Answers to 180 Humanist Accusations Against The Bible Volume II Science, Prophecy and History Steven Hudgik ii Copyright © 2018, 2020 Steven Hudgik all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the author at the following address: Move to Assurance P.O. Box 277 Cannon Beach, OR 97110 www.MoveToAssurance.org ISBN: 9798693782952 SOURCES OF SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS Unless otherwise noted, scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, copyright © 1960, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. KJV – King James Version, public domain DEDICATION This volume is dedicated to Kornell Nash (1954-2019), a good friend, dinosaur footprint expert, and Christian brother. Kornell, owner of the Nash Dinosaur Track Quarry, dug up more fossil dinosaur tracks than anyone I know. Although living on opposite sides of the continent, we spent many hours together talking about the Bible, dinosaur tracks and geology, and history. Conversations often started right after lunch at the quarry and continued until 8 or 9 PM with grinders at the Pizza Palace. Thank you Kornell for all you taught me about dinosaurs and fossils, and for the many enjoyable and thought provoking conversations. iv And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper. – Romans 1:28 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I – Errors, Contradictions and God’s Cruelty Introduction 1 1 – Why do Humanists Reject the Bible? 7 2 – Contradictions in the Order of Creation? 11 3 – What Does the Word Day Mean? 15 4 – Sun, Moon & Stars Created When? 19 5 – Did God Create Plants Twice? 21 6 – How Were Birds Created? 23 7 – 2 or 7 Pairs of Birds? 27 8 – When did the Mountaintops Appear? 31 9 – When was the Ground Dry? 33 10 – David’s Census – God Contradicts Himself? 37 11 – Did God Command Animal Sacrifices? 41 12 – Are Jesus’ Genealogies Contradictory? 45 13 – Where did they go After Jesus’ Birth? 51 14 – What Happened to the Money Judas Was Paid? 55 15 – Who Carried Jesus’ Cross? 59 16 – Did Just One or Both Criminals Taunt Jesus? 61 17 – What Were Jesus’ Last Words? 65 18 – Who Got to the Tomb When? 69 19 – What Really Happened that Sunday Morning? 73 20 – Did Paul Really Hear God Speak? 77 21 – Does the Bible Approve of Cruelty? 81 22 – Is Cursing the Entire Creation Evil? 85 23 – Did the Flood Drown Innocent People? 91 24 – Did God Torment Egyptians (And Kill Babies)? 95 25 – Did God Command Extermination of Seven Nations? 101 26 – Why Did God Kill David’s Baby? 105 27 – God Required His Son to be Tortured and Murdered 109 28 – Non-Christians are Tortured Forever 113 29 – God Commands Israel to Kill All Amalekites 117 30 – God Orders the Jews to be Killed 121 31 -- God Makes Samaria Desolate 125 32 – God Kills Israelites, Including Virgins 127 33 – God Commands Women Captured In Wat Be Killed 131 34 – Day of the Lord: Children Are Dashed to Pieces 133 35 – Multiple Examples of Biblical Sadism Refuted 137 36 – God’s Punishments are Grossly Disproportionate 149 37 – People are Punished for Mere Disbelief 163 38 – God Incites Human Violence 169 PART I APPENDICES A – Humanist View: Morality Comes From… People? 175 B – Morality Comers from God 181 VOLUME II – Science, Prophecies & History Introduction 197 39 – Biblical Teaching Violates the Laws of Nature 203 40 – The Bible Opposes Scientific Principles 211 41 – Humanist Hypocrisy 217 42 – The Supernatural: Examples of the Impossible 225 43 – More Supernatural Examples of the Impossible 229 44 – The Supernatural: It’s Unbelievable! 235 45 – Is Believing in the Supernatural Harmful? 241 46 – Does Believing in the Supernatural Spread Disease? 245 47 – Believing in the Supernatural Causes Plagues 253 48 – Supernatural? Science is Better 257 49 – Does the Bible Hinder Science? 263 50 – Does the Bible Teach Geocentricity? 267 51 – Does the Bible Teach the Earth is Stationary? 271 52 – Does the Bible Teach the Earth is Flat? 277 53 – Humanists Don’t Give Up: More Flat Earth Claims 281 54 – Does the Bible Teach the Sky is Solid? 289 55 – Does the Sky Have Windows? 295 56 – Are there Signs in the Heavens? 299 57 – Other Scientific Errors in the Bible 305 58 – Does the Bible Say a Bat is a Bird? 313 59 –Myth of the Historical Effect of the Bible on Science 317 60 – Humanist Accusation: Adam Didn’t Die 321 viii 61 – What was Jacob’s Name? 325 62 – How great was Solomon’s Wealth? 