Science, the universe, and the theory of evolution
By AbuIlyas
@AbuIlyas (32)
January 13, 2009 4:17pm CST
Do you consider these to be a threat to Islam? I know that Christians are trying to Incorporate creationism into the scientific circle, and I am not sure where the the traditional jewish people stand this whole science/religion debate but I am curious to what muslims think of science and how it is incorporated into their religion, would love to hear your opinions on this. thanks.
3 responses
@headhunter525 (3548)
• India
17 Jan 09
Christians are not trying to incorporate 'creationism' into the scientific circle. It's just a handful group of fundamentalist Christians. Majority of Christians simply don't accept their version. I also think though these people called their position 'creationism' it is better to call it as 'young earth creationism'. Reason is that when we start calling it as 'creationism' we misunderstand the whole thing and we start pitting religion against science. This is to give in to the tactic of these guys. Whether atheists or Christians when some fringe group is trying to bring in unhealthy element in the society we need to help people see that they are mistaken. Giving in to their tactic will not help the world getting better.
@murderistic (2278)
• United States
15 Jan 09
I'm not a Muslim, however I am taking a physical anthropology class and I find it very interesting that when we study the ancient skulls of human-like animals it becomes very hard to distinguish where Adam and Eve are in all of this. The more I learn about evolution, the more I don't want to learn! It is undeniable that microevolution is occurring - and in essence, macroevolution is not separate from microevolution, it is just a long and gradual occurrences of microevolution in a species that classifies them as a new species. I used to say that microevolution existed but macroevolution didn't, and I think that's a foolish statement. But evolution does not rule out the existence of God as a creator - it just challenges some of the early Biblical stories. But the Bible and the Qur'an are not meant to be science books, and God didn't reveal scientific revolutions to His prophets. That is not what God is passionate about teaching His followers, He is passionate about teaching His followers issues regarding faith and serving Him and His creation.
