For the Bible to make a statement that is scientifically absurd, it would have to say something like, "the moon is made of cheese," or "the earth is flat."

Now, the first statement is something out of fairy tales, so there's no argument that it's an absurd statement. But the second statement has only been considered absurd (that is, illogical or foolish) since it was proven scientifically that the world is in fact round. Before that people believed just the opposite.

What is remarkable about the Bible is that it doesn't make either kind of statement. There are no "fairy tale" statements concerning the observable world, which is something other religions and their holy books cannot say. And there are no statements concerning the natural world that are false. In fact, the Bible describes conditions about our world that were not known until much later. For example, the prophet Isaiah writes about the "circle of the earth" (Isaiah 40:22).

We need to keep in mind that the Bible is not a scientific book. Therefore, it doesn’t use scientific terms. At the same time, it doesn’t make statements that are scientifically absurd.

Now, what about miracles (such as turning water into wine, raising the dead, calming the seas). Sometimes people point to the miracles in the Bible and say that they are ridiculous because they don’t fall in the realm of science. That is true, because science deals with natural phenomena, and by definition a miracle is super-natural.

But miracles are not absurd for one simple reason. If a supernatural God exists, then it is perfectly logical for supernatural phenomena to exist. In fact, it is what you would expect.

So miracles are absurd only in a world where God does not exist.