Re: Why are Muslims against Evolution?!?
I thought as much … His figures were wrong that is why … Just because someone agrees with Creationism it does not mean that I will naturally ignore their false claims … I will scrutinise any claims ‘scientifically’ in an unbiased way … and I laughed because he stated with a lot of authority yet there were at least two major problems with his post. I wasn’t laughing to ridicule him, it was more of a gesture of disbelief.
I hope that you see I am not biased about this topic of evolution at all … All it takes is a bit of clear thinking … We cannot say where new creatures come from (Do they magically appear? Come out of water? Out of the Ground? - Or from other creatures?) As scientists we can’t say - since we have not seen it happen yet … However if we see it then I’ll accept it.
As a Muslim I have no need to think that one creature comes from another is any less remarkable than a magical appearance - For God both are equally possible … Since scripture mentions something which sounds more like unique Creation instead of derived creation - or evolution then I currently side with creation … there is nothing ridiculous about this position. The idea that evolutionists want to suggest is that it is easier to argue one creature comes from another - but when genetics is considered they realise how miraculous that would be as well.
The attempt is to give a rational explanation to everything … my understanding is that it would be a difficult task to achieve without making assumption upon assumption in which case the whole basis of finding a rational explanation is compromised because there are so many assumptions that it loses tangibility and relegates itself to being a belief.