The concept of sacred nights in other religions and faiths
I dont know why religious people always want to use religion to justify their religious beliefs. if they feel that some scientific belief will justify their beliefs, they will always show it as if science is putting a stamp of approval on their ideas. something that is contradictory to their beliefs but acknowledged by science will not be given any importance.
In the beginning of this particular article, the author has tried to prove that Mairaj happened because the Theory of Relativity confirms that.
but wait a second. the theory of relativity does not confirm that. first if someone were to travel with the speed of light, then according to theory of relativity, it can not remain matter. the person or thing must convert into energy. apparently in the Mairaj case that never happened.
another thing that my friend pointed out when i sent his this passage was the following:
“the author is dumb enough not to understand the theory of relativity even at the basic level. if mairaj is explained in the terms of relativity, then by the time the Prophet returned back on Earth an enormous amount of time should have been passed. but islamic version says Time stopped at Earth. so its in clear contradiction of theory of relativity.”
anyone want to comment on this apparent stupidity of the author??
Well Allah SWT has explained the laws of the nature in the Holy Quran and for those who seek it can be found there
I'll try to dig up a bit but do use search here on GS as well as Google ..... u'll encounter many things that are explained in the Holy Quran .....
There r many things that were foretold yet we only understand them with scientific discovery with time passing ..... 200 years ago PPL would laugh at u if u'd talking about hundreds of PPL flying through the air sitting and enjoy their meals or reaching the moon ..... placing satellites into outer space etc. etc.
Always Remember one thing: Allah SWT never breaks the laws of Nature he has set himself
The Holy Quran explains a lot of these things ..... just explore it
maybe he does not break the laws of nature, but then what about those things in which science comes into clear contradiction with what we believe in. case in point is already mentioned in the OP
What i meant is that: At times one may be led to think/believe that religious arguments/claims contradict with Science … yet be careful with that coz it may only contradict of what is known to mankind sofar in regard to science … there r many things to discover yet and we r nowhere close to what the nature Allah SWT has created holds in it
PPL think to Know that the ultimate top speed is the speed of Light yet the Sound can be faster under certain circumstances … in our current scientific set-up that would mean that time stands still or even reverse
There are zealots on both sides of the isle .
Some atheists and agnostics try to prove religion wrong using science and some religious zealots try to use prove religion using science.
If you outsmart a religious zealot by logic and science the last argument they will use is that religion is by belief only. You will believe in a religion on the basis of your belief. Since you believe that religion is true that is why you believe in it.
No amount of science or logic can prove or disprove any religion. That is where I start from if I am discussing religion with anybody.
I can use the same science to strengthen my belief which a scientist will use to disprove basis of my belief because I want to believe and that scientist does not want to believe.
but wait a second. the theory of relativity does not confirm that. first if someone were to travel with the speed of light, then according to theory of relativity, it can not remain matter. the person or thing must convert into energy.
Peace jaanaan
There is no speed limit to spatial expansion or contraction for that question ... but as you implied c (speed of light) is the fastest aspect to the universe within space-time ... On the other hand the theory of relativity does not say that if matter travels faster it must be become energy ... this is some sort of conclusion you have formed from E=mc^2 ... the theory itself makes no mention of what happens to physical existence at high speeds.
Also ... since spatial expansion or contraction does not have a speed limit then it is not impossible for faster than speed of light travel should a force outside our spacial reality create a pinch or tunnel through which long distances will be traversed due to the region in the tunnel being contracted many times more than its surrounding space. Then by entering the tunnel and travelling even at a modest horse trot one would to an observer outside that tunnel just immediately disappear ... since the travellers photons will be forced by the contracted space to travel away faster than they can be emitted.