How can this statement in Koran be explained as scientific?
December 27, 2009 - 8:43 am
"Does not the unbeliever see that the earth and the heavens were joined together and we split it asunder"(quran21:30) .
Does that mean the heaven and earth were once the same Original Atom the science explains ?
A short statement like this can be interpreted in MANY different ways. It COULD be interpreted to fit in with some scientific theories - but the original meaning will NEVER be known (if it was a god explaining something, then the statement should have been less ambiguous)..
December 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
All matter was at one time joined together. Who is the "we" in this verse, if I may ask?
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December 27th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
In other words, "How can we dishonestly stretch the meaning of the metaphors here, until it fits something in modern science?"
You’re starting off with the conclusion (the Koran is literally accurate when it comes to science) and then trying to find evidence to support that by selecting one personal interpretation over others. All that proves is how creative you can get with words, not the validity of the Koran.
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"Myths are about the human struggle to deal with the great passages of time and life - birth, death, marriage, the transitions from childhood to adulthood to old age. They meet a need in the psychological or spiritual nature of humans that has absolutely nothing to do with science. To try to turn a myth into a science, or a science into a myth, is an insult to myths, an insult to religion, and an insult to science. In attempting to do this, creationists have missed the significance, meaning, and sublime nature of myths. They took a beautiful story of creation and re-creation and ruined it."
- Michael Shermer
December 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
It hints towards the Big Bang. Even though its a bit vague, you gotta give a book written 1400 years ago the benefit of the doubt.
I’m still yet to find a good explanation as to how the Quran can make such a profound scientific statement. Maybe I’ll find one now.
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
A short statement like this can be interpreted in MANY different ways. It COULD be interpreted to fit in with some scientific theories - but the original meaning will NEVER be known (if it was a god explaining something, then the statement should have been less ambiguous)..
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
the koran copied from Genesis, verse 4 "And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters and let it divide the waters from the waters"
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
this verse is referring to the Big Bang.
Also, according to the Quran the Universe is not static. It is dynamic and constantly changing and expanding.
look @ Noble Verse 51:47 "And the firmament, We constructed with power and skill and verily We are expanding it." The Universe according to the Noble Quran will keep expanding and changing until the Day of Judgment.
The Universe will also shrink: "The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it. (The Noble Quran, 21:104)"
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December 27th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Here is a video disproving the so-called “scientific miracles” of the Quran.
Look for the "Big Bang" section…
youtube.com/watch?v=uQg6x-K82IA
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