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| | [[File:Newton.png|thumb|alt=scientific foreknowledge in the bible|250px|[[Isaac Newton]], cornerstone of the [[scientific revolution]], based his research on the scientific authority of the Bible and sought enlightenment in scripture.]] | | [[File:Newton.png|thumb|alt=scientific foreknowledge in the bible|250px|[[Isaac Newton]], cornerstone of the [[scientific revolution]], based his research on the scientific authority of the Bible and sought enlightenment in scripture.]] |
| − | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is how the [[Bible]] shows a comprehension of scientific knowledge far ahead of its time. ''Biblical scientific foreknowledge illustrates what is possible.'' | + | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is how the [[Bible]] shows a comprehension of [[science|scientific]] knowledge far ahead of its time. ''Biblical scientific foreknowledge illustrates what is possible.'' |
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| − | [[Atheist]]s, particularly [[evolution]]ists, engage in [[liberal denial]] about how the Bible was correct long before science could discover the same truths. '''''Their [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|closed-mindedness]] against the Bible obstructs the advancement of science'''''. | + | [[Atheist]]s, particularly [[evolution]]ists, engage in [[liberal denial]] about how the Bible was correct long before science could discover the same truths. '''''Their [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|closed-mindedness]] against the Bible and enthusiasm for [[junk science]] obstructs the advancement of accurate science such as is embodied in the discipline and logic of [[creation science]]'''''. |
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| | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' also facilitates improvements in the translation of verses that describe scientific-related events, such as [[Jesus]]'s [[Essay:Calming the Storm|Calming the Storm]]. | | '''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' also facilitates improvements in the translation of verses that describe scientific-related events, such as [[Jesus]]'s [[Essay:Calming the Storm|Calming the Storm]]. |
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| | == Geology == | | == Geology == |
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| − | Modern scientists long opposed the suggestion that cataclysmic flooding, such as the [[Great Flood]] described in the Bible, shaped the landscape. But the discovery in the Northwest of "giant ripple marks, 50 feet high and 200-500 feet apart" proved that a cataclysmic flood did indeed occur. As a result, "[a]mong geologists, the concept of a catastrophic flood came to be accepted by the late 1950s."<ref>[http://www.iafi.org/floods.html</ref> | + | Modern scientists long opposed a young earth [[creation|created]] by God and the suggestion that cataclysmic flooding, such as the [[Great Flood]] as described in the Bible , shaped the landscape. However, ample [[counterexamples to an old earth]] exist and the discovery in the Northwest of "giant ripple marks, 50 feet high and 200-500 feet apart" proved that a cataclysmic flood did indeed occur. As a result, "[a]mong geologists, the concept of a catastrophic flood came to be accepted by the late 1950s."<ref>[http://www.iafi.org/floods.html</ref> |
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| | == History == | | == History == |