Matthew 24:36-41 Jesus the CHRIST speaking to HIS disciples:
36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of NOAH, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the FLOOD, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day NOAH entered the ARK; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the FLOOD came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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2 Peter 3:3-4 (Pronounces that YOU are among the scoffers who were to come in the last days.)
1 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was DELUGED and DESTROYED. 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
You don't uphold science, but thories. The scientists that are in "agreement" reject everyone else who disagrees with their assessment.
No, you don't understand science.
A scientific theory represents the highest truth-value possible outside of mathematics. Assessments are based on testable facts and direct observations, not hearsay or popular opinion. Science follows the facts, and accepts the objective evidence -- whether scientists like it or not. Science welcomes -- and tests -- disagreements. If science is unable to falsify them, they're accepted
You keep thinking of science as some sort of alternative religion or system of faith. It is not. Science is nothing like religion. A theory is more than an opinion, assessment, or hypothesis.
Nothing the Bible reveals from GOD is blasphemy In Mark 3:29 Jesus says, “Whoever
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.” Matthew's account adds that even blasphemy against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but not blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31–32)
The first line of
Isaiah 40:22 reads, “It is HE [GOD] who sits above the circle of the earth.” Some have argued from this that Scripture teaches the earth to be a flat disc, rather than a globe.
However, even if the original Hebrew is correctly understood to refer to a circle, this doesn’t necessarily indicate something flat;
a sphere viewed in space appears as a circle from whatever direction it is viewed. Moreover, there is good reason to regard that the word translated ‘circle’ might be better translated ‘sphere’ I believe the earth is spherical.
You're cherry-picking quotations to bolster your position. You're using the Bible as an unquestionable authority. You're casting about for biblical passages supporting your current positions. This is epistemically invalid.
Look at and analyze the actual evidence. If the evidence stands, accept it, and the derived conclusions.
I could pick passages supporting alternative positions; I could quote from Hindu, Muslim or Taoist scripture.
Scripture -- with equal validity. Without supporting evidence quotations are useless.
Religious scripture is unreliable. It's based on uneducated
opinion, and the social norms of a particular society at a particular place and time. Science, on the other hand,
is reliable -- because it's based on universal, observable, testable, objective
facts.
Scripture supports countless different religions, with countless incompatible claims. Science/Reason produces evidenced, testable consensus. Which is more likely to be accurate?
