Sambrialian -- I am sure that you have good intentions, but, believe me that such questions are usually more harmful than useful (unless you really knoe what you are doing). Its better that we should focus on the fundamentals of Muslim Faith, rather than continue inquiring about such vague and tiny facts.
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Originally posted by sambrialian:
**sorry guys for not participating in the thread having started it. Anyways,
RamyssIX: I am a Muslim albeit not a good one but I ask this question out of total sincerety.
Ibrahim: Thanks for the information, brother! That's what I was looking for!
rvikz: Over the years, I have learned to treat the ever evolving scientific information with skepticism. This might sound stupid to you but there is a reason. At least on two occasions during the last year, scientists have admitted that their much propagated and widely believed theories (which happened to contradict Islam) were wrong. These ideas were often used to question Islam.
One example is red wine. I've heard a lot of people tell me that I should drink because "scientists say it is good for you" and if your religion says otherwise then something is wrong. Then genetic deformation as a result of cousin marriage is yet another established myth. Someone just posted an article in some forum in which scientists confirmed otherwise. Science is only an investigation to discover the truths of this universe and therefore, most definitely it is not absolute. Instead it is continuously evolving! So, don't just hold on to whatever a scientist says one day because he is very likely to reverse his stand the next day.
PS: I read the article that you posted which prompted me to ask this question!
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I suggest you ask the same question to some scholar. 2 good sites are: www.islam-online.net and www.islam-qa.com (the second one may take long, or may not be even answered !).
And, I’m sure you understand there was nothing rude about Brother RamyssysIX 's comments. What he meant was that notwithstanding your good intentions, some questions may not serve your original purpose.
Anyways, try asking some scholar. You may get a more satisfactory answer .
i dont think you have to link science and religen all the time expect to be compatible.religen is for spirtual needs
science cant fulfill spirtual needs and religen cant fulfill material needs.
Here are some ayats to ponder over, and bear in mind that the Qur'aan does not mention the television or computer, but we know they exist!
031.010 He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and He scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.
031.011 Such is the Creation of Allah: now show Me what is there that others besides Him have created: nay, but the Transgressors are in manifest error.
035.001 Praise be to Allah, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power over all things.
040.057 Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater (matter) than the creation of men: Yet most men understand not.
On a separate note, I have yet to work out how these Archeologists etc, put dates and time periods to fossils when discovered.
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On a separate note, I have yet to work out how these Archeologists etc, put dates and time periods to fossils when discovered. This beats the life out of me!!!!
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they use carbon dating.. rate of decay of isotopes.. it's scientific and quite accurate..
there is no way the world is only 10,000 years old as claimed by the Judaeo-Christian scriptures and accepted by the Hadith literature.
Qur'an on the other hand does not enforce a time period and also leaves room open for controlled evoloution.
early man is claimed by science as a man, just like they say that monkey is related to man, since monkey cant act like a man similarly that ancient ape man was not a human.
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Originally posted by PakistaniAbroad:
there is no way the world is only 10,000 years old as claimed by the Judaeo-Christian scriptures and accepted by the Hadith literature.
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Ibrahim says: Salaams to all
The devil's advocate, can you tell us which hadith says the world is ten thousand years???
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Qur'an on the other hand does not enforce a time period and also leaves room open for controlled evoloution.
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Ibrahim says: when this is the case, how can any authentic hadith say otherwise?
how come none of the major monotheistic
religens didd not mention apes eventhough
they were our immediate non-human ancestors?
how can you separate human and non-human
inoverall evolution of species.
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