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Does
science prove the Bible wrong?
You say Science and Scripture which go the same way and will not
contradict, but science says that the world is 85 billion of years old? Either science
should be true or the Bible.
2. You say Bible should be
taken literally, but Peter in his epistle says 1 day is 1000 years for the Lord and 1000
years is one day for the Lord.
I Timothy 6:20,21 says, "O Timothy, keep that
which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and
OPPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE FALSELY SO CALLED: Which some professing have erred concerning the
faith. Grace be with thee. Amen."
You will
notice that the Bible says that there will be oppositions of science that are falsely so
called; that is, they are false oppositions. Even many unbelieving scientists are now
saying that evolution is not true. They are not ready to repent of their sin and receive
the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, but they are honest enough to admit that
evolution has been taught as a fact for far too long, when there is absolutely no proof
for it. It is evolution that said it would take millions and billions of years to form
everything, but if evolution is false (and it is), then there is no need for those
millions of years.
Many
things right in our universe prove that it is not millions of years old. At the rate the
sun is decreasing in size, if you go backwards with that, the earth would have been
scorched less than the millions and billions of years ago, killing out the life forms that
would have had to be living and evolving at that point.
Take also
the matter of the dust on the moon. When NASA first sent a lunar lander down to the
surface of the moon, it had very large landing pods on it. Why? Because they knew that
dust from space was settling on the moon, and when they factored out that into millions of
years, they were concerned that the lunar lander might sink right out of sight in all that
dust. Well, if you have seen footprints of the astronauts on the moon, you will see that
the dust is not very deep at all. It is the exact depth that it should be for about 6,000
years worth of dust settling — which is the age of the earth from the Biblical
record. There are many, many proofs for the earth being about 6,000 years old.
As to your question about
II Peter 3:8, please consider the whole chapter. "This second epistle, beloved, I now
write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That
ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the
commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Knowing this first, that there
shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is
the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they
were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that
by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in
the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the
heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto
fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not
ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and
a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men
count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing
then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought
ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the
coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing
that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without
spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation;
even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written
unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which
are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,
as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore,
beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away
with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in
the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now
and for ever. Amen."
The
passage above is clearly teaching that time is not really a factor to God, because He is
eternal. You misquoted the verse by saying "one day IS a thousand years, and a
thousand years IS one day. The Bible says, "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord AS a thousand years, and a thousand years AS
one day. The Bible is making a comparison between a thousand years and one day. It is not
saying that they are one in the same. The point is that God is very patient and
longsuffering, and He wants you to repent of your sins and receive the Lord Jesus Christ
as your Savior.
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