To see what I mean, please read the book by Dr Maurice Bucaille https://ia700504.us.archive.org/18/items/TheBibletheQuranScienceByDr.mauriceBucaille/TheBibletheQuranScienceByDr.mauriceBucaille.pdf
Samiya On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:30 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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 >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
