Re: Why are Muslims against Evolution?!?
Peace yazdiI do not accept evolution as a probability because in order to measure probablistic ends we need to know the ends results … we can merely say that it is possible and that too not very possible because again we have no example to show for it.When it comes to my position I agree with you I do favour my scripture in a somewhat close minded way … that is what faith is all about, but my problem is with evolution trying to be scientific when indeed it too is a faith based approach to the origins of life. I favour my religion over the religion of evolutionism and if it turns out that something from evolution is true then I’ll modify my understanding from scripture, but until that point I believe it to be a stronger bet to remain where I am … With regards to the difference in species the explanation given by religious scripture is that He causes some things to thrive and others to die, kingdoms are replaced with new ones … examples of how this happens can be seen in our own experiences … we can see how the grey squirrel took over the red - we do not conclude that the red squirrel evolved into grey ones, we know that grey squirrels came from some other place and resettled in the area where there were red ones. This is the history of all things readily proven … as before dinosaurs did NOT evolve into other creatures … they died off. It would be insincere to say that on one hand dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid, yet on the other hand say that modern creatured evolved from dinosaurs that could not be possible because they would be dead. Unless that is those creatures that survived were the ancestors of the modern creatures, but then we need to demonstrate that we can prove which creatures survived the asteroid and then what route they offspring took to become modern creatures.For me it is vital to my belief on many levels to say “God says to it Be and it is ” - immediate creation from nothing. This statement is a literal one and cannot hold any metaphoric meaning. With a stretch you can say that “Be” means starting off the process of evolution … which makes me shudder in my boots to such a degradation to the Might of Allah (SWT). It simply does not fit. As a Muslim I cannot compromise scripture because the understandings are calibrated together with each other - by messing with that calibration unwittingly in order to serve scientific ends we can create calamities with other aspects of the faith. What we need to do is be biased to our faith and have a small space for discovery to add new dimensions to our understanding … I strongly believe that you will not find evolution to be satisfactory on a scientific level in years to come and it certainly isn’t there today.
Even if all dinosaurs became extinct at once, other smaller creatures did survive whatever caused dinosaurs extinction. Evolution is not a faith because it’s always being tested and modified. You cannot compare a faith to a theory. No, I thought you were a Muslim. Don’t Muslims also believe the earth was created in 6 days? I threw in 6000 years for someone of christian faith. Also, Muslims too believe eve was created from Adams left side. I googled it and it’s true, lol