On 1 June 2015 at 14:12, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 4:01 AM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 31 May 2015 at 03:42, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Which is why I suggest that those who understand science should evaluate >>> the Quranic statements about nature to examine if the author knows what he >>> is talking about. >>> >>> Obviously for this to be a meaningful exercise it should be a >> double-blind test in which various sacred texts which give similar >> statements that could be seen as scientific are compared. One would need >> Biblical scholars, experts in the Norse Eddas, Buddhists and so on to take >> what they consider meaningful statements, suitably agnostic scholars to >> translate them if necessary, historians to give suitable interpretations to >> place them into context, and then a group of people with scientific >> knowledge, and no knowledge of their origin, to assign a score for how well >> them measure up. Plus some made up / contemporary statements should be >> thrown in for comparison. >> > > It doesn't have to be that complicated, though it would be wonderful if > such a task is undertaken. The Quran, scientific research and other > relevant material is easily accessible to all over the Internet now. Each > literate individual with access to these resources can initiate their own > personal study. All it really requires is an earnest desire to comprehend > what might be a message from God. > > If it isn't that complicated, the results will be meaningless. That is the point of double blind tests - to avoid preconception and bias on the part of the experimenters and the experimental subjects. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
