On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:24 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, good point. It seems likely to me that people would notice that there > was a queen bee who laid all the eggs, and perhaps make some assumptions > based on that. If they noticed that the queen started as a normal worker > but was fed special stuff to make her into the queen... well, people > weren't stupid in those days! (Just badly informed on many matters).. > > In the interests of full disclosure, I should also quote the Bible. > > Proverbs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs>, Chapter 6, > verse 6: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider *her *ways, and be > wise". >
[Quran 27:18] Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an (female) ant exclaimed: O ants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies crush you, unperceiving. > > Worker ants are indeed female... and they too have queens... but as you > say Samiya needs to show that this couldn't be ascertained, or reasonably > assumed, by ancient people before he makes any claims about it being > provided by divine inspiration (which I assume is his aim). > > I believe the scriptures were revealed by Divine decree. By sharing verses of scientific relevance from the Quran, I hope to establish that it is factually correct, and without any human errors, so that anyone who wishes may include it in their quest for scientific knowledge. Do my posts give an impression of being from a man, or do you also employ the general style of the Quran, of speaking in the male tense about living things, unless specifically speaking about a female? Not that I mind, but in the interest of being factually correct, the feminine pronoun will be more appropriate when referring to Samiya :) > -- > 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.
