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peacemaker
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Posted: 31 August 2011 at 3:49pm |
Dear schmikbob, I have created this thread where your concerns may be discussed at length.
May Allah guide us all.
Peace
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Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
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Chrysalis
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Wow! Thats so cool...
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"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."
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schmikbob
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I think it's rather deceitfull. For example why is this thread under the Science and Technology section?? The original thread was the appropriate place for my comments. It was also under Science and Technology. I think real debate is not what Peacemaker is after. Rather a simple way to shuffle others off to the side. "Say, you disagree, why don't you go away? That would make things oh so much easier for us all." Maybe I'm wrong. I figured the science and technology section was the place for discussions related to things like science and technology.
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peacemaker
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Hello schmikbob,
Greetings! In Combined Wonders Of Quran And Astrophysics thread, You said: �I have found the attempt to find scientific meaning in some rather vague statements in the Quran that have not previously been attributed with this meaning is a recent phenomenon. It is shocking to me that more people, muslims in particular, don't have a problem with this.� Therefore, I created this thread in this section where your concerns may be addressed appropriately without diverting that thread. That doesn�t mean that you cannnot take part in that thread. Also, Galen and Hippocrates could not be discussed any further in that thread as the topic was about the combined wonders of the Qur�an and Astrophysics. Here is my last post from that thread. Your comments are in blue: -------------------------------------------------------------- Hello schmikbob, �I would argue that the writings of Galen and Hippocrates stand as an amazing compilation of medical knowledge of their time. The histories of Herodotus and Thucydides are also authors of books at the pinnacle of writing on the Greco-Persian wars. They do not resort to vagueness or pretend to be anything other than what they are. Nor does anyone try to interpret them to stuff meaning where it doesn't belong.� I expected that you would quote works of Astrophysics that don�t contradict with the modern scientific facts. For example, what was prevalent then with regards to the creation of the universe? Anyway, Galen and Hippocrates made great contributions in their times. But, their work was not flawless. For example, Galen�s theories of the circulation of blood were refuted later. �I have found the attempt to find scientific meaning in some rather vague statements in the Quran that have not previously been attributed with this meaning is a recent phenomenon. It is shocking to me that more people, muslims in particular, don't have a problem with this.� I think this may be discussed in detail in another thread. Briefly speaking, Muslims are capable of appreciating the signs of Allah as they apply both faith and reason (of course, faith dominates) to understand Him and His amazing creations. In the process, faith and science harmonize, but faith overrules science in contradiction. For example, early Muslims had the faith in the entire Qur�an, even though many verses were at odd then with the prevailing science. �Also, I feel that the Science and Technology section is a perfect place for a discussion about science in the Quran.� It seems we are on the same page as long as the discussion takes place for the purposes of learning and understanding. Debating from an atheistic perspective, for example, may be accommodated in the Interfaith section. Looking at your interest, I am creating a thread in this section (schmikbob�s questions) where your concerns may be discussed at length: http://www.islamicity.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21665 May Allah guide us all. Peace |
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schmikbob
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I not say you are deceitfull, locker13. Peacemaker has just told me that my comments are not appropriate for this Science and Technology thread. Then when someone else makes virtually the same comment in the same thread it is allowed to remain. I am curious as to why?
As to "scientific facts" in the Quran, what I see is people making statements about it's divine origin based on it's words being compatible with modern scientific theory. This is a modern polemic and I wonder why? A great many books don't have glaring scientific errors and are equally compatible, like Melville's Moby Dick, and nobody is trying to assign divine status to it as a result.
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peacemaker
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Hello schmikbob, �Peacemaker has just told me that my comments are not appropriate for this Science and Technology thread. Then when someone else makes virtually the same comment in the same thread it is allowed to remain. I am curious as to why?� Please post any comment/complaint in the Comments & Complaints section. Please don�t post it anywhere else. �As to "scientific facts" in the Quran, what I see is people making statements about it's divine origin based on it's words being compatible with modern scientific theory.� The Qur�an is primarily the book of guidance. Yes, it also has many verses that conform to the modern scientific facts. |
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