However, many Christian denominations, as well as the people within them, see the Bible not only as guidance from God himself but also as a legitimate history book of past events. However, since the development of science, there are several “facts” from the Bible that we now know simply cannot be true.

According to the Bible, it took God only six days to create everything, and he did so by handcrafting the Earth, animals, and finally, humans in his own likeness. That means those who take the Bible literally believe humans have been living on Earth since the week it was made

But it’s not just one man’s opinion that debunks the story of creation—evolution has been proven accurate by scientists who studied human, animal, and plant genetic makeup. There’s no doubt about it: Living things were not created as they are today—everything has evolved.

The Bible explains that God was at one point so disappointed with humanity that he decided to wipe every living person out, with the exception of Noah, who he decided was worthy of starting an entirely new human race. So Noah and his family, as well as two of every animal on Earth, boarded a giant ark that he made and rode out a flood that covered the entire planet.

Essentially, researchers have developed technology to understand what kind of weather the many layers of rocks on and below the Earth’s surface have seen throughout their very long history. After their analysis, they can say for sure that there has never been a flood like that described in the Bible.

However, it seems some Christians still believe this misconception to be true, even with an exceptional amount of evidence proving otherwise.

And not only is the Earth not the center of our solar system, it’s certainly not the center of the many galaxies we now understand to exist in deep space. In fact, our tiny solar system is just a spec in the giant complexity that is the universe.

So according to the Bible’s timeline, the Earth is only between 6,000 and 10,000 years old, and many Christians are distressed by how much that number varies from what scientists are saying.

Scientists have studied the rocks in the Earth’s crust – and even rocks from the moon and meteorites – to understand the age of the Earth. And while it took decades to figure it out, they can now say with complete confidence that the world is 4.54 billion years old, give or take 50 million years.

In this tale, people tried to build a tower that would reach heaven, and God was so mad that he decided to punish them. At the time, there was only one language, but according to the Bible, God made everyone building the tower speak different languages so that they couldn’t continue.

It’s extremely clear to all who understand linguistics that languages have evolved into what they are today. However, some Christians still claim that possible evolution isn’t enough to debunk the idea that originally, God created several languages to deter humans from getting to heaven.

Various verses in the Bible explain that heaven, where obedient Christians meet God and Jesus in the afterlife, is a literal place that sits above the stars. One verse says it’s essentially a solid dome with stars stuck to it.

Thanks to satellites, telescopes, astronauts, and astrophysicists, the world now understands what the universe actually is: Expansive and essentially infinite, full of only empty space, stars, rocks, planets, and whatever else is far, far away.

But there are still some Christians who believe the Bible is the only factual account of our Earth and everything on it, and that science is untrustworthy because it was completed by tragically flawed humans, not God Himself.

Today, there are millions, if not billions, of Christians who have incorporated science into their religion and their faith, and they believe that the Bible, while an incredibly valuable sacred text, is really more of a book of spiritual metaphors for guidance as opposed to a factual historical text.