Well my point was that I dont thikn the Koran can be taken literally.
I answered as to why the use of metaphor earlier. Because how could God have explained complex scientific processes to people living 2000 yrs ago? They could never fathomed such concepts of creation, when they didnt even understand the very basics of creation… As the Prophet PBUH himself said, " Speak to people according to their level of understanding…" So the Prophet pbuh would say such, but Allah SWT would explain to illterate bedouin’s using complex scientific notions involving atoms, molecules, all the way up to Nucleic Acids and DNA? He would explain to them at length how evolution works, how mutations occur, how new DNA information is created? How selection operates?
Secondly, why would he explain all this? The intent of the Quran is not to work as a science manual… The intent is to provide mankind with a guide to living their lives. Its book of morals, of spiritual concepts, not scientific notions. If God truly wanted us to understand the Universe in scientific terms, he would have explained everything in detail, but he hasnt. Instead, gathering knowledge of the Universe is presented as an imperative for ever Muslim, because God does not present for us in detail himself.
Now your abstaining from having an opinion, but for science to progress we do not have the luxury of standing on the side lines. Some do perhaps, but you as a scientist do not. You and other scientists, of multiple fields, to better understand the natural world, must, considering the evidence as it presents itself, assume it is fact. And as any credible scientist will tell you, the theory, compliments their study immensely, and in fact, without it, their understanding of all these disciplines would collapse.
As far as proven or not. I would think it is inevitable from a genetic standpoint. But as I stated, the evidence you ask for is impossible to find. We would need a time machine to watch creatures evolving before our eyes, at least in the sense that your referring to.
Now I compared evolution to your assumption that your faith is irrefutable because in both cases, a set of evidence is presented. However in the case of religion, that evidence is enough for you to assume its factual, but in the case of evolution you are still straddling the wall? And lets face it, in the realm of beliefs, evolution and religion are simply two beliefs. One you choose to believe, the other not.
I dont agree with atheists who poo poo creationist beliefs… They are atheists in the purest sense.
I for one feel there is room for god even in evolution. I do not think evolution contradicts our concept of God.
Evolution does not pertain to how we were created on a molecular level. It does not answer any of the philosophical questions as regards creation.
Just because such atheists exist, does not mean that evolution is nullified by their beliefs.