Many critics of the Bible
say that it makes incorrect statements about science. This is simply not
true. For example, ancient astronomers guessed there were about 6000 stars.
The Bible says there are so many they can’t be numbered. The Bible is right
and the ancient astronomers are wrong. Professor Steve Gilreath has
prepared a table of some of these statements and their subsequent discovery
by science. The Bible is thousands of years ahead of mans discoveries and
it is never wrong.
| Astronomy | Bible | Science | Gap in years |
| Earth suspended in space Job 26:7 | 2000BC | 400BC | 1600 |
| Stars produce sound Job 38:7 | 2000BC | 1900AD | 3900 |
| Stars can’t be numbered Gen 15:5, 22,17 Jer 31:37, 33:32 | 1300BC | 1700AD | 3000 |
| Stars very far from Earth Job 22:12 | 2000BC | 1800AD | 3800 |
| Stars differ in magnitude I Cor 15:41 | 50AD | 1600AD | 1550 |
| Universe Ex Nihilo Genesis 1:1, Psalm 33:6, 9 | 1400BC | 1900AD | 3300 |
God’s word is truly reliable and amazing. We have several books that talk
about the Universe and the Bible.
Recommended Reading:
Stars
and their Purpose
Astronomy
and the Bible
The
Stars Speak: Astronomy in the Bible
Astronomy
and Creation