CHECKABLE BIBLICAL ACCURACY
| FACT AS STATED IN BIBLE | BIBLICAL REFERENCE | COMMON BELIEF OF DAY IN WHICH AUTHOR LIVED |
|---|---|---|
| Blood is essential to life. | Disease and spirits reside in blood. To cure disease, bleed patient. | |
| Both male and female possess "seed of life." | Male has baby in him — woman = incubator. | |
| Eating blood of animals forbidden. | Raw blood used as beverage. | |
| Do not eat animal that died naturally. | No restrictions on manner of death. | |
| Quarantine of certain diseases. | No isolation of diseased. | |
| Do not eat pork, scavengers (in Moses' day). | No food restrictions. | |
| Principles of avoiding bacterial contamination — one person to another. | No rules of hygiene or isolation. | |
| Human waste products to be buried. | Human waste left on ground. | |
| Human body can be opened for surgery. | First operations done secretly because populace threatened doctors. | |
| Burning clothes, washing self after contact with deceased man or animal. | No recognition of contagion problems. | |
| Earth is round, day and night taking place simultaneously. | Earth is flat. | |
| Earth is not physically supported. | None mentioned and Job 26:7 |
Earth held up by four elephants or Atlas (a man), etc. |
| The North is empty (our North Pole points out of our galaxy). | Seeing a few stars to the North refuted this idea until 1932. | |
| Space and stars are too large to be measured or counted. | Attempts to number the astronomical bodies went on until 1932. | |
| The creation sequence — plants, water creatures, birds, mammals, man, in that order. | Most had man first. All varied from correct concept. | |
| The age of everything in the creation is the same. | Different times for different objects. | |
| The continents have "floated" away from a singular original land mass. | Each continent was autonomous (until 1970). | |
| Herbert Spencer's scientific principles. | No scientific system of statements. | |
| Lightning is produced naturally. | Gods throw lightning bolts. | |
| All men are blood relatives. | Men have different origins. | |
| The water cycle. | Gods pour new water on land continuously. | |
| Use of genetics in livestock. | No recognition of inherited physical properties. | |
| Snow and ice seen as valuable. | Snow and ice seen as a scourge and waste. | |
| Seaworthy ratio for ship construction — 30 x 5 x 3. | Ships ratio not considered; only the beauty. | |
| Concepts of id and ego. | God induced behavior explanations. | |
| Animals can be changed (mutated). | No change possible. | |
| Directional correctness. | Directional error. | |
| Distance accuracy. | Errors in distances. | |
| Hittite nation's existence. | Denied until 1906. |
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