Science and the Bible/God

Galileo
Science vs Church

Bible Arguements used against Heliocentricity

Joshua 10:12-13 12: At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." 13: And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. Joshua 10:12-13
Joshua 10:12-13 [ESV] 12: At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." 13: And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.
Psalms 104:5 5: He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. Psalm 104
Psalms 104 1: Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, 2: covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. 3: He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; 4: he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire. 5: He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. 6: You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7: At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. 8: The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. 9: You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. 10: You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills; 11: they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12: Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. 13: From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. 14: You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth 15: and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart. 16: The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17: In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. 18: The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. 19: He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 20: You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about. 21: The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 22: When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens. 23: Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening. 24: O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25: Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. 26: There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it. 27: These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. 28: When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. 29: When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30: When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground. 31: May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works, 32: who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke! 33: I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 34: May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. 35: Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
2 Peter 1:20 20: knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 2 Peter 1
2 Peter 1 1: Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3: His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4: by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5: For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6: and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7: and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8: For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9: For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. 10: Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. 11: For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 12: Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. 13: I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14: since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15: And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things. 16: For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17: For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," 18: we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 19: And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20: knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21: For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Context

Science vs Religion - What was at stake for the Church

TimeLine

Lesson Galileo emphasized:

The Bible often describes things as they appear, not as they physically are.
This began the mechanistic view of universe, where the laws discovered can remove God?

Quoting God speaking to Julian of Norwich:
See! I am God: see! I am in all thing: see! I do all thing: see! I lift never mine hands off my works, nor ever shall, without end: see! I lead all thing to the end I ordained it to from without beginning, by the same Might, Wisdom and Love whereby I made it. How should any thing be amiss?

Psalm 104


Darwin

Darwin’s Origin of Species argues that all living things evolve over long periods through natural selection, where individuals with helpful traits survive and reproduce more successfully, causing those traits to spread through a population. Leads to a single point of common descent like a tree

Modern Evolutionary Theory (Outline)

Core Mechanisms of Evolution
  1. Natural Selection
  2. Mutation
  3. Genetic Drift
  4. Gene duplication
tree of life explorer on evogeneao.com

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Arguements against

Quoting John Lennox and William Craig



Aliens

TimeLine

Main UFO sitings have been Area 51 in the nevada desert
Johnny Harris – Area 51
  1. Area 51 began as a Cold War spy plane testing site
    Testing the U2 spy plane and later early stealth aircraft
  2. Declassified documents confirm the base’s role in reconnaissance innovation
  3. Why Area 51 became linked to UFOs
    • Strange sightings were frequently test flights of classified aircraft
    • The government’s secrecy created a vacuum filled by alien speculation
    • The remote Nevada desert amplified the mystique
  4. Area 51 still tests:
    • Classified aircraft
    • Sensor systems
    • Defense technology

God is Creator

God - the trinity as defined: Father, Son, and Holy spirit

If God created other life in the universe

John 1:11 11: He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. John 1:1-5; John 1:11-14
John 1:1-5 [ESV] 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2: He was in the beginning with God. 3: All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4: In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5: The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:11-14 [ESV] 11: He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12: But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. 13: who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
 He God came to his own
implication there are no other being that need redemption

Another intuition: the earth will be near the center of universe



God is author of two Books

Hugh of St. Victor (ca 1130)is the earliest medieval theologian to articulate the idea that God reveals Himself through Scripture and Nature.


Bible statements that are scientifically true

Bible encourages reasoning and observation

1 Thessalonians 5:21 21: but test everything; hold fast what is good. Isaiah 1:18 18: "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Psalms 111:2 2: Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. 1 Thessalonians 5; Isaiah 1; Psalm 111
1 Thessalonians 5 1: Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2: For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3: While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4: But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5: For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6: So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7: For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8: But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9: For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10: who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. 11: Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 12: We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13: and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14: And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 15: See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 16: Rejoice always, 17: pray without ceasing, 18: give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19: Do not quench the Spirit. 20: Do not despise prophecies, 21: but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22: Abstain from every form of evil. 23: Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24: He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 25: Brothers, pray for us. 26: Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 27: I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. 28: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Isaiah 1 1: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2: Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: "Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. 3: The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand." 4: Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. 5: Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6: From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil. 7: Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners. 8: And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. 9: If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. 10: Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 11: "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. 12: "When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts? 13: Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. 14: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. 15: When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. 16: Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 17: learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. 18: "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. 19: If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; 20: but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." 21: How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. 22: Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water. 23: Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them. 24: Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes. 25: I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. 26: And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city." 27: Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness. 28: But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed. 29: For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen. 30: For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water. 31: And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them. Psalms 111 1: Praise the LORD!I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 2: Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. 3: Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. 4: He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful. 5: He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. 6: He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations. 7: The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy; 8: they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. 9: He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name! 10: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

The Cosmos

Jeremiah 33:22 22: As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me." Jeremiah 33
Jeremiah 33 1: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard: 2: "Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it- the LORD is his name: 3: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. 4: For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword: 5: They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil. 6: Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. 7: I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first. 8: I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9: And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it. 10: "Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, 'It is a waste without man or beast,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11: the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD: "' Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!' For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the LORD. 12: "Thus says the LORD of hosts: In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks. 13: In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD. 14: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15: In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16: In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.' 17: "For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18: and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever." 19: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 20: "Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21: then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22: As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me." 23: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 24: "Have you not observed that these people are saying, 'The LORD has rejected the two clans that he chose'? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. 25: Thus says the LORD: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26: then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them."

