10 Scientific Facts in the Bible

Based on Ray Comfort’s book 

Undeniable Evidence: Ten of the Top Scientific Facts in the Bible and related Living Waters publications, Comfort argues that the Bible contains advanced scientific knowledge written thousands of years before modern discovery. 

Here is a list of 10 scientific "proofs" or facts in the Bible as presented by Ray Comfort:

1. The Earth is Round (Spherical)
   • Scripture: Isaiah 40:22 — "It is He who sits above the circle of the earth."
   • Comfort’s Argument: While many ancient cultures believed the earth was flat, the Bible used the word "circle" (or Hebrew khug, which can mean spherical) to describe the earth.
2. The Earth Freely Floats in Space
   • Scripture: Job 26:7 — "He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing."
   • Comfort’s Argument: This describes gravitational suspension, contradicting ancient mythological views that the earth sat on a large animal or pillar.
3. The Existence of Ocean Currents (Paths of the Sea)
   • Scripture: Psalm 8:8 — "...And the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas."
   • Comfort’s Argument: Matthew Maury (1806–1873) recognized this verse as referring to ocean currents, leading to his mapping of major ocean currents.
4. Light Can Be Sent and Manifested in Speech (Radio Waves)
   • Scripture: Job 38:35 — "Can you send out lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are!’?"
   • Comfort’s Argument: This verse suggests that light (electromagnetic radiation) can be sent and, in turn, speak or manifest in sound, anticipating radio waves and wireless communication.
5. The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy (First Law of Thermodynamics)
   • Scripture: Genesis 2:1-2 — "Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished..."
   • Comfort’s Argument: The phrasing implies that creation is finished and nothing new is being created, just transformed, which aligns with the law that matter/energy cannot be created or destroyed.
6. The Importance of Quarantine for Disease Control
   • Scripture: Leviticus 13:45-46 — Instructions to isolate those with infectious diseases (like leprosy) outside the camp.
   • Comfort’s Argument: These laws, written thousands of years before bacteria and viruses were understood, prevented the spread of disease, unlike historical practices that often spread contagion.
7. The Life is in the Blood
   • Scripture: Leviticus 17:11 — "For the life of the flesh is in the blood."
   • Comfort’s Argument: Blood transports nutrients, oxygen, and waste, making it the sustaining force of physical life, a fact only fully understood with modern biology.
8. The Weight of Air (Atmospheric Pressure)
   • Scripture: Job 28:25 — "...to establish a weight for the wind, and apportion the waters by measure."
   • Comfort’s Argument: The Bible recognized that air has weight (atmospheric pressure) long before scientists established this in the 17th century.
9. The Existence of Dinosaurs
   • Scripture: Job 40:15-24 — Description of "Behemoth," which eats grass like an ox, has a tail like a cedar, and bones like brass.
   • Comfort’s Argument: Comfort argues that this description is of a dinosaur (specifically a sauropod), which lived alongside humans, defying the timeline of conventional evolutionary science.
10. The Hygiene Law of Washing with Running Water
    • Scripture: Leviticus 15:13 — Instructs that in the case of a discharge, the person must wash hands in "running water."
    • Comfort’s Argument: Prior to this understanding, people often washed in stagnant basins, which spread germs. Running water is a far more hygienic practice. 

Note: These points are presented from an apologetics perspective, often referred to as "Biblical science" or "creation science," aimed at showing the Bible's supernatural origin.