Is the Bible a Scientific Text?

The Chicago Tribune recently ran a story that some Catholics still believe the sun revolves around the earth. 


This baffles me. 


Rationality is quality God gave us when he made us in his image. Can we not trust the data model collected by the scientific method? People may disagree on the interpretations of the cosmological data model, but, in this case, heliocentrism is, unquestionably, the rational interpretation, is it not? 


I believe the Bible reflects the cosmology of its writers, but, it's not a scientific text. What do others believe?