Militant atheists have long tried to prove that there is no God. And of course, they referred to science. Only the atheists did not want to see the obvious: many scholars were believers and studied the Bible.
Can the Bible and Science Be Compatible? Let's look at the answer to this question in an article.
What did atheists do?
Atheists are interesting people: they struggle with someone whom, in their opinion, does not exist. So why bother with fiction? Yes, and give evidence of the absence of God. If it is not there, then, for which active propaganda was conducted among the population, churches collapsed, priests were killed.
Atheists took the basic concept for building communism from the New Testament. It sounds strange and wild, but nonetheless. All the best is taken from the Gospel, slightly redone and presented as a new worldview.
Atheists waged an active and fierce struggle against the Savior. It is enough to recall one of the Soviet leaders who promised to show on television the "last Russian priest." The attitude towards believers was simply terrible, they were faced with a choice: a cross or bread. For faith, they could be kicked out of the institute, deprived of work, stigmatized. In a wonderful book, Easter Red, by Nina Pavlova, such moments are described. One Orthodox youth was kicked out of the Moscow Aviation Institute for faith. And hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakova) was not allowed to participate in prestigious competitions when he was still living in the world. Given the fact that father Vasily, and then Igor Roslyakov, was the European champion in water polo.
In general, atheists tried to impose their ideology, to convince the people that the Bible and science are completely incompatible, they are not on their way.
But what really?
In 2013, Swedish and French scientists received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the Higgs boson. It is also called the "particle of God." The fact is that this same boson confirms the history of the Bible with the help of science. More precisely, the history of the creation of the world. Let's pay attention to each day in more detail.
First was the word
The Bible begins with this phrase. That is, at first there was nothing but chaos. And what is chaos, many remember from the lessons of physics. This is when all the particles are in the same position. That is, matter itself exists, but it has no forms.
And over this, according to the Bible, the Spirit of God commanded everything. As far as we know, God appears to be threefold in Christian doctrine: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God has everything; it is not some abstract matter. This is a person, self-sufficient, independent and having all the best.
Why did God need to create the world if he has everything? By his love, the Lord wanted to do this.
Earth, according to the logic of atheists, arose from nowhere. At first she was not from the word "general." And then she appeared once, as if by magic. And indeed, they claim that the Lord could not create the earth in one day, this is unrealistic.
And here, ordinary people are lost, because a day is very small. Only 24 hours, hardly enough to create an entire planet. Let it be absolutely dark and empty, but still.
The word "day" did not mean the usual 24 hours. No wonder they say that God has one day as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. In order to create the earth, the Lord first had to work on the universe. Arrange the planets so that their gravitational field does not affect the earth.
The appearance of the earth itself is a very interesting process. When scientists involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson worked on its preparation, the world froze. No one knew such a curiosity of physicists would lead to him. The fact is that this boson is nothing but a small black hole. And some scientists were afraid that when particles collide at huge speeds, and this is how it was planned to get our boson, a huge black hole will arise, leading to the destruction of the planet. Holes do not know how to give, they can only absorb, because they are chaotic matter.
Our land originated from a small black hole. There was a significant heat in it, then an explosion, and a tiny planet appeared. In a few minutes it reached the size that it has to this day. All of this has been proven by the Higgs boson, and this suggests that science and the Bible say the same thing about the creation of the world.
Creation of heaven
As we know, on the second day God created heaven. This refers to the physical firmness. The Bible says: "And God made the firmament. And called the firmament heaven."
The sky does not exist only in the form that we observe it. After all, the Lord is in heaven, but not on the physical. This physical sky is visible, the sky where God lives is invisible to human eyes.
Water and vegetation
If we consider the formation of the earth's crust and titanic plates from the point of view of archeology, then this time is estimated at a millennium. What kind of days can we talk about, cry atheists? And we recall the phrase about one day and a thousand years for God. This has already been written above.
When the earth first appeared, it "worked" in heavy duty. There was practically no sushi, mostly water. And we still observe this echo of the past. Over 90% of the water on our planet. But God said that land is needed. And the land obediently obeyed.
But the picture again does not agree with atheists. The Bible and science contradict each other, according to their worldview. It is impossible to create and separate land from water in one day, to create vegetation. And the plants, according to archaeological excavations, were simply huge, and now they are small.
This is all true, but the era of the plant world fell on the next millennium. This is even archaeologists say. And the plants, in fact, were very large at first. But the Lord was preparing the earth so that it would be convenient for man to live on it. Several millennia pass, the plants take on almost the same forms as we now see. Everything happens under the influence of climatic conditions.
