| Fact | Ref. | Common Belief |
|---|---|---|
| Blood is essential to life | Lev 17:11-14 | Disease and spirits reside in blood. To cure disease, bleed patient. |
| Both male and female possess "seed of life" | Gen3:15; 22:18 | Male has baby in him. Woman = incubator |
| Eating blood of animals forbidden | Lev 17:12,14 | Raw blood used as beverage |
| Don't eat animal that died naturally | Lev 17:15 | No restrictions on manner of death |
| Letting the farmland rest every 7th year allowed for productive land | Lev 25:1-7 | |
| The Earth is round. The Hebrew word for "circle" here is khug and often means sphere. | Isa 40:22 | Earth is flat. Christopher Columbus was inspired to make his voyage by this verse.1 |
| Earth is not physically supported. | 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). | Job 26:7 | Seeing a few stars to the North refuted this idea until 1932. |
| Space and stars are too large to be measured or counted. | Gen 15:5 | Attempts to number the astronomical bodies went on until 1932. |
| The creation sequence - plants, water creatures, birds, mammals, man, in that order. | Gen 1:11-28 | Most had man first. All varied from correct concept. |
| The age of everything in the creation is the same. | Gen 1:1 | Different times for different objects. |
| The continents have floated away from a singular original land mass. | Gen 1:9; 10:25 | Each continent was autonimous (until 1970) |
| Hubert Spencer's scientific principles.2 | Gen 1:1 | No scientific system of statements. |
| Lighting is produced naturally. | Jere 10:13; 51:16 | Gods throw lighting bolts. |
| All men are blood relatives. | Acts 17:26 | Men have different origins. |
| The water cycle. | Eccl 1:7, Job 36:27,28 | Gods pour new water on land continously. |
| Springs in the sea | Job 38:16 | This was not known until 1913 when underground rivers were found. |
| Currents in the ocean | Psa 8:8 | In the late 1800's, Matthew Maury mapped the ocean currents, or paths, and was inspired to look for them because of this passage. |
| Use of genetics in livestock. | Gen 30:30-43 | No recognition of inherited physical properties. |
| Snow and ice seen as valuable. | Job 38:22 | Snow and ice seen as a scourge and waste. |
| Seaworthy ratio for ship construction 30 - 5 - 3. | Gen 6:15 | Ships ratio not considered; only the beauty. |
| Concepts of id and ego. | Rom 7 | God induced behavior explainations. |
| Animals can be changed (mutated). | Gen 3:14 | No change possible. |
| Directional correctness. | Luke 10:30 | Directional error. |
| Distance accuracy. | Luke 24:13 | Errors in distanaces. |
| Hittite nation's existence proven. Web reference 3 | Gen 23:10; 25:9, Jos 1:4 | Denied until 1906. |