Re: Darwin: Man or monkey!!!
Correct! Not only that, the mention of Adam and Eve is an allegory in the Quran, we have been asked not to create discord based on literal or hidden meaning behind the story (and other such stories). The reason IMO is for us to keep an OPEN MIND, and not to shut it off, like most sectarians have.
The Quran is not a Science Textbook and neither is it a historical document. It is for the Creator to know how He created, and for us to find out through independant scientific analysis...
Many muslim scientists from the Medieval era had presented the theory of evolution (i'd call it Creation through Evolution) since that is the most plausible explanation! It was the Europeans who opposed this idea since they held on to dogma and superstition.
Personally, I think God can do better than what is described by the so-called "intelligent design". I mean think about it: God saying, oh oh, time for this species to end... zap... oh oh, time to create a new species... zap. What kind of a God is this?? Can't He even come up with a process that takes care of such things NATURALLY??? Can't randomness be the process itself??? Isn't that a MORE INTELLIGENT DESIGN???
Well, creatures didnt just fall down and die whenever god wanted... It took time. Neanderthals for example held on for a few thousand years on the Iberian peninsula after Humans arrived... Eventually circumstances must have overwhelmed them. In fact many species continued to struggle to survive, and some did, others died a long slow death... God must have created faculties such as mutation to help species survive and prosper...
I cant venture to guess the motives behind what god does, but it seems god has given all species every oppurtunity to survive if they can... The ability to change and evolve is gods creationism at work in real time.