Creationism and evolution.
Two theories that aim to describe the origin of species; one by means of natural selection and one by divine intervention.
**However, is creationism exclusively a Christian concept? **
Through simple research, one can uncover that Islam contains within it many supporting arguments for evolution. A couple that were confirmed by science several hundred years later.
**So my question is, how well do Islam and evolution get along?
**I understand that this may belong in the Religion or Science forum, but I was hoping to get a larger amount of perspectives.
Re: Evolution and Religion- not so different?
i would agree that islamic teachings dont really support creationism
Re: Evolution and Religion- not so different?
The seeming contradiction between Islamic perspective on the origin of life and evolution is a result of an unnecessarily literalist interpretation of Islamic principles.
Qur’an is not a scientific thesis. It lays down principles that have room in them to incorporate evolution. For example, it says that God created Adam but doesn’t explain the whole process.
The principal in Qur’an is that God is the creator. If one finds, through scientific research, that evolution is the mechanism that resulted in the complexity we see, well, maybe God willed it so. The point is that there is room in Quranic principal for such an interpretation.
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Re: Evolution and Religion- not so different?
Thanks for your reply Chacha!
I’m glad hahaha. I’m a Muslim myself but always saw some logic in evolution, i.e. why is it so hard to believe that we are all just different variations of the same designs by the Almighty?
I’ve often heard that Islam and evolution are contradictory, but after looking into it, one does see that they can harmoniously coexist.
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Could you share?