Introduction

Science has long been a friend of the Bible. Hard to believe today isn't it? But in fact, until the advent of "Darwinism" there was not a great animosity between the Bible and the scientific community. In fact, many of the greatest scientists of all time have been Bible-believing Christians who, because of their belief in a God of order, began their study of the world and how it worked. Many people have recently become confused as to the Bible's certainty due to claims that science has "disproved" what it says. A little "tract" was made up a hundred years ago or so called "Ten Scientific facts that prove the Bible is false". How many of those "facts" are held by the scientific community today? Zero. Although people on both sides of the debate between scientific theory and theology should beware, the fact is that the Bible's scientific accuracy is astonishing.

Round Earth

Some critics claim that the Bible teaches a flat earth, but there is no such verse in the Bible. Many millennia before Christopher Columbus proved his theory of a spherical earth, one of the oldest books on earth (the book of Job) had already proclaimed the earth to be round (26:10). As early as the writings of Isaiah (around 800 B.C.) we see the same thing. When Isaiah, speaking of God, said: “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth” (40:22) he used the Hebrew word khug meaning “sphericity” or “roundness.” It is also used in Proverbs 8:27 which says, “He set a compass upon the face of the deep." Today scientists all agree with the Bible in its teaching of a round earth but those throughout history who believed the Bible should not have been surprised.

Life from Life

Remember how we all laughed in science class at the idea of "spontaneous generation"? This idea (brought to an end by Louis Pasteur), that flies grew out of garbage and moths out of old clothing, was debunked by the Bible in its very first book. Every creature reproduces according to its kind. We do not get flies from garbage or moths from clothing (or men from apes):

"And God said, Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind. And it was so."
-Genesis 1:24

Numbering the Stars

The total number of stars visible to the naked eye is perhaps 4,000, counting all that are visible from earth. Yet the Bible had said that “the host of heaven cannot be numbered” (Jeremiah 33:22). Before the invention of the telescope, this must have seemed like a serious scientific mistake in the Bible. In fact, if current estimates are correct, the stars cannot be numbered. If one could count 10 numbers per second, it would take him a thousand-million-billion years to count up them all.

The Sun, Earth, and the Center of the Universe

Psalm 19:6 (“His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof") is claimed by some critics to support the notion that the sun revolves around the earth. First, no one knows where the center of the universe is - for all we know it could even be the earth. Second, we all, even scientists, use phrases like “sunrise” and “sunset” because from our viewpoint the sun does rise in the morning, move across the sky, and set in the evening. Navigators, surveyors, and astronomers commonly base their calculations on the assumption that the earth is the center of a great celestial sphere. Furthermore, it is well known that our own galaxy is moving with respect to other galaxies. The sun’s circuit is from one end of the heavens to the other!

"He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing"
-Job 26:7. 

Water and Wind

Some of the most ancient documents that make up the Bible even described the water cycle - parts of which are not visible.

"The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north;
it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits . . .

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again"
-Eccles. 1:6-7. 

"To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure"
-Job 28:25.

Conclusion

THE issue in science today is, of course, the theory of evolution. Space does not permit even a cursory look at all the arguments and counter-arguments and counter-counter- arguments that exist today over this theory, but it is important to see that the issue is far from being settled. But with a presupposition of naturalism (that only natural causes can be considered scientific) is to remove God without first showing proof of  His non-existence. This is not very scientific at all.