On 4/3/2014 9:59 PM, Samiya Illias wrote:
I suggest we study and evaluate it for its literal merit,
You mean whether or not it is true when taken literally? Literally it would mean that
there was crow and someone name "God" gave it intelligence. But that crow would be dead
by now, so we can't evaluate whether it is intelligent. Were there any witnesses who saw
this gift? And how was it given? Did "God" operate on the brain of the crow? How would
be make it more intelligent and still fit the brain back in the crow's skull? I'd say
taken literally, the story is almost certainly false.
Brent
rather than 'what it might mean' thus removing all constructs and myths surrounding it.
Dr. Maurice Bucaille did something similar when he examined the scriptures in the light
of scientific knowledge. Online translation:
https://ia700504.us.archive.org/18/items/TheBibletheQuranScienceByDr.mauriceBucaille/TheBibletheQuranScienceByDr.mauriceBucaille.pdf
Samiya
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:41 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 4/3/2014 9:16 PM, Samiya Illias wrote:
Whether we consider intelligent beings as ' being intelligent in their own
right'
or intelligence as being God-gifted is a matter of faith and perspective.
The
subject of your email is Daphne du Maurier was right!Perhaps the scriptures
were
also right? Perhaps its time to also consider the scriptures as a source of
plausible knowledge, and study it along with scientific inquiry to gain a
clearer
understanding of everything?
We may consider it plausible, but before it gives clearer understanding we
need an
operational definition of what it means and how we might test whether it is
true or
false.
Brent
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