Bacteria

Originally posted by 667joe
The fact that the bible does not mention bacteria, perhaps the earth's most prevalent and widespread form of life, is a proof that the bible was written by men and not god. Men certainly did not know about bacteria until a few hundred years ago. Had men known of bacteria in biblical times, bacteria would have been mentioned considering their relationship with diseases which were mentioned.
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Originally posted by whodey
If you read the pages closely enough you would see the bacteria Joe. 😛

Originally posted by 667joe
The fact that the bible does not mention bacteria, perhaps the earth's most prevalent and widespread form of life, is a proof that the bible was written by men and not god.

Originally posted by RJHinds
The authors of the Holy Bible may or may not have know about such things as atoms, electrons, protons, bacteria, or any of these things too small to see. These men were inspired by God to write what they did. Many times they did not understand what they were writing. God was not interested in them recording that kind of information, apparently. But God ha ...[text shortened]... us with the ability to search out and discover these wonders of God's creation. HalleluYah !!!

The authors of the Holy Bible may or may not have know about such things as ...

Originally posted by twhitehead
He could have given us designs for cold fusion and computer CPUs. Maybe he did. The people of the day didn't have a clue what they were and just threw the pages away.

I think the flaw in your argument is that you claim to know what Gods motivations were when dictating the Bible. The motives you suggest are quite different from what most theists consider Gods motives to be.

Originally posted by divegeester
The more general point remains about why God has left no concrete evidence of his existence; the bacteria comment is a small example of this, but doesn't really reinforce the general argument for the reasons you point out here.

Excellent point!

Originally posted by 667joe
Excellent point!

Originally posted by twhitehead
Of course those that claim that the Bible does contain concrete proof of Gods existence and authorship (via prophesy or otherwise) will find it a bit harder to defend against this sort of argument.

Another comment regarding God assisting us via providing information in the Bible is that God clearly does not wish to assist us, or is prevented from doing ...[text shortened]... o extinct. After all, the largest cause of suffering and death is and always has been, disease.

Originally posted by divegeester
The more general point remains about why God has left no concrete evidence of his existence; the bacteria comment is a small example of this, but doesn't really reinforce the general argument for the reasons you point out here.

Originally posted by finnegan
The list could lengthen. He could have designed a highly specialised worm that lives in the tear duct and painfully destroys the eye. He could have designed wasps that paralyse their victim and leave them to be eaten alive (and hence nicely fresh) once their young is born. He could have designed an over sized python that slowly crushes its victims before ca ...[text shortened]... ct of prevention or cure.

It's a mystery my dear boy. Oh the wonders of intelligent design.

Originally posted by finnegan
The list could lengthen. He could have designed a highly specialised worm that lives in the tear duct and painfully destroys the eye. He could have designed wasps that paralyse their victim and leave them to be eaten alive (and hence nicely fresh) once their young is born. He could have designed an over sized python that slowly crushes its victims before ca ...[text shortened]... ct of prevention or cure.

It's a mystery my dear boy. Oh the wonders of intelligent design.

Mass extinction facts.

98% of all documented species are now extinct.

There have been about 20 mass extinction episodes on earth, 5 of which caused about 50% of species during that time to become extinct. They are:

1. Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event about 65 million years ago. The most recent. It killed off about 75% of species.
2. Triassic-Jurassic extinction about 200 million years ago.
3. Permian-Triassic extinction event. It was earth's greatest extinction event and is often referred to as "The Great Dying". It happened about 250 million years ago.
4. Late Devonian Extinction event around 370 million years ago.
5. Ordovicean-Silurcan extinction event that happened about 400 million years ago.

All in all there are about 15 other lesser extinction events. Some speculate that about every 30 million years one occurs. If so, we are about due. It is really some interesting stuff. One would have to conclude that evolution is almost dependent upon such extinctions. In fact, during the End-Triassic extinction the dinasaur evolution was accelerated as their rival crurotarsans were eliminated. Then the opposite happened as the dinasaurs died off during the end-Cretaceous mass extinctions causing mammals to rule the world.

Originally posted by whodey
Mass extinction facts.

98% of all documented species are now extinct.

There have been about 20 mass extinction episodes on earth, 5 of which caused about 50% of species during that time to become extinct. They are:

1. Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event about 65 million years ago. The most recent. It killed off about 75% of species.
2. Triassic ...[text shortened]... asaurs died off during the end-Cretaceous mass extinctions causing mammals to rule the world.

Originally posted by RJHinds
What about the DNA code that is information that testifies of an intelligent Designer? What about the Shroud of Turin and the face cloth? What about the Holy Bible? What about the very existence of life?