If the account of creation in Genesis 1 can be shown to strongly correlate with science, would that prove the divine inspiration of the Bible?
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Unfortunately the answer is "no." Even if the author of Gen. 1 received a revelation from God that conforms with the scientific view of creation, this does not prove the divine inspiration of the Bible. At best it would prove the divine inspiration of Gen. 1. But Gen. 2 presents a very different scenario, and there are many other chapters in Genesis and books in the Bible. As the saying goes "even a broken clock is right twice a day." I don't meant to denigrate the Bible by saying so, but I do think the questioner's logic is flawed.
Also, assuming that Genesis indeed "follows very closely to the sequence of events that scientists have discovered" this does not mean that it is the product of divine revelation. It could be a lucky guess.
So the answer is no. The convergence of Gen. 1 with scientific thought at best provides evidence for the divine inspiration of Genesis 1 but does not prove it, and definitely does not prove the divine inspiration of the entire Bible.
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