Genesis 1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
We no longer believe the moon is a light. We now know it reflects sunlight during the night.
Leviticus 11:5-6
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud , but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud , but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
We now know hares don't chew cud.
1 Kings 7:23
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
This is the popular verse that implies the Biblical value of Pi is 3. At one point in US history, ultra-religious state legislatures (Tennessee I think) actually attempted tp legislate the value of Pi to be the Biblical 3. Of course, today we know its accuracy. Also, at the time this was written, the Egyptians had a much more accurate value.
1 Chronicles 16:30
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
Psalms: 19:4-6
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
These are the key versus the early Catholic church used to enforce the idea that the earth was stationary and the center of all things. We now know this isn't correct.
Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Among the many verses used to define the earth as rectangular and flat by early Christians. We now know this isn't correct. While the translation for the creation of the KJV edition of these passages are dubious, early Christians believed the earth was flat.
Isaiah 34:7
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
We now know unicorns are mythical beasts of the early Britons. Again, the translation of these verses referring to "Unicorns" are questionable, nonetheless, early Christians believed in unicorns (because of their mention in the Bible), but not today.
Revelation8:10
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
We now know stars are distant suns, and not simple lights that can fall from the sky.
These are a small sampling, and not necessarily representative of all the possible passages that conflict with modern knowledge. As we mere humans learned more about our natural world and science, we modified our thinking relative to these verses.
Since it happened before, why not again? Biologic evolution helps to define our diversity as a species, and the diversity of life on this planet. Irregardless of how it started (intelligent or not), the quantifiable evidence is equal (or greater) to that which caused the church to alter its opinion on the earth being positioned at the center of the universe. Why then, is there such resistance to change?
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
We no longer believe the moon is a light. We now know it reflects sunlight during the night.
Leviticus 11:5-6
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud , but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud , but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
We now know hares don't chew cud.
1 Kings 7:23
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
This is the popular verse that implies the Biblical value of Pi is 3. At one point in US history, ultra-religious state legislatures (Tennessee I think) actually attempted tp legislate the value of Pi to be the Biblical 3. Of course, today we know its accuracy. Also, at the time this was written, the Egyptians had a much more accurate value.
1 Chronicles 16:30
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
Psalms: 19:4-6
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
These are the key versus the early Catholic church used to enforce the idea that the earth was stationary and the center of all things. We now know this isn't correct.
Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Among the many verses used to define the earth as rectangular and flat by early Christians. We now know this isn't correct. While the translation for the creation of the KJV edition of these passages are dubious, early Christians believed the earth was flat.
Isaiah 34:7
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
We now know unicorns are mythical beasts of the early Britons. Again, the translation of these verses referring to "Unicorns" are questionable, nonetheless, early Christians believed in unicorns (because of their mention in the Bible), but not today.
Revelation8:10
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
We now know stars are distant suns, and not simple lights that can fall from the sky.
These are a small sampling, and not necessarily representative of all the possible passages that conflict with modern knowledge. As we mere humans learned more about our natural world and science, we modified our thinking relative to these verses.
Since it happened before, why not again? Biologic evolution helps to define our diversity as a species, and the diversity of life on this planet. Irregardless of how it started (intelligent or not), the quantifiable evidence is equal (or greater) to that which caused the church to alter its opinion on the earth being positioned at the center of the universe. Why then, is there such resistance to change?
