Ever since the Earthmovers convinced the whole world that the earth has been proven to move around the sun, the Bible has been labelled ‘unscientific’, supposedly reflecting the illusions of men in a pre-scientific age. To my knowledge, and in spite of all that is propagated to the contrary, no science, no anthropology, archaeology or anything has ever proven the Bible, or to be more precise, the Fathers’ interpretation of it, to be untrustworthy in any sphere, whether in its age for the world, its geocentric basis, its shape for the earth (Is. 40:22), its flood-caused geology, its sketch of the water cycle (Eccles. 1:7), its fixity of kinds, diversity of species and methods of generation, its sanitation laws (Deut. 23:12-14), even its rules for quarantining (Lev. 13:1-5) and so on. As regards human society, here again the Bible cannot be found wanting. Genesis tells us created man was monotheistic, intelligent and civilised from the very beginning. After the Fall and again after the Flood, many did lapse into primitive ways, seeking out any environment that could sustain them, whether village, jungle, desert, cave or mud-hut, such as can be found even today. Nevertheless, because man is an ordered, intellectual and social creature, records were prone to be kept, both oral and written. It is reasonable to say then that if the Bible records a real 6,000-year history, surely this past should be evident in the traditions of all peoples, whether primitive or sophisticated. As it happens, this is the case. There is not a single culture discovered that had/has not a perfect language and a history of the world that begins with the biblical account, an original couple and a flood. For examples let us consider the following studies:
(1) An investigation into Chinese palaeography, God’s Promise To The Chinese. In a summary of this book, the reviewer states:
‘The three joint-authors have clearly demonstrated, to this reviewer’s satisfaction at least, that the inventor of the original Chinese characters, which were inscribed on tortoise shells and bones, knew and believed in an identical account of creation and earth’s beginnings to that found in Moses’ Book of Genesis…. The Chinese have always revered their writing system. Calligraphy ranks supreme in their artistic scale of values…Just 142 of the earliest hieroglyphic pictograms contain, in a highly condensed (and therefore mentally portable and ineradicable form) key components of the Book of Genesis. Since the truth or otherwise of the Flood has profound implications for the study of geology, in the Book of Documents (Sha Ching), written 3,000 years ago, we read: “The flood waters were everywhere, destroying everything as they rose above the hills and swelled up to Heaven.” ’—Tim Williams, Christian Order, November 2001, pp.629-63, reviewing God’s Promise To The Chinese by E. Nelson, R. Broadberry and G. Chock, Read Books, HCR 65 Box 580, Dunlap, TN 37327, USA, 1997.
The authors show the earliest Chinese were monotheists who worshiped ShangDi or the one ‘God Above’. For more than 4,000 years they sacrificed to Him in the imperial city of Beijing in what was called the ‘Border Sacrifice’. Confucius (551-479BC) thought the Border Sacrifice so significant that he accredited the efficient ruling of the Chinese empire to it. The Border Sacrifice ended only when the Manchu Ch’ing dynasty was deposed in 1911.
(2) In the book, After The Flood (Bill Cooper: After The Flood, New Wine Press, 22 Arun Business Park, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 9SX, England, 1995.) - a 25-year study into Middle Eastern/European palaeography - Bill Cooper traces the early post-flood history of the Middle East and Europe. His task was to see if the ‘Table of Nations’ (Genesis Chapter 10 and 11) could be verified in the history of nations prior to Christianity. If he could find a lineage from the Japhetic line in these histories it would confirm the Bible also recorded true history. Cooper found ample evidence in eastern and western archives to confirm Middle East and European lines are both descended from the Japhetic tree. In Britain, Wales and Ireland he found the records of the early settlers went back 2,000 years, with the same genealogy to European differing only in language. What amazed Cooper was that the evidence of this history was so easy to find and so evident that he concluded its absence from textbooks, schools, universities etc., could only be a deliberate omission by those determined to undermine the Bible as recording true history.
