Biblical scientific foreknowledge

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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

Jeremiah 33:22 says 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

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

Matthew Fontaine Maury memorial citing Psalms 8:8 as his inspiration.

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

  1. ↑ https://steemit.com/culrture/@syaukani/earth-above-the-back-of-the-giant-turtles-the-story-of-awatara-kurma
  2. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2017%3A11&version=KJV
  3. ↑ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/health-and-medicine/discovery-blood-circulation
  4. ↑ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Works_of_William_Harvey_(part_1_of_2).djvu/476
  5. ↑ https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/blood.html
  6. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A22&version=ESV
  7. ↑ https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5186.htm
  8. ↑ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp29hu.html
  9. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%20Jeremiah%2033%3A22&version=CSB
  10. ↑ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/How_many_stars_are_there_in_the_Universe
  11. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2017:12&version=GNT
  12. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1477513109000114
  13. ↑ https://seattlebris.com/blog/circumcision-countdown-the-physiology-behind-why-eight-days-matters
  14. ↑ https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/lemaitre-proposes-big-bang-theory
  15. ↑ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208%3A8&version=ESV
  16. ↑ https://oceanmotion.org/html/background/timeline1800.htm
  17. ↑ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9027159/
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