Fourth day: luminaries
Are there any contradictions in science and the Bible? If you want, you can dig into everything. But scientists have already proven that the Bible is true, the creation of the world happened exactly as described in this Book.
On the fourth day, God created the sun, moon, and stars. And then atheists will be delighted: "This is a contradiction!" For the light was created already on the second day. Basil the Great answers this question well in his writings. He says the sun is not the only source of light. God is who is the Light from the Light.
Fifth day
What is the role of the Bible in historical science? It is enough to recall the evidence of scientists about the veracity of this Book. And we, meanwhile, will consider the fifth day of creation. God created the first living beings. These were reptiles, birds, fish.
One of the most interesting and strong clues for the atheists, because at first there were dinosaurs on earth. By the way, we can still see these creatures in a living form. These are harmless lizards and reptiles, slightly modified. Although the crocodile can hardly be called a harmless reptile, it is a direct descendant of the dinosaurs that inhabited the seas and oceans.
Dinosaurs ruled the earth for more than one era. But God understood that the crown of his creation - man - would meet with a huge lizard, and nothing would remain of him. A predator will eat a man, and huge herbivores will simply trample. It was then that huge dinosaurs were destroyed. According to history, a large meteorite fell to the earth, destroying part of the dinosaurs. And the second part died out due to changes in weather conditions. The earth was getting ready for a man to step on it.
Speaking of birds, in the literal sense of the word. The harmless birds familiar to us are descendants of flying dinosaurs, no matter how strange it may sound. They have changed due to evolution.
Sixth day
The Bible, from the point of view of the science of atheism, is deceiving. But scientists have proven that atheists themselves were in a great fallacy.
Well, it’s not about that now, it is worth paying attention to the sixth day of the creation of the world. On this day, God created animals and man. If we turn to the finds of archaeologists, then a strange pattern will arise. The Lord created animals in a certain sequence, which can be described as "from simple to complex." And this cannot be done in one day, which is confirmed by the data of geologists and archaeologists. It would seem that there is a contradiction between the Bible and the science of the creation of the world. But this only seems so, because God has a thousand years as one day, and one day as a thousand years.
First there were dinosaurs, huge flying lizards and strange fish. Then they became extinct, but some remained in a reduced form. It is possible that the Lord simply made them smaller in size so that his creations would become the founders of new birds, fish and reptiles.
New species of animals formed according to evolution. They no longer looked like huge monsters, now the inhabitants of the earth were much smaller. And here again you can find fault with the Bible, they say, it says that Adam and Eve lived in Eden, and he was inhabited by numerous animals. There were lions and lambs together, but everyone knows that lions are predators. They could not live next to defenseless lambs.
Even as they could, before the shedding of the first blood. And the blood spilled, as we recall, after the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Their eldest son, Cain, killed his brother Abel. The blood of an innocent sprinkled on the ground, and it all began.
Abel’s blood fell on the nectar that the mosquitoes ate. She poured grass and - the food of all then animals. The lion tasted the first bloody grass; it was brutalized by its taste. And he began to invite other animals to take a test. The abandoned remained herbivores, and those who ate the herbs with the blood of the slain Abel turned into predators. They longed for this taste, tried to kill each other. But quickly realized that predators are able to withstand the same as they are. But to bite the herbivore is much easier. And then there was a separation in which animals turned into hunters and victims.
We were a little distracted. Let us return to the creation of man. The Bible and the science of the creation of the world in this regard contradict each other. Recall Darwin’s theory, which convinces people that they came from a monkey.
You know, but among Christians there is a similar opinion. God as the "basis" for creating man could take a higher being, at that time they were monkeys. And translate it into a person. This was well described in the lectures of the theologian Alexei Osipov.
But this is just one of the opinions, according to the main one - the Lord created Adam from the earth. Life breathed into him, and our distant ancestor turned out. God looked at the creation of his hands, and decided to create a companion for him. For it is not good for a man to be alone. From the rib of Adam, Eve was created, we all know from the Bible.
And here atheists wake up, angrily denouncing Christians in ignorance. Like both men and women, 12 pairs of ribs. And the faithful will agree, because Saint Luke the War-Yasenetsky testified to this. But it happens that a person is born with 13 ribs on one side. Then he undergoes an operation, and a person lives a normal life.
Doctors know that removing the two lower ribs will not bring much trouble. A person can live with 10 pairs of ribs. If they know this in medicine, did the Lord really not know? And would he harm his creation?
Where was Eden?
It seems that the Garden of Eden is a mythical place, but it is not at all. According to archaeological excavations, Eden was discovered near Syria. It was there that the first people who were expelled from Paradise later lived.
