The Bible Is Not the Inerrant Word of God

I. Young Earth Creationism Big Bang Theory--Catastrophic Misconceptions “The Big Bang account is faulty. First there was nothing and somehow it exploded into planets and stars and everything else.” This is based off a *catastrophic* misconception. First, the Big Bang does not describe the origin of the universe, and has nothing to do with “exploded into planets and stars and everything else”. It’s a common misconception. Let me first define the Big Bang theory: “The prevailing cosmological model for the early development of the universe. The key idea is that the universe is expanding. Consequently, the universe was denser and hotter in the past. Moreover, the Big Bang model suggests that at some moment all matter in the universe was contained in a single point, which is considered the beginning of the universe. Modern measurements place this moment at approximately 13.8 billion years ago, which is thus considered the age of the universe.” [1] The misconception is illustrated in the below image. Therefore, the BBT merely states that the universe is expanding and was once in a concentrated and dense form. It also states that this concentrated and dense form of the universe began expanding 13.8 (approximately) billion years ago. [1] This contests the Bible’s theory that it took the universe 6 days to be created. The concentrated and dense form, according to scientific consensus, was caused due to vacuum fluctuations. Additionally, Con *drops* the homogeneity of the universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Thus, the Big Bang account is not ‘faulty’. Age of Life & Evolution The Global Flood is irrelevant to this and I’m not challenging it. You merely made a completely irrelevant argument about the Global Flood to ‘refute’ this, thus I addressed it. Con drops my proof of evolution via. natural selection, and the age of life, thus showing that different species have constantly been created over a period of 3 billion years. The below image shows the *evolution* of adaptive characteristics of species. The above shows the modifications in beaks of finches (specifically, the Galapagos or Darwin finches) via. natural selection. [2] II. Historical Authenticity Structured Defense of My Case a) The birth of Jesus is irrelevant to the inaccuracies regarding the census. As shown, there exists a historical consensus that the census conducted by Augustus Caesar took place 10 years after the end of Herod the Great’s reign [3-4], but the Biblical account says it took place during Herod’s reign. [5] Josephus’ account is also irrelevant as this concerns the authenticity of the *Bible*. b) Con *drops* Exodus. Thus, I shall further strengthen that Exodus is likely inaccurate. Most archeological evidence does not support the story told in the Book of Exodus [6] and most archaeologists have therefore abandoned the investigation of Moses and the Exodus as “a fruitless pursuit.” [7-8] Further Historical Inaccuracies in the Bible There are a few more major inaccuracies in the Bible, as illustrated in the image below. III. Con’s Logical Fallacies Con frequently commits the ipse dixit fallacy. “Ipse dixit, Latin for ‘he, himself, said it’, is a term used to identify and describe a sort of arbitrary dogmatic statement, which the speaker expects the listener to accept as valid.” [quoted from 9, sourced from 10-11] Another source refers to it as the “fallacy of bare assertion”. [12] Con’s claims are bare assertions and are unsourced, and, thus, are logically fallacious.A Note on the Origin of the UniverseAccording to physicists today, the universe originated due to vacuum fluctuations that emerged out of the eternally existent energy of the absolute vacuum, via. the zero-energy universe hypothesis. This is to further defend an argument against YEC. This assumes the absolute vacuum existed *forever*, which is possible via. eternalism which is entailed by general relativity. Conclusion I have successfully defended the Big Bang theory and the historical inaccuracies in the Bible. Con drops Exodus and evolution, and has unsourced arguments that frequently commit ipse dixit. The resolution remains resoundingly affirmed. Vote Pro. Sources 1. https://en.wikipedia.org... 2. http://goo.gl... 3. http://bibleresources.americanbible.org... 4. https://en.wikipedia.org... 5. Luke 1:5. 6. Carol Meyers. Exodus. p. 5. 7. https://en.wikipedia.org... 8. William Dever. What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and When Did They Know It? p. 99. 9. https://en.wikipedia.org... 10. William Dwight Whitney. The Century Dictionary & Cyclopedia. pp. 379-380. 11. Robert B. Westbrook. John Dewey and American Democracy. p. 359. 12. http://fallacies.findthedata.com...