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It's a Miracle!?
What Modern Science Tells Us about Popular Bible Stories
- 241 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Fundamentalist Christians often use the Bible as a guide to the natural world, which inevitably leads them to reject much of what modern science says about the universe. But what if we were to use modern science as a guide to the Bible? What might a scientific reading of the Bible tell us not only about religion's claims, but also about nature and our place in it? If God really did part the Red Sea, how might he have engineered such a feat? If Jesus really did raise Lazarus from the dead, under what circumstances might it have happened? In this witty and informative book, science writer Clay Farris Naff brings the miracles of the Bible into sharp focus through the lens of modern science. Whether you're a religious skeptic or a true believer, you'll find what comes into view is mind-bending, thought-provoking, and even amusing—and you'll likely be left even more amazed and entranced by the universe we live in.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: What’s Science Got to Do with It?
- 1. Creation Stories
- 2. Water, Water Everywhere: The Great Flood
- 3. Sodom and Gomorrah
- 4. River of Blood
- 5. What’s the Buzz?
- 6. Microbial Plagues Aplenty
- 7. Grinding It Out
- 8. Great Time to Be a Younger Sibling
- 9. Parting of the Red, or Reed, Sea
- 10. Manna from Heaven
- 11. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
- 12. The Numbers Game
- 13. Elijah & Elisha
- 14. Jonah and the Great Fish
- 15. Daniel’s Mind-Reading Service
- 16. The Fiery Furnace
- 17. Daniel in the Lion’s Den
- 18. The Virgin Birth
- 19. The Star of Bethlehem
- 20. Introducing . . . Jesus the Exorcist
- 21. The Clean-Hands Miracle
- 22. Jesus Feeds Lots of People
- 23. The Transfiguration of Jesus
- 24. Revival Show
- 25. Lucky Lazarus
- 26. Walking on Water
- 27. Curing a Leper without Antibiotics
- 28. An Oversupply of Demons and a Handy Herd of Swine
- 29. A Fishy Tale
- 30. The Meanest Miracle
- 31. You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down
- 32. Hey! Where’d He Go?
- 33. Death, What Is Thy Thing?
- 34. All Stories Are True
- 35. Are We the Sim Sons (& Daughters)?
- 36. An Evo-Psych Solution
- About the Author