As for exile, let us return to atheism. Atheists may wonder, "Could the Lord really not have known about this development?" He could and knew, but he gave people freedom of choice. If God created people like his toys are limp, then one could ask such a question. The Lord knew that Adam and Eve would eat the fruit from the forbidden tree. He knew all the scenarios, and hoped that the ancestors of mankind would choose a different path. Alas, they decided to become like their Creator in terms of knowledge and skills. Admit Adam in eating the forbidden fruit, God would forgive him. But the husband began to blame on his wife, and Eve, in turn, on the snake. God was angry with disobedient and lying people, not waiting for repentance from them. So I drove out of Paradise.
About the age of the earth
According to the Bible and science, it is difficult to speak about the age of the earth. For the holy book does not emphasize how many years our land has existed. But scientific data, in particular archaeological finds and eras, which we already know about from school lessons, say that the earth is several billion years old. It is difficult to challenge or confirm this fact, due to the lack of information on the age of the earth in the Bible.
Why do people speak different languages?
Sometimes you can hear the opinion that according to the claims of science, the Bible scriptures about the Tower of Babel are deceiving. This could not be, because we are all brothers and sisters, according to the holy book. And in general, what is the role of the Bible in historical science? It can only mislead people. But everyone knows that the planet is inhabited by three races, how could Africans come from Adam and Eve?
Indeed, the Bible has a story about the construction of the Tower of Babel. It began after the Flood, when only Noah and his family managed to escape. After they left the ark, the Lord told people to multiply and multiply in order to populate the earth again. But Noah’s descendants turned out to be stubborn, they split up, and a part advanced east. They decided to glorify themselves, to make a name, so to speak, through the construction of a huge tower. It was planned to build the structure to heaven, but God did not like the plans of men. It was then that he intervened, forcing the people to speak different languages. An unimaginable hype arose, for people did not understand each other. What kind of construction could be discussed when strange shouts were heard and no one could understand what was happening.
It is known that 70 descendants of Noah are mentioned, and we know about the same number of language groups. But we continue our theme of the Tower of Babel. According to the Bible, people scattered in fear, and the tower remained unfinished. Then, having regained consciousness a bit, people began to gather in handfuls of language features.
As for appearance, these linguistic "heaps" occupied certain territories. Over time, as a result of tectonic movements of the earth's crust, the land divided in a certain way. Time passed, the borders and names of states changed, and the land remained unchanged. Its inhabitants survived climate change, so they had to adapt to climatic conditions. For example, in Africa, its very first settlers were just swarthy. The next generation is somewhat darker than the parents, and the descendants turned into very black ones, adjusting to a specific climate.
Book of mixed atheism
Speaking about religion, one cannot fail to mention atheistic books. How many of them came from the pen of Soviet authors, it is impossible to count. But in their works they disputed the existence of God, without affecting other religions.
We will touch upon the book of the Bible, Quran and Science by Maurice Bukai. Nowadays it is hardly surprising anyone with an atheistic worldview. How many people, so many opinions. The author of the book "Bible, Quran and Science" does some research, which explains the complete similarity of the Muslim book with scientific facts. At the same time, swearing the Bible, and claiming that this is his point of view.
In fact, many Western scholars of religious teachings have a similar point of view. In the book "Bible, Quran and Science," the author tells of those things about which others simply did not have time to tell. And if not for Bukay, then there would have been another person who did such a study.
It is noteworthy that this French doctor converted to Islam. The first publication of his book, in which Maurice claims the Bible contradicts science and Islam, was in 1976.
To summarize
What can be said about the article? Everyone has the right to conclude independently. Someone will not believe what was said, while others will be interested and begin to dig deeper.
Those interested can be advised to get acquainted with the creations of the Holy Fathers, as well as with modern theologians. This may be Alexey Osipov, which we mentioned above. Very well the story of Christianity is priest Alexander Satomsky, whose lectures are on YouTube. This young priest has the gift of storytelling. And for those who are just starting to go to church, seeking to know the Lord, Father Alexander talks about faith, approaching this issue from a philosophical and psychological point of view. Lectures are heard in one breath, and there is an explanation of the creation of the world in his videos.
You can still recommend the lectures of the Orthodox Christian, a former physicist, current lawyer Anna Khrenova. She speaks very lively, breathtaking among listeners. Lectures are saturated, they reveal other facets of the vision of the world.
Conclusion
How consistent is the Bible with science? Scientists have proven that everything described in this book is true. And the debates of atheists on this issue no longer confuse the Orthodox. Although Christians were hardly embarrassed before, they simply had to hide their faith. And others did not hide, for which they were criticized and persecuted.
Is there a mystery in the Bible: science explores the miracle of the origin of the world to this day.