Re: Why are Muslims against Evolution?!?
Hmm no … The title of the thread is a half statement … Read the first line by Med911 … he says that he finds that the “koran” is not against evolution. Hence according to the OP Islam is not against evolution … but Muslims are … so I was giving the reason for this … that Muslims are generally against those ideas that are not proven, but when it comes to faith i.e. belief we employ a different set of rules, which are based on other parameters, we look for signs and guidance when it comes to belief not PROOF.
So we believe that the Creation is true because our faith says so, if someone can demonstrate that Islam says evolution is true then we will believe that - no worry.
Some people are saying that God Creates through evolution, again - I believe the first part of that sentence, but I don’t NEED to believe the latter because that is “interpretation” … it is not scripture" - Scripture says “He Created” - if we answer the “how” then we need to prove it, either by using the Qur’an like we did in embryology, or science - with experimentation. Then we can acknowledge the science and say that Allah (SWT) Created this way.
Some people think the reason why Muslims are against evolution because it contradicts Islam, that is not the case for why. Science makes U-turns one day it says something another it says something else. Religious text does not. First the atom was indivisible now - today it is divisible. Although science makes newer discoveries it can create problems for the older ideas. Newtonian physics is known to be only applicable for objects that a human eye can see and above. Any smaller and we need a new set of physical laws. Quantum physics has answered the subatomic level but created a problem for the macroscopic level.
Evolution as we know it undermines the idea of Creator, but I expect it too will make a few more modifications, until then I abstain from accepting it … One thing is for sure - anything that is provable NEVER contradicts the Qur’an. Anything that does contradict the Qur’an must by definition be unprovable and hence an untrustworthy concept.
Peace