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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 the assertion that the Bible possessed scientific knowledge beyond that which is believed to exist at the time the Bible was written. The [[Bible]]'s statements about the natural world predated various [[science|scientific]] breakthroughs. The Bible is a superb roadmap to future discoveries. [[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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'''Biblical scientific foreknowledge''' is how the [[Bible]] conveys scientific knowledge centuries or millennia prior to their discovery. The Bible is thereby a superb forecaster of future scientific breakthroughs. [[Bible denier]]s, including many [[Atheism|atheist]]s and [[evolution]]ists, have ''''an irrational [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|closed-mindedness]] against the Bible which 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.
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The [[Book of Genesis]] predicts the maximum lifespan of humans (120 years old), and gives [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge#Anesthesia|an example of anesthesia]] long before man discovered it in 1846.  The underlying chaos and [[uncertainty]] in the physical world was explained in the Bible millennia before [[quantum mechanics]] confirmed it in the 1900s.
    
Biblical scientific foreknowledge also guides a more precise translation of verses that describe scientific-related events, such as the reference to the wearing out of the universe in [[Epistle to the Hebrews (Translated)#1:10-11|Hebrews 1:10-11]], and the [[Essay:Water into Wine|changing of water into wine]] at the wedding feast.<ref>See {{bibleref|John|2|1-9}}.</ref>
 
Biblical scientific foreknowledge also guides a more precise translation of verses that describe scientific-related events, such as the reference to the wearing out of the universe in [[Epistle to the Hebrews (Translated)#1:10-11|Hebrews 1:10-11]], and the [[Essay:Water into Wine|changing of water into wine]] at the wedding feast.<ref>See {{bibleref|John|2|1-9}}.</ref>
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