Notes on Evidence

General

  • Psalm 19:1
  • Romans 1:20
  • Hebrews 3:4

Anatomy

Blood Necessary for Life

Leviticus 17:11
Discovered in the 19th century

Blood is the Same in All Humans

Acts 17:25-26
All races have similar proportions fo the four basic blood types. Discovered in 1900 by Karl Landsteiner.

Flesh Differs Among Species

1 Corinthians 15:39
Discovered in 1939

Reproductive Cells Possessed by Females

Genesis 3:15
Discovered in 1880

Skin Made of Dust

Genesis 3:19
90% of household dust consists of dead skin. Discovered in the early 20th century.

Astronomy

Earth is Spherical

Isaiah 40:22
Proverbs 8:27
From 1500 to 1700 various inventions confirm the earth's roundness. After 1950 views from space verified the fact.

Earth is Suspended Without Support

Job 26:7
Discovered in 1697 by Sir Isaac Newton

Expanding Universe

Job 9:8
Psalm 104:2

Radio Astronomy

Job 38:7
Discovered in 1920

Single Face of the Moon Visible

Job 26:9

Space is Infinite

Job 11:7-8
Job 22:12

Stars are Innumerable

Genesis 15:5
Jeremiah 33:22
Hebrews 11:12
Measurable Only by God
Psalm 147:4
Isaiah 40:26
Discovered in 1940

Geology

Earth has been Totally Submersed in Water

Genesis 1:2
Genesis 1:6
Genesis 1:9
Genesis 7:19-24
Psalm 104:6-9
Discovered in 1885 by Seuss

Meteorology

Hydrologic Cycle (Rain -> Stream ->Ocean)

Job 28:24-26
Job 36:27-28
Ecclesiastes 1:7
Discovered in 1841

Property of Clouds

Job 26:8
Job 37:16

Nature

Aerodynamics

Job 28:25

Seaworthy Ship Design Ratio 30:5:3

Genesis 6
Discovered in 1860

Spontaneous Generation Disproved

Genesis 1:21
Discovered in 1698 by Redi. Discovered in 1862 by Pasteur.

Three Divisions: Plant, Animal, and Mineral

Genesis 1:1-31
Classified in 1740 by Linnaeus

Nutrition

Animal Blood is Not Suitable for Consumption

Leviticus 17:10-16
Discovered in the 17th century

Blood and Fat are Not Suitable for Consumption

Leviticus 3:17
Discovered in the 1930s

Certain Animals are Not Suitable for Consumption

Leviticus 11:1-19
Leviticus 11:29-30
Discovered in the 16th century

Oceanography

Oceanic Canyons

2 Samuel 22:16
Job 38:16
Between 1840 and 1971 man completed the mapping of the ocean floor, showing many canyons of the deep penetrating to depths of over 42,000 feet.

Oceanic Currents

Psalm 8:8
Discovered 1854

Oceanic Springs

Genesis 7:11
Genesis 8:2
Job 38:16
Discovered between 1930 and 1945.

Waters Swarm with Living Creatures

Genesis 1:20 (see the Hebrew text)
Discovery of "little animals" in a microscope in 1676 by Leeuwenhoek

Sanitation

Exodus 15:26

Circumcision on the eighth day

Genesis 17:10-12
Procedure is safe by the eighth day due to the proper concentration of vitamin K and prothrombin.

Early Diagnosis of Leprosy

Leviticus 13
Discovered in the 17th century.

Transmission of Disease

Leviticus 15:2-4
Numbers 19:17-22
Isolation of body substances and universal precautions discovered in the 1980s.

Disposal of Human Waste

Deuteronomy 23:13
Microbial breakdown of buried waste products understood by the late 19th century.

Handwashing

Leviticus 15:5
Semmelweiss reduced the death rate in Vienna hospitals from 1 in 6 to 1 in 84 in the 1850s.

Quarantine for Disease Control

Leviticus 13
Numbers 19:20
Plague was controled in Europe using biblical principles in 1350.

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