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| | [[File:Newton.png|thumb|200px|alt=Isaac Newton, cornerstone of the scientific revolution, based his research on the scientific authority of the [[Bible]].|thumb|[[Portrait]] of [[Isaac Newton]], cornerstone of the [[scientific revolution]], based his research on the scientific authority of the Bible.]] | | [[File:Newton.png|thumb|200px|alt=Isaac Newton, cornerstone of the scientific revolution, based his research on the scientific authority of the [[Bible]].|thumb|[[Portrait]] of [[Isaac Newton]], cornerstone of the [[scientific revolution]], based his research on the scientific authority of the Bible.]] |
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| − | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is how the [[Bible]] shows a comprehension of [[science]] far ahead of its time. The Bible is a superb roadmap to future scientific discoveries. Unfortunately [[Bible denier]]s, including many [[Atheism|atheist]]s and [[evolution]]ists, refuse to read the Bible, and '''their irrational [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|closed-mindedness]] against the Bible obstructs the advancement of science'''. It is worth remembering, however, that God is the supreme Creator, and his actions have continued on since the Bible appeared. Many scientists indeed are instruments in His Divine Plan. | + | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is how the [[Bible]] shows a comprehension of [[science]] far ahead of its time. The Bible is a superb roadmap to future scientific discoveries. Unfortunately [[Bible denier]]s, including many [[Atheism|atheist]]s and [[evolution]]ists, refuse to read the Bible, and '''''their irrational [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|closed-mindedness]] against the Bible obstructs the advancement of science'''''. |
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| | The [[Book of Genesis]] gives [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge#Anesthesia|an example of anesthesia]] long before man discovered it in 1846. And the underlying chaos and [[uncertainty]] in the physical world was explained in the Bible long before [[quantum mechanics]] confirmed it in the 1900s. | | The [[Book of Genesis]] gives [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge#Anesthesia|an example of anesthesia]] long before man discovered it in 1846. And the underlying chaos and [[uncertainty]] in the physical world was explained in the Bible long before [[quantum mechanics]] confirmed it in the 1900s. |
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| | ===Anesthesia=== | | ===Anesthesia=== |
| − | The first surgical operation described in the Bible was the removal of a rib from [[Adam]], which was performed by first putting Adam into an unconscious, "deep sleep-like trance."<ref>[[Genesis 1-8 (Translated)|Genesis 2:21]] but see Genesis 1:27</ref> This was the equivalent of anesthesia — thousands of years before anesthesia using inhaled ether was developed by William Morton in 1846. Had scientists and physicians been more [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openminded]] about Genesis 2:21 (perhaps they had considered it a miracle, and thus impossible for humans to achieve), they may have discovered anesthesia far sooner, and saved many more lives. | + | The first surgical operation described in the Bible was the removal of a rib from [[Adam]], which was performed by first putting Adam into an unconscious, "deep sleep-like trance."<ref>[[Genesis 1-8 (Translated)|Genesis 2:21]]</ref> This was the equivalent of anesthesia — thousands of years before anesthesia using inhaled ether was developed by William Morton in 1846. Had scientists and physicians been more [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openminded]] about Genesis 2:21 (perhaps they had considered it a miracle, and thus impossible for humans to achieve), they may have discovered anesthesia far sooner, and saved many more lives. |
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| | ===Bloodletting hastens death=== | | ===Bloodletting hastens death=== |
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| | ===Number of stars=== | | ===Number of stars=== |
| − | The Bible repeatedly refers to the number of stars as being innumerable,<ref>''See'' Genesis 15:5 (wrong reference), Jeremiah 33:22 and Hebrews 11:12.</ref> despite scientists insisting throughout most of history that there were only about 6000 stars.{{who}} In the early 17th century [[Galileo]] turned a telescope to the heavens and discovered a great number of stars that had been previously invisible to the naked eye.<ref>http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/student_work/astronomy95/orionpleiades.html</ref> | + | The Bible repeatedly refers to the number of stars as being innumerable,<ref>''See'' Genesis 15:5, Jeremiah 33:22 and Hebrews 11:12.</ref> despite scientists insisting throughout most of history that there were only about 6000 stars. In the early 17th century [[Galileo]] turned a telescope to the heavens and discovered a great number of stars that had been previously invisible to the naked eye.<ref>http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/student_work/astronomy95/orionpleiades.html</ref> |
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| | Not until the 20th century did scientists discover the tremendous number of stars:<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/22/stars.survey/index.html</ref> | | Not until the 20th century did scientists discover the tremendous number of stars:<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/07/22/stars.survey/index.html</ref> |
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| | ==Sports== | | ==Sports== |
| − | Timothy 4:8 suggests this nearly 2000 years ago that "while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way,"<ref>Good News Translation</ref> However, the Greeks had emphasized this even earlier. | + | |
| | + | The value of physical exercise was not discovered by secularists until late in the 20th century, but 1 Timothy 4:8 explained this nearly 2000 years earlier: "Physical exercise has some value ...."<ref>Good News Translation</ref> |
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| | ==Zoology== | | ==Zoology== |