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Former Athiest
#31
RE: Former Athiest
@OP: Even if Islam made some sense scientifically, what would being a Muslim accomplish?
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#32
RE: Former Athiest
I think if clipse wants to gain insight into why they felt inspired to leave Islam, they might want to read the book, "Why We Left Islam". Written as a compilation of testimonials of former Muslims.

Leaving atheism and returning to Islam based on what YouTube videos provided as "proof" Islam is a legitimate faith who's claims are valid when scientific "miracles" are noted in the Koran, is not a serious study for cause to commit one's life to the doctrine.

This site was created by Muslim apostates who sought to lead those in doubt about Islam, out of the fold.

The Myth of Scientific Miracles in the Quran

A Logical Analysis

by Mumin Salih

08/11/2005
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#33
RE: Former Athiest
(July 23, 2011 at 11:35 am)Napoleon Wrote:
(July 23, 2011 at 7:43 am)Ziggystardust Wrote: Here is another similar Hadith

Volume 7, Book 65, Number 356:

Narrated Sad:

Allah’s Apostle said, “He who eats seven ‘Ajwa dates every morning, will not be affected by poison or magic on the day he eats them.”

Muslim Response 1: You're meant to read it in arabic duh, it makes no sense otherwise!
Muslim Response 2: This part isn't meant to be taken literally...

Honestly it is no less embarrassing than what Jesus said in Mark 16, which would be considered more similar to a quotation out of the Quran than the Hadiths.

Quote:And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.

Mark 16:17-18 (NRSV)
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#34
RE: Former Athiest
(July 23, 2011 at 2:12 am)clipse26i Wrote: Weather the thought of God existing at that time, I would say no, but it only lasted like 9 months, close to a year.
Okay, okay! Thank you that's all I needed to know, changes to your lifestyle are irrelevant, all the same I urge you not to shun partying and socialising with others irrespective of their faiths, but yeah try and quit smoking, that's rather unhealthy.

Okay, now onto addressing your question:-
Quote:My question is, what do Athiests say about the the scientific miracles in the Quran?
Scientific miracles? I'm not sure what you mean as that's a misnomer and nonsensical. Please rephrase or restructure the question into something a little bit more sensible and meaningful.
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#35
RE: Former Athiest
Apparently this passage is about black holes.....

"And I swear by the stars' positions-and that is a mighty oath if you only knew. (Qur'an, 56:75-76)

True!!!

See here....
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source...rnIEFGfYFw

It's just incredible that no one notices this stuff until all the hard work has been done by science(insert irony smilie here)

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#36
RE: Former Athiest
(July 23, 2011 at 3:44 am)clipse26i Wrote: Thanks for your responses people, my intent wasn't to come on here and defend my faith or have a debate.That wasn't the purpose of this thread. I was just looking to see what the Atheist view was on the Islamic science references. It has obviously come to my attention that people have their doubts about what the Quran says , therefore do not believe in the scientific references. I did not make this thread to change your minds about anything, what you believe is what you believe. It wasn't to my knowledge that people tried to debunk the scientific references and I can honestly say that I didn't research every single scientific reference myself. Therefore I am simply just going to do more research on the debunking of these scientific references and find refutes for them.

What I will do is, make other threads pertaining to the "debunking", and refute the claims.

I now have an idea of what the Atheist view is on this topic, and this thread has served its purpose. Thanks for your responses and I hope no one took any offense, if you did, that wasn't my intention and I apologize. Again thanks for the responses.

Or you could take some college level science classes that include lab work, and find out for yourself what is actually possible (and what is not possible) using the scientific method. By the way, fresh water and salt water do, indeed, mix. I had a marine aquarium for 20 years, and so I know for a fact from personal experience that they do mix. The water in your body is very salty. But you drink fresh water. If they didn't mix, you'd soon dehydrate.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens

"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".

- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "

- Dr. Donald Prothero
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#37
RE: Former Athiest
Plants rely on salinity (among other things) to aide in the uptake of water. The water within a plants cells is by definition saltier than the fresh water outside. It is precisely this mechanic that prevents terrestrial plants from growing in salt water. The water itself is saltier than the plants cells, leading to water moving away from the plant (in fact through its retention mechanisms). The result is what we may call a "burned" plant, in reality, it is dehydrated, even though it may be floating in a sea of water. In this case, the fresh water is all to willing to mix with saltwater. Find me some verses in the quran which predict a discovery. I like my miracles to be miraculous, not disingenuous.
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#38
RE: Former Athiest
If you want a more dramatic proof that pure water and salt water do mix, put some salt on a common or garden slug.

Tip: The slug's skin is a semipermeable membrane covered in mucus, which is wet.
Tip 2: The slug is full of not-very-salty water.
Tip 3: Osmosis.
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#39
RE: Former Athiest
Here's an article which explains many of the Qu'ran's scientific errors:

http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Scientific...e_Qur%27an
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#40
RE: Former Athiest
(July 24, 2011 at 10:42 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Here's an article which explains many of the Qu'ran's scientific errors:

http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Scientific...e_Qur%27an

Lol, that page is fucking huge. Guess that indicates a certain something doesn't it?
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