Creation Versus Evolution

 Evolution is correct except that there is no natural selection. It is all by the will of Allah that He has created. So evolution is here by creation or vice versa.

 We don't believe that Adam was the first man here on earth. He was however the first prophet of Allah. The christians believe that mankind is here only since 6000 years. Islam does not support it.

Israfil wrote: I didn't realize that so many of you really don't know what evolution is, and let alone, can differentiate between evolution and the process of natural selection. Creationism is a poor excuse of a philosophy and should not be taught in class. God creating the world is a spiritual belief that should be private and in the private homes of people. You cannot physically measure God nor can you prove that God created the planet. However with genetics you can prove that certain creature groups have some genetic link to each other, for instance chimps and humans share 95% of their DNA. Som religionist just don't like the fact that all of life was once one. I remember discussing with a fellow Muslim the other day about evolution and he didn't like the fact that maybe our closes relative was a chimp. For some reason he considered animals to be less than human. Little does he know that intelligence is not measured on one scale but on several scales but I took his contempt as more of a human pride thing than anything. But yes, to say the world is 6000 years old is simply a delusion made up by Christians (oh wait, its in the Bible). It's funny when Paleontologist study carbon dated bonoes of prehistoric creatures and find that they are millions of years old how can a christian who believes in Creationism answer that? Oh, with, "the devil put those bones there?" LOL I love my Creator and I take it serious when our Creator is thrown into a theological/scientific circus by idiots who (and I'll quote brother Rami in this) are not equipped with the knowledge of the field. I'll agree with Rami in that biological scientist and genetic researchers have no right commenting on God. This is like the blasphemy of science. Science can neither prove nor disprove anything that is incoporeal or cannot be physically studied. The same thing with theologians. Theologians or religionist alike cannot comment on evolution if they are coming from a doctrinal perspective.

Wow! So whose the idiot here?!

Anyway, even though I dont believe in evolution, I dont consider it a serious danger to my beliefs, I simply dont believe it because it has not been proven (that's why even most scientists who believe it call it a THEORY). If the existance of a creator should not be taught because it is "not proven", then surely evolution should not be taught either as it is only a theory.

But really when you have to choose from teaching: "we all came from empty space and an explosion that came out of nowhere for no reason" and Creation, then any sane person must admit that creation makes much more sense. By creation I dont mean that "God was playing with clay and made man", what I mean is that if there was an explosion in empty space which brought about all planets, all plants, all the insects and animals and sciences and arts and emotions and senses etc.etc.etc. then you better believe that there was intelligent design, or else, you simply lack intelligence...or sanity.

Evolution or not, it's clear that there must have been a creator, or else how could the "mutations" have had so many positive rather than negative effect (even though mutations are naturally a bad thing, yet the more evolved or "mutated", the more advanced we are as according to evolution humans have evolved more than all other beings and we are certainly more advanced than all animals and plants-why have there not been any negative mutations).

I dont know wether or not the Bible is correct to say the earth was created 6 or 7 thousand years ago, there are arguements on both sides (watch the first video I posted). But no matter how old the earth is, after reading Evolution Deciet by Harun Yahya and listening to anti-evolution scientists, I see no reason why I should believe in evolution.

The belief in evolution today is similair to the belief that the earth is flat and ends at its edges which existed in Europe a few centuries ago. It was a popular belief, but it was no more than a theory which was late proven wrong.

Bi ismillahir rahmanir raheem

assalamu alaikum

Israfil

Do you agree Evolution is a scientific process?

Do you agree Science can only prove what it can observe?

Do you agree that for an animal to change from one form to another its DNA must change?

Can you show me where scientists have explicitly observed this process of DNA changing or rather new genetic information being added to DNA in order for the creature to grow in a specified manner according to its DNA like the laws of genetics state all creatures do, and not simply arrived at the phenomenon of evolution by conclusion.

Creationism is a poor excuse of a philosophy and should not be taught in class.

This is akin to saying philosophy should not be taught, rather you mean philosophy should not be taught as a science.

God creating the world is a spiritual belief that should be private and in the private homes of people.

La illaha illa llah is not a private belief and should be spread.

You cannot physically measure God nor can you prove that God created the planet. However with genetics you can prove that certain creature groups have some genetic link to each other, for instance chimps and humans share 95% of their DNA.

This is a conclusion based on probability not scientific or observable facts that the two came from each other.

Som religionist just don't like the fact that all of life was once one.

a conclusion not an observable or provable fact.

I remember discussing with a fellow Muslim the other day about evolution and he didn't like the fact that maybe our closes relative was a chimp.

Science states our DNA is similar it can not ever prove by observation why, Islam offers the explanation that Allah turned some humans into apes, When Allah says to a thing Be it is so what observable science is there before he gives his command none. So the why of it is thus not in the hands of scientists it is simply an explanation they offer along with there scientific observations.

You may like to read the following,

Islam and Evolution

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/evolve.htm 

But yes, to say the world is 6000 years old is simply a delusion made up by Christians (oh wait, its in the Bible). It's funny when Paleontologist study carbon dated bonoes of prehistoric creatures and find that they are millions of years old how can a christian who believes in Creationism answer that? Oh, with, "the devil put those bones there?" LOL

World changing events which alter the rate of carbon decay?

not that I'm saying the world is 6000 years old.

This is like the blasphemy of science. Science can neither prove nor disprove anything that is incoporeal or cannot be physically studied.

They continually disregard what they can not see with there eyes, this is the state of kufr and what all people in the past asked there prophets "show us a miracle so we can believe".

The same thing with theologians. Theologians or religionist alike cannot comment on evolution if they are coming from a doctrinal perspective.

Many Islamic theologians where qualified scientist at the same time but by todays standards people only specialize in one field.

It wasnt that long ago that architects where also civil engineers only recently have the two disciplines been separate.

Religion cannot prove how the bottle becomes aflot in the water only scientific observation this is why secular science becomes more of a plausible approach to practical truth than religion.

Who said it is the place of religion to clarify why bottles float, Islams so called golden age was primarily in scientific endeavor a golden age stemmed from religious practice, the two are not in competition with each other. the place of science is for practical purposes only a lowly place in the grander scheme of things, its value to humans today only comes due to the increasing materialism of societies. 

A theologian cannot prove how the bottle stays aflot in the water except by stating God willed the bottle to stay afloat.

what fool would ask a physicist about chemistry and expect a correct answer?

So what do you teach children in schools? Observable facts or facts based on faith?

Observable facts without the fairytale conclusions that come along with them.

Allah is the Lord of the universe definitely but in the Qur'an Allah asks us to observe nature to find proof of his existence.

he is asking us to use all our faculties not simply one or two i.e see and touch, use all of them to come up with a holistic picture not a half truth.

The Dawkins Delusion

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QERyh9YYEis

Very funny video, a must see for anyone who knows about Charles Dawkins.