Gravity contradicts the Bible

[CabVet]

So, if you ask the average creationist, they will very likely tell you that they attack and criticize the theory of evolution because it contradicts the Bible. But what about the theory of gravity? It also contradicts the Bible, specifically here:

Matthew 14
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”


Why don't creationists oppose gravity as strongly as they oppose evolution?

 

[Belk]

Because they believe God can perform miracles and is not bound by the laws of this universe. I would also guess that since both accounts tie directly back to the bible which is considered to be true they do not see it as a contradiction.

 

[CabVet]

Because they believe God can perform miracles and is not bound by the laws of this universe. I would also guess that since both accounts tie directly back to the bible which is considered to be true they do not see it as a contradiction.

If God truly is beyond the laws of this universe, why do they feel so threatened by evolution?

 

[metherion]

You forget, astrophysics also says gravity is what created stars. Can't forget that.

Metherion

 

[CabVet]

You forget, astrophysics also says gravity is what created stars. Can't forget that.

Metherion

Yes, gravity contradicts the Bible about as much as (if not more than) evolution does...

 

[Belk]

If God truly is beyond the laws of this universe, why do they feel so threatened by evolution?

Well I can't say for certain but at a guess it is because their faith is strong but brittle. They require their understanding of the bible to be 100% true or else how can they take any of it's claims as a certainty? If you believe an omnipotent deity wrote the guide book you would expect that it would not be a metaphorical account but would contain absolute truth conveyed in no uncertain terms.

 

[mindlight]

Why don't creationists oppose gravity as strongly as they oppose evolution?

Because there is no contradiction with the Bible in the case of gravity.

For example the implication of the below verses is that a miraculous intervention by God would be required to rescue Jesus from the effects of gravity.

Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

 

[Proverb2717]

Yawn.

 

[Doveaman]

So, if you ask the average creationist, they will very likely tell you that they attack and criticize the theory of evolution because it contradicts the Bible. But what about the theory of gravity? It also contradicts the Bible, specifically here:

That is not a contradiction of the Bible. That is a defiance of gravity. It demonstrates a force that is stronger than gravity: God-Energy.

God-Energy is also the force behind the expanding universe:

"I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens...My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts." (Isa 44:24, 45:12).

 

[Doveaman]

You forget, astrophysics also says gravity is what created stars. Can't forget that.

That's not gravity. That's just a theory.

 

[Doveaman]

Well I can't say for certain but at a guess it is because their faith is strong but brittle. They require their understanding of the bible to be 100% true or else how can they take any of it's claims as a certainty? If you believe an omnipotent deity wrote the guide book you would expect that it would not be a metaphorical account but would contain absolute truth conveyed in no uncertain terms.

I don't see why this view is considered "brittle". Sounds pretty strong to me.

 

[Doveaman]

Yes, gravity contradicts the Bible about as much as (if not more than) evolution does...

In the Bible we see people walking on earth, but we don't see people evolving from apes.

 

[CabVet]

In the Bible we see people walking on earth, but we don't see people evolving from apes.

"Walking on earth" is as much evidence for gravity as offspring looking like their parents is for evolution and there are dozens of examples of those in the bible.

You want something comparable to people evolving from apes? Try finding in the Bible a passage that explains how planetary orbits are kept in check by gravity.

 

[Jamin4422]

Yes, gravity contradicts the Bible about as much as (if not more than) evolution does...

The problem is not with gravity or evolution. The problem is with man made theories and man's limited understanding of gravity and evolution.

Try finding in the Bible a passage that explains how planetary orbits are kept in check by gravity.

Does the Bible talk about planets? We read about stars that sing and perhaps even dance.

 

[Jamin4422]

In the Bible we see people walking on earth, but we don't see people evolving from apes.

There is a very strong association in the Bible between Creation and the Generations. Before man received the "breath of life" and became a "living soul".

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. gen 2:7

Even we are saved to the degree we are joined together and become one in him:

From him the whole body, joined and held (fitted) together.

 

[SavedByChrist94]

God created the properties of nature, He can do whatever He wants. we are bound by nature, we cannot go above it.

Also, nice try but "macro-evolution" still isn't proven, actually disproved, it is a mathematical, biological, and logical impossibility, and even if it did happen, God exist.

I don't know why "atheist" try duck the fact that even if "macro-evolution" happened, God exist. the thing is, "macro-evolution" didn't even happen.

 

[Mother Natures Son]

I'm not a creationist, but you can easily see the metaphoric nature of the bible. It is to not be taken so literally.

 

[CabVet]

Also, nice try but "macro-evolution" still isn't proven, actually disproved, it is a mathematical, biological, and logical impossibility, and even if it did happen, God exist.

We already refuted these silly statistical fallacies many times here, but in case you haven't seen it, using the same logic I can prove that you being born is a "mathematical impossibility":

Chances of you being born

 

[SavedByChrist94]

We already refuted these silly statistical fallacies many times here, but in case you haven't seen it, using the same logic I can prove that you being born is a "mathematical impossibility":

Chances of you being born

And again, reproduction is possible because it is caused on purpose it has chance. "macro-evolution" is biologically and logically impossible, and there is no chance it could have happened. the only way "macro-evolution" could have happened is by God. but "macro-evolution" didn't even happen.

 

[Doveaman]

There is a very strong association in the Bible between Creation and the Generations. Before man received the "breath of life" and became a "living soul".

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. gen 2:7

There is a very strong association in the Bible between Creation and the Generations. But not before man was created from dust, received the "breath of life" and became a "living soul".

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens

the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. gen 2:7