Job 38:31, the National Academy of Sciences, and people ~ derail moved out by request

[PrexicKehdaki]

I don't believe it is. I think there's enough evidence in the Bible for us to conclude that it is the word of God beyond any reasonable doubt.

There are many of them but my favorite is this:

Gravitational Properties of Constellations


God asked Job “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?” (Job 38:31). In the last century astrophysicists have discovered that the stars of Pleiades move in unison with each other, and are thus gravitationally bound. They have also discovered that the stars of Orion are free agents that are not gravitationally bound! Interestingly, the three stars that comprise Orion's belt appear to be closer together than the outer stars in the constellation, but are actually farther apart! (they appear closer together because of the 2-D plane we see them in).

The authors saw that the stars moved with each other.. what's the big deal?

 

[SnapCount]

The authors saw that the stars moved with each other.. what's the big deal?

31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
Or loose the belt of Orion?

In the last century astrophysicists have discovered that the stars of Pleiades move in unison with each other, and are thus gravitationally bound. They have also discovered that the stars of Orion are free agents that are not gravitationally bound!

The knowledge, only known for the last century, is very counter-intuitive and yet is recorded in Job 38:31

 

[PrexicKehdaki]

31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
Or loose the belt of Orion?

In the last century astrophysicists have discovered that the stars of Pleiades move in unison with each other, and are thus gravitationally bound. They have also discovered that the stars of Orion are free agents that are not gravitationally bound!

The knowledge, only known for the last century, is very counter-intuitive and yet is recorded in Job 38:31

You can infer that they are physically related just by observation, as many people have. They move in the same direction at the same rate. There's nothing special about the Bible mentioning this.

 

[PrexicKehdaki]

for a non-evolutionary creation

I don't want to get in a debate between my peer-reviewed scientific sources against your creationist propaganda ;-) but I think the fact that 99.85% of all American earth and life scientists reject creationism speaks numbers.. (no pun intended). And that was in 1987 (Newsweek article).. from what I read it's even higher now.

Heck, in a survey of National Academy of Science scientists, 72.2% were atheists, 20.8% agnostic, and only 7.0% believed in a personal God. "It should be noted that the NAS is the most prestigious scientific organization in the United States."


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[SnapCount]

You can infer that they are physically related just by observation, as many people have. They move in the same direction at the same rate. There's nothing special about the Bible mentioning this.

you'd have to live thousands of years to see that via. observation via naked eye

 

[stumpjumper]

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