Mitochondrial DNA

Salam,

If we go back to the source of the apparent "issue" you are talking about. The opposition between evolution vs creation is a historical problem between the church and some scientists, which has later expended and has been used by anti-believers to mislead people.

Edited by Aziza25 - 04 February 2018 at 5:33am

Aziza: nothing in the Quran excludes the possibility that living organisms evolved through time

Well, yes and no. Of course are there no comments on [the possibility] of evolution in the Quran, but this is not a surprise because at Muhammad's time this was not a subject of discussion/knowledge.
However, an imaginary person like Adam (who probably never existed for real) was -according to the Quran- directly created by God.
Evolution theory reduces this celestial descend to a descent from the apes - which not the same.

The same applies for us: Instead as being made by god out of dust, clay or water (you're free to choose) the evolutionary process was quite different from what the Quran wants to make us believe.


Airmano

Edited by airmano - 09 February 2018 at 5:54am

fu7ion My question however was not on the original conflict between religion and evolution, but a simple query into how Islam could explain foreign DNA existing within a supposedly created being.

I understood, but I guess you will never get a decent answer to this question here. As soon as science enters in conflict with Islam the subject gets immediately psychologically repressed.

Your question is highly specific and I experienced that even much simpler question like: "why do the Bonobos have 98% of the genes in common with us ?" or "why does the human embryo develop a 10�12 vertebrae tail during the 5th to 6th week ?" and many many more questions never got answered. It is a no-go area.

This lack of competence becomes all to visible when you look at the "scientific miracles in the Quran", where people without any scientific knowledge launch themselves into the wildest speculations - and nobody within Islam is willing to stand up against this hokuspokus.

Guess why !

Just to pick one case: Did you read the third thread here in "Science and Technology" ?
The title is "The theory of evolution has been shattered" and the thread starts with:
"Islam is the truth. Islam is the true religion".
Isn't that sad & funny at the same time ?     Sorry, it seems that I got a bit carried away by my emotions...
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Although I don't like to admit it, the evidence all seems to directly dispute creation, like with Adam...

Once you have understood this fact, I think there is no way back...



I know it's hard:

                            Airmano

Edited by airmano - 13 February 2018 at 1:55pm

@Pete Just because a religious text states that Adam was created by God it doesn't imply that He didn't create him through evolution.