(December 16, 2019 at 1:41 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 16, 2019 at 1:34 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: No. You "check the context", then you can identify which meaning was meant from the "wide range of possibilities".
Can't really be arsed to do that. When I'm presented with a book from the 7th century that lays claim to scientific knowledge derived from a Magic Sky Daddy, possible explanations leap to mind. The most likely one is that the person making the claim is doing so out of the misguided (but understandable) desire to show that his magic book is the BEST magic book.
Is it possible that Allah was responsible for comets bringing water to Earth. Sure it is. Is it more or less likely that the agency involved is celestial mechanics and collision mathematics? More.
Boru
No. I believe that we all die. Then after a long sleep we will rise again. Then we will be judged by God for every action we did; and then either be guided to hell, or be guided to paradise.
Don't let the medieval image be your way to picture that day. But let the current images of space telescopes be your way to image that day.
So many stars can be "the hell". So many planets can be "the paradise".
Just like the first Big Bang happened; another can happen.
That's why I'm calling people to the Quran.