Expansion of Universe

Isaiah 42:5 5: Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: Psalms 104:2 2: covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. Jeremiah 33
Jeremiah 33 1: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard: 2: "Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it- the LORD is his name: 3: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. 4: For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword: 5: They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil. 6: Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. 7: I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first. 8: I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9: And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it. 10: "Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, 'It is a waste without man or beast,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11: the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD: "' Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!' For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the LORD. 12: "Thus says the LORD of hosts: In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks. 13: In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD. 14: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15: In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16: In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.' 17: "For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18: and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever." 19: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 20: "Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21: then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22: As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me." 23: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 24: "Have you not observed that these people are saying, 'The LORD has rejected the two clans that he chose'? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. 25: Thus says the LORD: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26: then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them."

The Earth

Isaiah 40:22 22: It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; Isaiah 40
Isaiah 40 1: Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2: Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins. 3: A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4: Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. 5: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." 6: A voice says, "Cry!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. 7: The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. 8: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. 9: Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" 10: Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11: He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. 12: Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? 13: Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD, or what man shows him his counsel? 14: Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding? 15: Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust. 16: Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. 17: All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. 18: To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him? 19: An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains. 20: He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move. 21: Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22: It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; 23: who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. 24: Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble. 25: To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One. 26: Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing. 27: Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God"? 28: Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29: He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30: Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31: but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Job 26:7 7: He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. Job 26
Job 26 1: Then Job answered and said: 2: "How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! 3: How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! 4: With whose help have you uttered words, and whose breath has come out from you? 5: The dead tremble under the waters and their inhabitants. 6: Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. 7: He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. 8: He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. 9: He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud. 10: He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. 11: The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. 12: By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. 13: By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. 14: Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"

Nature

The Water Cycle

Ecclesiastes 1:7 7: All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. Job 36:27 27: For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, Ecclesiastes 1; Job 36:
Ecclesiastes 1 1: The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2: Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3: What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? 4: A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 5: The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. 6: The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7: All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. 8: All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9: What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 10: Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has been already in the ages before us. 11: There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after. 12: I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13: And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14: I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. 15: What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16: I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." 17: And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. 18: For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. Job 36 1: And Elihu continued, and said: 2: "Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. 3: I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4: For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 5: "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. 6: He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. 7: He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. 8: And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, 9: then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. 10: He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity. 11: If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. 12: But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. 13: "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. 14: They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes. 15: He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. 16: He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. 17: "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. 18: Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. 19: Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? 20: Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place. 21: Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. 22: Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? 23: Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'? 24: "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. 25: All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar. 26: Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. 27: For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, 28: which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly. 29: Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? 30: Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea. 31: For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. 32: He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. 33: Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.

Global Wind Circulation

Ecclesiastes 1:6 6: The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. Ecclesiastes 1; Job 36:
Ecclesiastes 1 1: The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2: Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3: What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? 4: A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 5: The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. 6: The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7: All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. 8: All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9: What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 10: Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has been already in the ages before us. 11: There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after. 12: I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13: And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14: I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. 15: What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16: I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." 17: And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. 18: For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. Job 36 1: And Elihu continued, and said: 2: "Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. 3: I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4: For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 5: "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. 6: He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. 7: He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. 8: And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, 9: then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. 10: He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity. 11: If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. 12: But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. 13: "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. 14: They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes. 15: He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. 16: He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. 17: "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. 18: Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. 19: Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? 20: Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place. 21: Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. 22: Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? 23: Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'? 24: "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. 25: All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar. 26: Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. 27: For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, 28: which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly. 29: Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? 30: Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea. 31: For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. 32: He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. 33: Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.

Life - According to their kind

Genesis 1:21-25 21: So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22: And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." 23: And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. 24: And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds- livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. 25: And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 6:20 20: Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. Genesis 7:14 14: they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. Genesis 1; Genesis 6; Genesis 7
Genesis 1 1: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2: The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3: And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4: And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5: God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. 6: And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." 7: And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8: And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. 9: And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. 10: God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11: And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. 12: The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13: And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. 14: And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 15: and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. 16: And God made the two great lights- the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night- and the stars. 17: And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18: to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19: And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. 20: And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens." 21: So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22: And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." 23: And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. 24: And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds- livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. 25: And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26: Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28: And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 29: And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30: And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. 31: And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Genesis 6 1: When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2: the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3: Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years." 4: The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. 5: The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6: And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7: So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them." 8: But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 9: These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. 10: And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11: Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12: And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 13: And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14: Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15: This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. 16: Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17: For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. 18: But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. 19: And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20: Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21: Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them." 22: Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. Genesis 7 1: Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. 2: Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, 3: and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4: For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground." 5: And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him. 6: Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth. 7: And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8: Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, 9: two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. 10: And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth. 11: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12: And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13: On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark, 14: they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. 15: They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16: And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in. 17: The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18: The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19: And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20: The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. 21: And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. 22: Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 23: He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. 24: And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.

Phenomenological Language
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Phenomenological language
Ecclesiastes 1:5 5: The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. Ecclesiastes 1
Ecclesiastes 1 1: The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2: Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3: What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? 4: A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 5: The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. 6: The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7: All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. 8: All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9: What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 10: Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has been already in the ages before us. 11: There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after. 12: I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13: And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14: I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. 15: What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16: I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." 17: And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. 18: For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Isaiah 11:12 12: He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Isaiah 11
Isaiah 11 1: There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2: And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. 3: And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, 4: but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. 5: Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. 6: The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7: The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8: The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. 9: They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. 10: In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples- of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. 11: In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. 12: He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13: The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. 14: But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west, and together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put out their hand against Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them. 15: And the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath, and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals. 16: And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant that remains of his people, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
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