Claim CH135.2:
The Bible reveals that our blood is the essence of life (Lev. 17:11),
attesting the Bible's scientific accuracy.
Source:
Jeffrey, Grant R., 1996. The Signature of God.
Toronto: Frontier Research Publications, p. 146.
Morris, Henry M., 1986. Science and the Bible. Chicago: Moody
Press,
pp. 15-16.
Response:
- The view of blood as the essence for life predates the Bible. The Code
of Hammurabi from Mesopotamia (about 1727 B.C.E., before Leviticus was
written) has a phrase which translates, "to pour out his life-blood
like water." In the Enuma Elish, blood was an essential ingredient
which mankind was created from. Ugaritic and Egyptian sources also
note the importance of blood (Meyers 2000).
- That blood is essential to life is not hard to figure out, especially
to people who slaughter livestock.
- Blood is not the essence of life. We would not survive long
without
lungs, lymph, muscles, nerves, etc. either.
Links:
Meyers, Stephen, 2000. The Signature of God by Grant R. Jeffrey
(review).
http://members.aol.com/ibss2/gospel.html
References:
- Meyers, S., 2000. (see above).
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