Rain Imagine you don't know anything about the world, sky, rain, or nature in general. If water starts to fall on you from above you will start to wonder where it is coming from. As you look up you will notice that just above the heavens is a massive blue body in the sky, blue like the sea. It water falls from the blue body above it would only be logical to think it was another giant container of water like the sea. When rain falls it must be due to an opening in the heavens which separate us from the blue body above. This is how ancient man observed the sky and rain as depicted by many cultures. This is also how the Bible depicts it, coincidence? According to Genesis rain is caused and stopped by the opening and closing of the windows and doors in the firmament (heavens). Also, the big blue sky is supposedly a pool of water identical to our big blue ocean. Genesis 1:6-10 - "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good." Genesis 7:11-12 - "...the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth ..." Genesis 8:2 - "The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;"

According to Genesis 7:11-12 & Genesis 8:2 rain is caused and stopped by the opening and closing of the windows and doors in the firmament. As we now know today rain is actually the result of a four stage process called the "Water Cycle." Evaporation - Condensation - Precipitation - Collection

In Greek mythology of the time Earth was believed to be held in place by the god Atlas, in Christian mythology Earth is held in place, motionless, on top of pillars. Prior to knowledge of the Earth's orbit around the sun a stationary earth attacked to a foundation was a common belief for ancient man, one that has made its way into the Bible.

Earth's Foundation

Your house has a foundation but moving objects like a planet or hot air balloon do not. Job 38:6 however mentions Earth's foundation and despite wishful thinking by apologists this a literal foundation, the type of foundation something is attached to. "Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof."

Pillars Holding Up Earth

Prior to modern knowledge what held Earth in places was left up to our imaginations. Some say it rests upon a giant turtle, some say the back of god, and those where the Bible was written said a set of pillars. The Bible also says pillars hold up the planet, coincidence?

Samuel 2:8 tells us that the world has been set up pillars, "For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And He has set the world upon them." This is where the phrase "pillars of the earth" comes from. Job 9:6 even mentions that these physical pillars tremble when the earth shakes. "Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble."

Earth Does Not/Cannot Move

Psalms 93:1 even flat out says that Earth doesn't move. "The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved."

1 Chronicles 16:30 - "He has fixed the earth firm, immovable."
Psalm 93:1 - "Thou hast fixed the earth immovable and firm ..."
Psalm 96:10 - "He has fixed the earth firm, immovable ..."
Psalm 104:5 - "Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken."
Isaiah 45:18 - "...who made the earth and fashioned it, and himself fixed it fast..."

The Bible says the moon is a source of light just as ancient man believed it to be, coincidence? The moon looks like a source of light because it reflects the light shining from the sun but it does not produce its own light. If you shine a flashlight at a nickel it too will reflect the light but it still does magically turn the nickel into a source of light. Genesis 1:16 call the moon a lesser light but the Bible's misunderstanding of nature is made more obvious in Isaiah 13:10 where it mentions light belonging to the moon.

Genesis 1:16 - "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."

Isaiah 13:10 - "moon shall not cause her light to shine."

The Sky In most ancient cultures the sky was thought to been draped over the earth like a curtain or tent. This belief was common in the Mesopotamian area, man thought if you walked to the edge of the earth you would smack into the sky much like how you would smack into the sides of tent if you roll around too much. The Bible describes the sky in the same manner, coincidence? Isaiah 40:22 - "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in."

Egyptian Mythology: Nut, sky-goddess, arched over her husband Geb, earth-god.

According to the Bible, the pattern on animals can be changed just by having them look at different patterns. Unlike chameleons this pattern change alters the animal's genetics and is passed down to its offspring. In Genesis 30:37-43 Jacob has his cattle view a striped rod, resulting in the cattle having a new striped pattern.

According to the Bible, slugs leave a trail of slime because they are melting. Psalm 58:8 - "Like a slug melting away as it moves along..."