Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
We've been looking at the American Humanist web site as a convenient source of accusations against the Bible... So let's read directly from their web site to get us started. This week's science pastor podcast gives you the answer to this accusation:
As a result of believing in supernatural causes of disease, theologians taught that plagues could be averted or stopped by seeking supernatural assistance. And the way to obtain God’s help, they thought, was to perform religious acts. These included
repenting from sin; providing gifts to churches, monasteries, and shrines; participating in religious processions; attending church services (which often only increased the spread of disease); and killing Jews and witches (since it was thought Satan used them as his agents in causing illness).
Religious leaders largely ignored the possibility of physical causes and cures of diseases. White states that despite all the prayers, rituals, and other religious activities performed throughout the centuries, the frequency and severity of plagues did not diminish until scientific hygiene made its appearance.
Watch other Science Pastor Episodes Here: sciencepastor.com/podcast
We've been looking at the American Humanist web site as a convenient source of accusations against the Bible... So let's read directly from their web site to get us started. This week's science pastor podcast gives you the answer to this accusation:
As a result of believing in supernatural causes of disease, theologians taught that plagues could be averted or stopped by seeking supernatural assistance. And the way to obtain God’s help, they thought, was to perform religious acts. These included
repenting from sin; providing gifts to churches, monasteries, and shrines; participating in religious processions; attending church services (which often only increased the spread of disease); and killing Jews and witches (since it was thought Satan used them as his agents in causing illness).
Religious leaders largely ignored the possibility of physical causes and cures of diseases. White states that despite all the prayers, rituals, and other religious activities performed throughout the centuries, the frequency and severity of plagues did not diminish until scientific hygiene made its appearance.
Watch other Science Pastor Episodes Here: sciencepastor.com/podcast
