You said:
I don't think this verse is a counter argument against creationism. I think it is a counter argument to the divinity of Jesus.
That is exactly my point in the first portion of my reply (to Joseph).
I think Joseph agrees that this verse is indeed a counter argument to the divinity of Jesus. If you read the post he linked to, Joseph explicitly stated this. The only disagreement between Joseph/myself and you is to whether or not this verse refutes the creationist claims that Adam was created instantly and never existed in the womb.
I think you're messing a very important point here, this statement is directed to Christians and the main audience of this verse are Christians and Christians do not believe that Adam was a born human being, rather they believe Adam was created instantly by God in one day. If you show this verse to any Evangelist Christian the only possible thing that would come to in his/her mind would be birth without father and mother. That is why I asked this question in the first place.
It is definitely true that the main purpose of this verse is a counter argument to the Christian claim that Jesus is God/divine. But, you must understand that God's word in the Quran is precise and accurate. When God says that the universe was created in 6 eons, he means the universe was created 6 eons
regardless of whether that verse was a counterargument to the disbeliever's claims. Likewise, when God says that Jesus and Adam had a similar process of creation, then Jesus and Adam had a similar process of creation
regardless of whether or not this verse was a counterargument to the Christian claim that Jesus was divine. So what is the similarity between Jesus and Adam's creation? Jesus and Adam were both created from dust (just like how we all are), and Allah said "be" and they were formed in a similar process of creation in a womb. God is very precise in language in the Quran, when God says X in the Quran, X is true regardless of whether X's major purpose was a counter argument to Christians. So if Jesus and Adam's creation is equivalent in its process, then Adam and Jesus formed in the same way. We know that Jesus formed inside the womb and formed in a long process and Adam's creation had the same method, thus we deduce that the same occured with Adam.
Here is the argument:
Premise 1: If X and Y had the same method of creation, then the method X was created is identical to the method Y was created
Premise 2: X and Y had the same method of creation
Conclusion 1: Therefore, X and Y were created using identical methods
Premise 3: Method Z (slow process of creation in the womb) was used to create Y
Conclusion 2: Method Z was also used to create X
X= Would be Adam in the above argument
Y= Would be Jesus in the above argument
Z=Would be the method of creating from Dust, saying "Be" and allowing a slow process in the womb for the X and Y to develop.