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General Discussions / Re: Program of Creation of Man on Earth, in light of Quran.
« on: March 11, 2018, 02:06:00 AM »
Peace Niaz,
Thank you for your response. I have reflected on the interpretation you presented. In fact, it has been my traditional interpretation for quite some time. The reason I posted my original comments was because I am of the firm conviction there are not any contradictions in the Qu'ran, only in our interpretations. As such, if an interpretation ends up contradicting, or appears to contradict, other verses it should be studied more deeply to ascertain an interpretation that accounts for the information present in all verses.
I understand what the current cosmology theory of the universe says. However, those in academic circles will tell you the current Big Bang Inflationary universe model is in serious trouble given the constant discovery of anomalous organizations of heavenly structures (ie: distribution of Quasars, galaxies, CMB etc) that challenge the current paradigm. Of course, this makes sense and 'science' has a terrible track record demonstrated by the constant change of theories since the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. This reality about the 'science' should help us appreciate that it science cannot disprove scripture (Qu'ran), but scripture CAN confirm accurate science. Having said that, your response was not addressing my question about the content in the actual verses, but rather your perspective. Although, I do appreciate you sharing your perspective, I was really looking more for an analysis of my points which appear to indicate a possible contradiction with the 6 'periods' interpretation. As you said (which I fully agree) GOD can create the heavens and the earth instantly, over 6 twenty-four hour days, over 6 periods, or any number of periods. Knowing this, please kindly have another look at my previous post and try to factor out current scientific theories, which may or may not be completely accurate, to ensure a truly unbias study based on the content of the verses.
I have found that many of us, (unfortunately) myself included, have the tendency to translate or interpret verses to conform to current (constantly being updating) scientific theories rather than just look at the verses actually say and then formulating and interpretation. This can create a potentially serious problem for those of us who have 'science' as the 'determiner of truth' rather than the Creator (via Qu'ran), because their faith could be severely shaken when currently accepted scientific theories become falsified and thus, discarded for new theories. Whereas, if we look at the verses exactly as they are written without imposing our predispositions of how things aught to be, our faith, God willing, will never be shaken by agnostic and materialism-based philosophies that currently plague scientific interpretations of data. Especially, when it comes to theories on the origin of life and origin of the universe.
Peace,
Mike
Thank you for your response. I have reflected on the interpretation you presented. In fact, it has been my traditional interpretation for quite some time. The reason I posted my original comments was because I am of the firm conviction there are not any contradictions in the Qu'ran, only in our interpretations. As such, if an interpretation ends up contradicting, or appears to contradict, other verses it should be studied more deeply to ascertain an interpretation that accounts for the information present in all verses.
I understand what the current cosmology theory of the universe says. However, those in academic circles will tell you the current Big Bang Inflationary universe model is in serious trouble given the constant discovery of anomalous organizations of heavenly structures (ie: distribution of Quasars, galaxies, CMB etc) that challenge the current paradigm. Of course, this makes sense and 'science' has a terrible track record demonstrated by the constant change of theories since the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. This reality about the 'science' should help us appreciate that it science cannot disprove scripture (Qu'ran), but scripture CAN confirm accurate science. Having said that, your response was not addressing my question about the content in the actual verses, but rather your perspective. Although, I do appreciate you sharing your perspective, I was really looking more for an analysis of my points which appear to indicate a possible contradiction with the 6 'periods' interpretation. As you said (which I fully agree) GOD can create the heavens and the earth instantly, over 6 twenty-four hour days, over 6 periods, or any number of periods. Knowing this, please kindly have another look at my previous post and try to factor out current scientific theories, which may or may not be completely accurate, to ensure a truly unbias study based on the content of the verses.
I have found that many of us, (unfortunately) myself included, have the tendency to translate or interpret verses to conform to current (constantly being updating) scientific theories rather than just look at the verses actually say and then formulating and interpretation. This can create a potentially serious problem for those of us who have 'science' as the 'determiner of truth' rather than the Creator (via Qu'ran), because their faith could be severely shaken when currently accepted scientific theories become falsified and thus, discarded for new theories. Whereas, if we look at the verses exactly as they are written without imposing our predispositions of how things aught to be, our faith, God willing, will never be shaken by agnostic and materialism-based philosophies that currently plague scientific interpretations of data. Especially, when it comes to theories on the origin of life and origin of the universe.
Peace,
Mike