(September 7, 2013 at 2:50 pm)paulpablo Wrote:(September 7, 2013 at 2:47 pm)Harris Wrote: Correct! I mentioned many times Quran is not a book of science. It gives facts of nature (unknown to human) in hints and clues which when human acquired knowledge reach to a certain level then only people start realizing what that clue meant. This is how Quran maintain its claim to be a Divine revelation.
No it doesn't give a fact about nature unknown to humans, it didn't provide any facts about finger prints being unique, stop saying it has.
It didn't give a clue about finger prints being unique, it said god will reconstruct the entire body even the tips of the fingers.
In this thread, I talked on Embryology in the light of Quran. The subject of human embryology developed within 50 – 100 years only. Before that, no one had any idea about Alaqa and Mudgha because the acquired knowledge was not at an appropriate. Today, when science has reached to the levels where people have seen the initial stages of human development then only the meaning of those clues become clearer. Before Alaqa and Mudgha was unknown fact of nature but today with the advancement of science, we know what Alaqa and Mudgha are.
I repeat again, it is not the intention of Quran to disclose scientific details. Purpose of those clues is to maintain divine nature of Quran so people would not take it as ordinary book.
