RE: Quran says the Earth is flat
May 8, 2013 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2013 at 11:59 am by Simsim.)
Qur'an does not say that the Earth is flat, but it provides a primitive vision of the Universe, like saying that stars are made to protect Heavens from demons.
One day I was saying something like that. The problem is that the perspective of God just corresponds to the perspective of the primitive knowledge of the ancients. This leads to that the perspective of God is no more than the perspective of the ancients who saw the universe through a very limited knowledge.
Most visions about the Universe which are stated in holy books were already common and popular in the societies in which the holy books appeared. So it is not a divine perspective .... It is a primitive human perspectives and imaginations.
(May 4, 2013 at 3:42 pm)Gearbreak Wrote: Maybe god sees the universe as flat. Like a different perspective on things. God sees the world like I see simcity for example.
One day I was saying something like that. The problem is that the perspective of God just corresponds to the perspective of the primitive knowledge of the ancients. This leads to that the perspective of God is no more than the perspective of the ancients who saw the universe through a very limited knowledge.
Most visions about the Universe which are stated in holy books were already common and popular in the societies in which the holy books appeared. So it is not a divine perspective .... It is a primitive human perspectives and imaginations.
