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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 2:29 pm
Simple fact mere humans seem to have figured out that there were 360 joints in the human body before Islam even existed by the fact it's clearly written down. Therefore this isn't a prophecy in favor of Islam. Game, Set, Match
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 2:44 pm
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I bet a guy who cut people up professionally might figure it out on his own. Hey, what did Big Mo do for a living again?
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 2:48 pm
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(September 7, 2022 at 12:53 pm)Angrboda Wrote: There are many possible explanations for any given falsehood.
You may want to start by pointing out where the falsehood is exactly, in this particular case.
(September 7, 2022 at 12:55 pm)GUBU Wrote: What you believe that it was a different set of power hungry maniacs who wrote the hadiths to those who wrote the qu'ran.
Nobody wrote the Qur'an in its earliest form, the Islamic prophet recited it orally, he didn't write anything. Mainstream biographies of the prophet state that he couldn't write.
(September 7, 2022 at 12:55 pm)GUBU Wrote: Anyway my point still stands, copying Greek medical texts does not equal prophesy.
I agree, but picking exactly the correct bits of greek medical texts, which are filled with mistakes and mythology, can amount to prophecy.
(September 7, 2022 at 1:39 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: Nope, no messed up logic. You may want to take some reading classes? I ddint claim it was guaranteed something, you claimed it was guaranteed prophecy, did ya? I was only offering one other explanation than "prophecy". You claimed prophecy. Now, hush, prove it wasnt some random (greek or chinese) dude counting joints on a dead body.
GO
And your explanation was shown to be dead in the water, so the prophecy is still valid so far.
(September 7, 2022 at 1:39 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: Stop evading. Were you engaged in confirmation bias? Yes or no?
The correct answer is: Yes you were desperately looking to confirm your already established belief.
I would be lying if I told you I defend my beliefs with zero confirmation bias, anyone is biased to what they believe or stand for. But this shouldn't be a problem here, you're presented with a set of texts from islamic scripture that make more sense if the prophet were genuine than if he weren't, my biases and intentions shouldn't concern you at this point. -unless of course, you want to dodge the hard questions and dissert about how irrational I am.
Again: it's not merely about getting some random fact right, it's also two more very important things :
1) Taking the risk of stating such a fact.
2) Picking it out of dozens of similar wrong statements or assertions.
So yeah one may be tempted to find some pre-Islam text that shows the number 360 and call it a day, but pre Islam medicine and anatomy stated all kinds of silly claims and theories about the human body, which you don't find in the hadiths or the Qur'an.
(September 7, 2022 at 1:39 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: Lets address my concerns, particularly about confirmation bias.
Lets also try to be a decent and honest debater by admitting having misrepresented my position (aka: me claiming a dude dissecting another dude MUST come to the conclusion of "360".
You said people dissected bodies in the 7th century, without further details. But I showed that whoever the people you're referring to, it still doesn't explain why we have the hadith.
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 2:59 pm
(September 7, 2022 at 2:48 pm)R00tKiT Wrote: (September 7, 2022 at 12:53 pm)Angrboda Wrote: There are many possible explanations for any given falsehood.
You may want to start by pointing out where the falsehood is exactly, in this particular case.
Trying to argue a delusional person out of their deep-seated beliefs is futile and pointless. That's why it's hardly surprising that you would start there.
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 3:10 pm
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If this assertion to prophetic facts means nothing and doesn't matter to you..Root..why would it matter whether it's true or false, and why would it matter regardless of whether it's true or false...to anyone else?
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 3:59 pm
(September 7, 2022 at 2:48 pm)R00tKiT Wrote: (September 7, 2022 at 1:39 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: Nope, no messed up logic. You may want to take some reading classes? I ddint claim it was guaranteed something, you claimed it was guaranteed prophecy, did ya? I was only offering one other explanation than "prophecy". You claimed prophecy. Now, hush, prove it wasnt some random (greek or chinese) dude counting joints on a dead body.
GO
And your explanation was shown to be dead in the water, so the prophecy is still valid so far. You showed nothing. You straw manned me and now are going nuh uhh!
My potential explanation is: Someone else, 1k years earlier, a chinese man counted 360 joints as well.
If you want to prove its been a prophecy 1ky after this, then you must rule out the chinese dude being correct, by counting joints of a corpse.
(September 7, 2022 at 2:48 pm)R00tKiT Wrote: (September 7, 2022 at 1:39 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: Stop evading. Were you engaged in confirmation bias? Yes or no?
The correct answer is: Yes you were desperately looking to confirm your already established belief.
I would be lying if I told you I defend my beliefs with zero confirmation bias... Were you looking for other explanations of why a 7th century Arab counts 360 joints?
Were you considering that he knew of greek or chinese people dissecting bodies and counting joints and potentially coming to the same conclusion as the Arab a thousand years later?
Yes or no?
(September 7, 2022 at 2:48 pm)R00tKiT Wrote: So yeah one may be tempted to find some pre-Islam text that shows the number 360 and call it a day, but pre Islam medicine and anatomy stated all kinds of silly claims and theories about the human body, which you don't find in the hadiths or the Qur'an. You claimed it was a prophecy. You have to rule out pre islam medicine being correct, not by chance, but by counting joints a thousand years prior.
GO
good luck
(September 7, 2022 at 2:48 pm)R00tKiT Wrote: (September 7, 2022 at 1:39 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: Lets address my concerns, particularly about confirmation bias.
Lets also try to be a decent and honest debater by admitting having misrepresented my position (aka: me claiming a dude dissecting another dude MUST come to the conclusion of "360".
You said people dissected bodies in the 7th century, without further details. But I showed that whoever the people you're referring to, it still doesn't explain why we have the hadith. Stop evading
You straw manned me saying greek or chinese dudes must have counted correctly, while i really said they might have counted correctly, which is enough to refute your claim of prophecy.
I request an apology from you.
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 4:38 pm
That’s not a prophesy.
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 4:47 pm
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Honestly, who cares if it is? Let's just assume that some human beings are scryers of some description. It means nothing in particular to Root...and so it means nothing in particular to me. You can give a person "prophecy" wholly and entirely, and it means exactly jack shit even so...even as they tell it.
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 5:19 pm
Prophecy or chance:
The Wreck of the Futility
Answer, per the author, chance.
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RE: A knockdown prophecy
September 7, 2022 at 5:58 pm
Quote:Buried in a shallow grave deep within a remote Indonesian cave, archaeologists have found the bones of a young individual they say could rewrite medical history.
Using radiocarbon dating techniques, scientists estimate the body has lain undisturbed for 31,000 years inside the Liang Tebo cave in eastern Kalimantan province in Borneo, according to research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.
But the most striking aspect of the discovery was that the young man or woman was missing their lower left leg, with signs it had been carefully amputated when the person was a pre-teen or early teen before their death from unknown causes between 19 and 21, researchers said.
The otherwise remarkably intact skeleton was found by in 2020 by Australian and Indonesian archaeologists, who say the amputation reveals considerable surgical skill and is the earliest example in the archeological record, shaking up our understanding of sophistication of Stone Age humans.
"It's significant because it considerably pushes back our species' knowledge about surgery and complex medicine," said Maxime Aubert, a professor at Griffith University's Centre for Social and Cultural Research in Queensland, via email.
"They had to have a profound knowledge of human anatomy, how to stop the blood flow, anaesthesia, and antisepsis. All of these only became the norm very recently," Aubert wrote.
(CNN)
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