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| | [[File:Scientific foreknowledge in the bible.jpg|thumb|alt=scientific foreknowledge in the bible|150px|''101 Scientific Facts and Foreknowledge'' is a [[creationist]] booklet that was given a favorable review by [[Creation science|creation scientist]] Dr. [[Duane Gish]].<ref>http://store.nwcreation.net/101scfafo.html</ref> ]] | | [[File:Scientific foreknowledge in the bible.jpg|thumb|alt=scientific foreknowledge in the bible|150px|''101 Scientific Facts and Foreknowledge'' is a [[creationist]] booklet that was given a favorable review by [[Creation science|creation scientist]] Dr. [[Duane Gish]].<ref>http://store.nwcreation.net/101scfafo.html</ref> ]] |
| − | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is the remarkable content of the [[Bible]], which shows a comprehension of scientific knowledge beyond anything which existed among secular sources at the time when the Bible was composed. | + | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is the remarkable content of the [[Bible]], which shows a comprehension of scientific knowledge beyond anything which existed among [[atheist]]ic sources at the time when the Bible was composed. |
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| − | Biblical scientific foreknowledge is an underpinning of creation science, and is widely credited by Christian scientists and apologists, including the organizations [[Creation Ministries International]], [[Answers in Genesis]], and [[CreationWiki]].<ref>http://creationwiki.org/index.php/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge.</ref><ref>[http://creationwiki.org/index.php/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible Scientific Foreknowledge]</ref><ref>http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1718/</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i1/medicine.asp</ref>
| + | [[Atheist]]ic organizations and scientists, particularly [[evolution]]ists, engage in [[liberal denial]] about how the Bible was correct long before science could discover the same truths. |
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| − | Secular organizations and scientists, particularly evolutionists, are fond of denying the Bible's foreknowledge and pointing to alleged scientific absurdities in the Bible, but continued study of the ancient source documents routinely, and remarkably, show that these alleged absurdities and contradictions in fact result from poor translation and cultural ignorance.
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| | == Specific examples of foreknowledge == | | == Specific examples of foreknowledge == |
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| | == Alleged absurdities and contradictions == | | == Alleged absurdities and contradictions == |
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| | + | Biblical scientific foreknowledge is an underpinning of creation science, and is widely credited by Christian scientists and apologists, including the organizations [[Creation Ministries International]], [[Answers in Genesis]], and [[CreationWiki]].<ref>http://creationwiki.org/index.php/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge.</ref><ref>[http://creationwiki.org/index.php/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible Scientific Foreknowledge]</ref><ref>http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1718/</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i1/medicine.asp</ref> |
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| | + | Atheists unsuccessfully attempt to discredit the Bible based on science. Here are some examples: |
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| | === Bat as a bird === | | === Bat as a bird === |
| | A favorite evolutionist canard is that Leviticus 11:13-19 labels the [[bat]], a [[mammal]], as a [[bird]]. But this is an obvious failure of translation, as the Hebrew term '' 'owph'' did not entail the "clade" of birds, but was a non-biological category referring to any winged creature, mammalian, avian, or insect. The KJV translation as "fowl" is simply incorrect. | | A favorite evolutionist canard is that Leviticus 11:13-19 labels the [[bat]], a [[mammal]], as a [[bird]]. But this is an obvious failure of translation, as the Hebrew term '' 'owph'' did not entail the "clade" of birds, but was a non-biological category referring to any winged creature, mammalian, avian, or insect. The KJV translation as "fowl" is simply incorrect. |