Are There Scientific Errors in the Bible?

[maklelan]

NB: Pointing out yom is a literal 24-hour period is not asserting the broader account does not have a primarily liturgical or literary function.

[chadkent]

I love the way you manage to combine subtle humor with education in your videos. We need more channels like this one.

[johna]

I love you correcting “hear it” vs “see it” 😂 you give me faith in people everyday

[NathanTrail]

Another major issue with the flood, as reported in the Bible, is heat. That much water coming on Earth in that amount of time would cause a major amount of heat transfer. The physics does not backup the story of the flood.

[TheMesomovie]

All day today I'm going to fit "there is only one thing that indicates we should read this metaphorically and that is just the need to read it metaphorically" in every discussion I have. 😂

[vladdrac]

As I non-believer, I have done the same. I have repeated arguments that only satisfied me, without analizing the text and culture of those people. Dan, your content is very helpful when it comes to a true appreciation of the bible.

[stiimuli]

3:02 The moment you respond to a scientific error in the bible with "God did a miracle" you've completely conceded the point.

If you have to invoke mysterious magic to reconcile science with your beliefs you've eschewed reality for imagination.

[libbyanneshelton]

LOL . . ."Respectfully Glass Houses" . I use that line so often particularly when I hear people in my own faith try to dub another faith as strange and I think, "You are clearly not very self-aware about some of the doctrine here or you don't realize how normalized it is for you". I tend to be an apologetic and I thoroughly enjoy be called out by some of your videos. :D

[micmostales]

"Respectfully, glass houses" ---> Made me laugh out loud!!!

[bengreen]

oh man - I'm so glad you made this. I have been frustrated by Christians trying to rationalise what is meant by 'day' for so long.

[iamapromise]

“Respectfully, glass houses, ” mic drop! 😂

[GreaverBlade]

Came for the fantastic scholarship, stayed for Lobo.

[bardmadsen]

I like how the ancients imagined gates in the heavens. My favorite are the double gates with tether for each god to open for the Sky Bull.

[chrisjones]

Y our ending, “Glass houses, ” is masterful. Thank you.

[bardbarian]

“And it is not going well” made me lol

[dvonzosch]

When you search/type: " Ancient Hebrew cosmology ", you can understand the thinking of the pre science bible authors when reading Genesis 1
--- They accepted Geocentrism as well, at Joshua 10:12-13

No, the bible definitely isn't a " scientific textbook "

[Yoandrys]

If you squint your eyes really hard after a while any religious text said whatever you what and whatever fits you the most. 😂😂😂

[homophilosofikus]

Respectfully Dan. Sometimes your videos keep me up way past bedtime

[AMoniqueOcampo]

It seems like there are fundies who take the Bible literally and fundies who want certain parts of the Bible to be "metaphor, " but they all just want to be right. The Bible is way more complicated!

[scottkunghadrengsen]

Fascinating, I had never really considered how metaphorical readings arise from a need preserve the narrative in the face of new information. It gives me a whole new purchase in my understanding of myth, culture and creativity.