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Biblical scientific foreknowledge (view source)
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== Specific examples of foreknowledge ==
== Specific examples of foreknowledge ==
===Homosexuality and disease===
===Health:===
====Homosexuality and disease====
The Bible's prohibition against [[homosexuality]] predated knowledge about the [[Homosexuality and Health|many diseases and disorders associated with homosexuality]], and thus showed scientific wisdom prescient for its time.
The Bible's prohibition against [[homosexuality]] predated knowledge about the [[Homosexuality and Health|many diseases and disorders associated with homosexuality]], and thus showed scientific wisdom prescient for its time.
===Spherical Earth===
===Cosmology:===
====Spherical Earth====
The Book of Isaiah establishes that the true shape of the earth is a sphere:
The Book of Isaiah establishes that the true shape of the earth is a sphere:
{{cquote|It is He who sits above the circle of the earth... - Isaiah 40:22 (KJV)}}
{{cquote|It is He who sits above the circle of the earth... - Isaiah 40:22 (KJV)}}
Note that Isaiah was written circa the 8th century BC, centuries before Greek philosophers, beginning with [[Pythagoras]], theorized the earth was round.
Note that Isaiah was written circa the 8th century BC, centuries before Greek philosophers, beginning with [[Pythagoras]], theorized the earth was round.
====Beginning of the Universe====
Contrary to many mythical cosmologies, the Bible asserts that the entire cosmos had a beginning, as told in Genesis. This was considered unscientific for millenia, as scientists believed the universe was in a steady state, until the discovery of the [[red light shift]] proved an expanding, and thus time-limited, universe and vindicated the Bible.
=== Zoology: ===
=== Zoology: ===