Personally, I don't think I would say it is a Christian thing v. a
Muslim thing. Many Muslims from certain backgrounds are still dealing
with the effects of colonialism and Western science and technology. I
think that coming out of a situation like that, it would make sense
that they would find attractive the general idea that amazing bits of
scientific knowledge were at the fingertips of their ancestors 1400
years ago. Actually the Friday sermon today was actually in part about
that (specifically the way that information about fetal development is
found in the Quran).
But I've seen Christians engage in similar techniqes to try to argue
that relativity or atomic science etc. is found in the Bible.
By the same token, there are both Christians and Muslims who believe
in something like creation science.
On the other hand, it is kind of interesting that the number you get
from the proposed calculation actually is sort of close to the speed
of light.
-Gilberto
On 11/18/05, Susan Maneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> " May I request Dr. Khazeh Fannanapazir and other friends in this forum to
> shed some light onto the verse of Quran and the conclusion that this
> Egyptian scholar is trying to prove."
>
> Dear Firouz,
>
> Now that my sides have stopped hurting perhaps I can take your question a
> little more seriously. I think what our Egyptian 'scholar' has done is
> rather typical of some of the differences between Evangelical Christians and
> Muslims in their approach to the relationship between science and religion.
> Evangelical Christians tend to want to make science fit the scriptures, and
> therefore they tend to reject scientific discoveries which contradict
> scripture. Muslims, on the other hand, tend to want to read the discoveries
> of modern science into the Qur'an often coming up with absurd
> interpretations of scripture in the process. I think examples such as this
> should serve as a warning about what happens when we don't make a proper
> distinction between the different functions science and religion are meant
> to serve.
>
> warmest, Susan
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