Can prayer change God's perfect plan?

[WinterHold]

So, in -that- story..to you, it sounds like ibrahim is doing science?   As to guts, does it really take much in the way of guts to tell believers no?  I don't ever feel like it does, and you're still burning people...so?  Meanwhile..you've just described every angsty teen ever, rebelling against the beliefs of their parents and norms of their community.

Newton was observing an apple when the theory of gravity sparked in his head.
Abraham looked around instead of blindly accepting what he's being told. "Trial and error" is even presented in that story: he began with observing planets, then the moon, then the sun.

The revolution against compulsive backward theism that the Church and many Muslims embraced through the past, did make a huge difference between modern humans and ancient humans who believed in things like flat earth; with no evidence.

Islam presents an open invitation to observe everything, and see the design for ourselves. The pattern. Just like Abraham.
And just like science begins with observation of natural phenomena.

Cyberman

In Arabic, they are called "Sanafer".

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