Re: Scientific validation of religious texts
I don’t think anyone is arguing the reverse … The discussion is about whether religious scriptures should be stated as holding congruency with established science … Not whether they can be used as a science revelation before it’s time … Although I do believe some people like the Arab polymaths in the past did exactly that … Because they had a strong grasp of science and scripture. For example the Qur’an mentioning that the sun and moon are on their own fixed course inspired early Muslims to become astronomers, they needed to map the motion of such bodies and devised the astrolabe as a result. So although the Qur’an did not tell us how to build an astrolabe or how to measure the motion of the sun and moon, it did encourage us ‘as a sign’ to walk in that direction. The Qur’an tells us to ponder over creation. The fact is these days we don’t even ponder over the verses … The reason for the religious people not being scientifically inclined today is of two man causes. Materialism/consumerism … Brighter minds choose to go into professions rather than religious clergy due to a greater emphasis on wealth rather than ethics. And secondly due to secularisation - science and religion are no longer studied alongside each other … Whereas in the past that was the case … So these days religion’s flag bearers are cut off from science and other domains and are already lower than average in capability to pick themselves out of the consumer rut and hence settle as clergy on payrolls.