals. Pretty odd since it is the
supposed word of the being who created them.

According to Leviticus 11:5-6 Rabbits (Coney) chew their cud and because of this they are
unclean. Last time I checked, rabbits don't chew cud.

According to the Bible, our brother mammal, the bat, is a bird. This one has been debated
through e-mail quite a bit, but if one looks in Leviticus 11:13 a list of Fowls is started, and the
Bat is included in this list in Leviticus 11:19.

The locust, grasshopper, and beetle all have four feet according to Leviticus 11:22, then in the
next verse, it mentions a group of flying animals with four feet. I can't think of any.