The Qur'an is not accurate on Embryology at all. It says
86:6-7 He is created from a drop emitted - proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.
This is just plain and simple worng.
Also note if Keith L Moore was soo convinved of miracles in the Qur'an why did he not convert to Islam...
The scenario you mention is known as the big crunch. the observation of accelerated expansion does indeed imply the big crunch is a highly unlikley scenario. i wouldnt say impossible though as we dont know whats casuing the acceleartion and so we cantt be sure it wont reverse. But i think its a...
First point, you need to provide reliable sources for the claims made. Almost every victor has made propaganda up about infanticide so lets see some reliable evidence.
Furthermore I thinks we can all see Islam is not a good example of the rights of women today, even if it was in the past...
It depnds upon what you mean by aboslute origin of the universe. Certainly we have lots of evdience the big bang happneed. The big crunch is a suggested ultimate fate of the universe. Was there anything before the big bang? we dont have any evidence to answer that question. Therefore we cannot...
There is plenty of evidennce thhe unvierse exists and there plenty of evidence as to its origin, unlike godds or fairies. Of course when we see there is no evidence fairies exist, we are not talking abou the depiction of fairies in books, we are talking about whether or not the creatures...
I agree peer review is not a guarantee of truth, but to say it doesnt mean anything is laughable. A friend of mine just published an aritcle on calcium channel in PNAS , she had five independent reviewers check over her work. Once it gets published , thats just the begining, other sceintist will...
You claim social stability, yet in order to do so , one needs to compare these socities to similar socieities and specifiy in advance your metric for concluding stability.
For example in the West we might comapre, religious countires such as the USA or Italy with non religious coutnries sucha as...
The question is , how do the RS community validate their claims? Is there a level of scrutiny especially hihg? I doubt that is and there methods are not usaully vigioorous, moreover they are undermined by cognitive bias:
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Sciences sets up a...
Einstein already had his PHd when he published his most famous works and that was over 100 years ago anyway. My point is most science and cosmology has advanced beyond the point where an ameteur is likely to make a significant contribution.
If no one without the relevant qualifications has...
i think the suggestion is not that a culture identified unicorns or fairies as dieties, but that the level of evidence for both is zero. So i suggest it is you that is making the straw man argument.
A statement should be considered true if its consistent with all avaibale information. But a good scientists regards all truths as tentative, contigent upon the available information.