Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand. (Dan Brown)
Thinking about the musings from DAY 88: Science…Fact Or Fiction?…
I would submit to you that there is ample evidence of inconsistency with science. I would further submit to you that there is also ample evidence of consistency with science.
The trick is, knowing where to look….
Historically speaking, the Holy Bible has been known as many things:
The Holy Bible is a collection of religious texts and scriptures…
The Holy Bible is an anthology…
The Holy Bible also contains instructions, stories, poetry, and prophecies respected and considered sacred by followers of Judaism and Christianity as well as many other religions.
I would submit to you that the main reason why the Holy Bible is to be considered the most accepted and most respected book in history is because it is the number one book printed in the history of humanity.
At 5 billion books sold.
And when you factor in that there has been no single, consistent standardized method of tracking Holy Bibles globally over a 1500 year period, that number balloons to perhaps 7 billion Holy Bibles sold over that same period.
I would submit to you that in order to fully grasp the global and historical impact that the Holy Bible has had on humanity, one must consider some of these facts that can be found here:
https://wordsrated.com/bible-sales-statistics/
On average there are 100 million bibles printed each year.
The number of bibles sold on average has more than doubled in the US since 1950 with:
20 million bibles sold each year
1.66 million bibles sold each month
384,615 bibles sold per week
54,945 bibles sold every day
2,289 bibles sold per hour
38 bibles sold per minute
6.4 bibles sold every 10 seconds
In addition to the bibles sold, another 115,055 bibles are given away or distributed…
Everyday.
And remember, those above-mentioned facts are just for the United States, a country with a population of about 331,883,986 according to the US census. The USA accounts for about 4.25% of the total world’s population. The population of the USA is in a distant third behind both China with 1,389,618,778 people and India with 1,311,559,204 people.
So without question, the Holy Bible is filled with:
Religious texts, scriptures, is an anthology, instructions, stories, poetry, and prophecies.
But what about science?
I would submit to you that the Holy Bible, in addition to all of the things mentioned above, does in fact have plenty to say regarding 8 branches of science.
So what are these branches of science that are contained the Holy Bible?
The first branch of science will be covered next time.
Do not feel discouraged if you were unaware of the facts and figures surrounding the Holy Bible. Do not feel discouraged if you do not see a connection or relationship between science and the Holy Bible. Instead, understand that you are one step closer than you were yesterday in finding the scientific consistency that you are yearning for.
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 KJV)
Was today’s blog a little confusing at times? Was the content perhaps a little overwhelming? Did you feel lost not understanding some or most of the subject matter?
Those feelings are totally understandable and it is ok to have one or more of those feelings. Remember that you are reading DAY 89: The Science…Can It Be Settled…Once And For All?
If you haven’t been in class since the first day of school…or when the project began…or when the contract was first signed, etc., these feelings make perfect and logistical sense.
Please feel free to go back to where all of this began: