The Bible then and now

A table with 3 columns: THE BIBLE THEN, SCIENCE, THE BIBLE NOW Row 1: The Earth is a flat circle. - Isaiah 40:21 / The earth is a solid sphere. / They meant to say sphere. Row 2: There is a literal firmament over the Earth. - Genesis 1:6 / There is no firmament over the earth. / Firmament is really a metaphor for "sky". Row 3: Donkeys can talk. - Numbers 22: 21 / Donkeys can't talk. / God is a ventriloquist. Row 4: Truly, you can tell a mountain to move and it will move. - Matthew 17:20 / Mountains don't respond to voice commands. / "Truly" in this case means "figure of speech". Row 5: People can live more than 900 years. - Genesis 5-9 / Seriously? / Yeah. Maybe they got that wrong. Row 6: Plain white cattle who look at striped sticks while mating will give birth to striped calves. - Genesis 30 / Stripes are a genetic mutation. / We don't discuss this verse. Row 7: Women should keep quiet. - 1 Timothy 2 / Women are people. / Women should keep quiet about politics and civil rights at least... and abortion. Row 8: Beating your slaves is OK if they don't die right away. - Exodus 21 / Slavery is immoral and abominable. / You're taking this out of context. Row 9: Disobedient children should be stoned to death. - Deuteronomy 21 / Capital punishment is not a proper parenting technique. / LOOK! A Squirrel!
A table with 3 columns: THE BIBLE THEN, SCIENCE, THE BIBLE NOW Row 1: The Earth is a flat circle. - Isaiah 40:21 / The earth is a solid sphere. / They meant to say sphere. Row 2: There is a literal firmament over the Earth. - Genesis 1:6 / There is no firmament over the earth. / Firmament is really a metaphor for "sky". Row 3: Donkeys can talk. - Numbers 22: 21 / Donkeys can't talk. / God is a ventriloquist. Row 4: Truly, you can tell a mountain to move and it will move. - Matthew 17:20 / Mountains don't respond to voice commands. / "Truly" in this case means "figure of speech". Row 5: People can live more than 900 years. - Genesis 5-9 / Seriously? / Yeah. Maybe they got that wrong. Row 6: Plain white cattle who look at striped sticks while mating will give birth to striped calves. - Genesis 30 / Stripes are a genetic mutation. / We don't discuss this verse. Row 7: Women should keep quiet. - 1 Timothy 2 / Women are people. / Women should keep quiet about politics and civil rights at least... and abortion. Row 8: Beating your slaves is OK if they don't die right away. - Exodus 21 / Slavery is immoral and abominable. / You're taking this out of context. Row 9: Disobedient children should be stoned to death. - Deuteronomy 21 / Capital punishment is not a proper parenting technique. / LOOK! A Squirrel!

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