329 63 – What Happened to Damascus? 333 64 – How long was the 70 Year Babylonia Captivity? 335 65 – Did any of These Prophecies Fail? 339 66 – New Testament Prophecies Not Fulfilled 345 67 – Jesus Made a Mistake about His Time in the Tomb? 349 68 – Wish Upon Jesus? 353 69 – Did Noah’s Flood Really Happen? 357 70 – Did the Exodus Really Happen? 361 71 – Is the Story of Esther Historical? 365 72 – Was Belshazzar King? 371 73 – Was there a Roman Census? 375 74 – What is the Age of the Earth? 379 75 – Why Didn’t Herod’s Killing Babies Make the News? 383 76 – Was there Darkness when Christ was Crucified? 387 77 – Was Jesus a Real Person? 391 78 – Humanist’s Concluding Statement: Part 1 397 79 – Humanist’s Concluding Statement: Part 2 401 80 – Humanist’s Concluding Statement: Part 3 409 PART II APPENDIX The Humanists’ False Apologist: Andrew D. White 415 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. – 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 x Answering 180 Humanist Accusations Against the Bible INTRODUCTION “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” – 2 Peter 5:8 This book is part two of a response to a web page on the American Humanist’s web site that claims to show the Bible is not true and reliable. I go through each humanist accusation, one-by-one, and show why none are valid. Not one accusation against scripture is left standing. About this Book My responses to the accusations on the humanist web page encompass two volumes. Although I have tried to keep the responses as short as possible, providing just enough information to demonstrate the humanist’s accusations are false, their web page is so long (elephant flinging) that the answers required two volumes. In the first volume, I address accusation about errors in the Bible, contradictions, and that God is cruel. In this, the second volume, I answer accusations based on science, prophecy, and history. The page numbers in this volume pick up where the page numbers left off in the first volume. The table of contents and the indexes in each volume cover both books. The main tactic the humanist uses is called elephant flinging. Throw out so many accusations that people are overwhelmed and they do not bother investigating… and in any case, where there is 197 Introduction smoke there must be fire… right? We begin thinking that there are so many accusations, some of them must be true. Combine elephant flinging with a host of distortions, out-of- context quotes, and other propaganda techniques, and you get a huge list that repeatedly asks Satan’s favorite question… “Did God really say that?” He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” – Genesis 3:1 By throwing out so a large number of accusations, most of which are easily refuted, the humanist makes it seem as though there is overwhelming evidence against the Bible. Moreover, if just one of these accusations is true, they have shown the Bible cannot be trusted. The Bible does not claim it is true in nearly all it says. The Bible is true in ALL that it asserts is true in the original autographs. Another issue is that not every English translation is a good translation. That means there are books that call themselves a “bible,” that are not good because they do not accurately reflect what was originally written. Examples are “The Message” and the “New World Translations.” Both of these distort God’s word. Good translations include the King James Version (KJV), New King James (NKJV), Legacy Standard Bible (LSB), New American Standard Bible (NASB), English Standard Version (ESV) and Christian Standard Version (CSV)1. Another issue is that even a good translation may be confusing because it uses archaic language. Or someone may distort scripture by incorrectly defining words or by taking what scripture says out of context. That means someone who is teaching or quoting from a good translation, may still use that translation to distort what scripture actually says. We see that in these accusations. The humanists are using the King James Version (KJV), but they frequently put an interpretation on scripture that violates the context. That is why I start most of our answers by reading scripture in its context.