Science and the Bible

Science and the Bible

1. The prechaotic earth was the headquarters for Satan during the angelic revolt.
2. The fall of Satan and the resultant angelic conflict led to the desolation of planet earth. The earth became an empty waste-land (tohu wabohu); there was no life (Gen. 1:2; Isa. 45:18; Rev. 12:4). For an unknown time the earth was covered by an ice pack. The ice pack was the result of the darkness freezing the waters because of a complete absence of heat (Gen. 1:2a).
3. Neither science nor the Bible provides precise data for determining the age of the earth. Methods such as carbon and radiometric dating for measuring geologic ages are based on widely divergent and speculative interpretations of data that cannot be verified.
4. The purpose of the Bible is to communicate God’s plan and spiritual phenomena to mankind. Occasionally Scripture alludes to or comments on what we classify as scientific subjects (Job 14:11; Ps. 8:8). The infallibility of Scripture extends to every subject touched on in the Bible, not just spiritual truth.
5. The Bible was not designed to be a scientific textbook. Actual scientific data recorded in the Bible is limited, but accurate.
6. No conflict exists between what the Bible says in the original languages and the correct interpretation of natural phenomena by such sciences as cosmology, biology, geology, astronomy, chemistry, anatomy, and anthropology.
7. God originates and sustains all laws and all phenomena that science seeks to categorize and classify.
8. Whenever scientific speculation contradicts the Bible, such speculation is inaccurate. Whenever a conflict exists between scientific explanations or interpretations and what the Bible says, the Bible is always right! When a conflict arises between a historical interpretation and what the Bible says, the Bible is always right. In other words, where the Bible comments on science, science must agree with the Bible. The Bible is not required to agree with science.