tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724924986866131547.post4605081161062422238..comments2024-03-19T12:50:03.929+08:00Comments on A Muslim Convert Once More: The Sects That Enter JannahTerence Nunishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06071127118103190470noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724924986866131547.post-52027249895041258712011-01-05T04:43:42.067+08:002011-01-05T04:43:42.067+08:00Good Evening,
I think to understand Darwin's ...Good Evening,<br /><br />I think to understand Darwin's 'Origin of Species', you have to understand people like Huxley as well.<br /><br />From a scientific point of view only:<br /><br />1. Firstly, the theory of evolution is just that - A theory. It is not conclusively proven that there is evolution across phylum or family. Darwin's research on the finches in the Galapagos showed that they evolved to fulfill ecological niches that were not occupied. There was a diversification of species but they remained essentially finches. It is conjecture that took it further. And thus it is still a theory and not a law.<br /><br />2. The entire basis of the evolution of species is actually racist. Has anyone ever actually read the papers? The idea being that men originated from primates (not monkeys per se) and that the black man was at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder and the white man was at the top. This was used to justify the 'white man's burden' and colonialization. It ceased to become science and became pseudo-science.<br /><br />3. In the study of evolution, they are still trying to find the missing links between the different steps of the proposed evolutionary ladder. Until they find it, like everything else, it should be viewed with healthy skepticism. Science is the study of anything to discover the truth of things, not to prove preconceived notions of any kind.<br /><br />From Islam's view:<br /><br />1. All men are desscended from Adam and Eve.<br /><br />2. Man was Created Exalted. He did not evolve from anything else otherwise that perfection of form is compromised. He retains that perfection as long as he is in submission to God's Divine Will.<br /><br />3. Islam does not reject evolution in its entirety. Only the extent of it. Everything evolves to conform to various biological and environmental factors, for example. But at no time does it become other than what Allah intended. And so the finches Darwin studied did not evolve into fishes for example, even though they may fish. A penguin may swim with the fishes but it is essentially a bird.<br /><br />4. Unlike Creationism in Protestant Christianity, Islam does not have an issue with the Age of Dinosaurs and the various geological epochs prior to humanity. In Surah al-Mulk, it it is written that the world was created in stages. 6 to be exact.<br /><br />RegardsTerence Nunishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06071127118103190470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724924986866131547.post-4455383289497854502011-01-05T02:54:20.736+08:002011-01-05T02:54:20.736+08:00Dear Harlequin,
I am reading your blog with much ...Dear Harlequin,<br /><br />I am reading your blog with much interest and this post touches the surface of a problem I faced while considering conversion.<br /><br />While attending the BCI class, a replacement teacher addressed a question from someone who ignored who Darwin was. He responded half jokingly that Darwin was a joker who thought that monkeys started losing hair and later on became men. That was a shocking moment for me and it took me a while before making my way back to DA.<br /><br />Anybody who has done a little research about evolution and Darwin himself can easily point out mistakes in both the article posted above and the replacement teacher I met in BCI.<br /><br />I would be very interested in hearing your opinion about this and also whether you can offer any help in dealing with this apparent dilemma between evolution and faith in islam.<br /><br />Thanks in advanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com