On 5 May 2014 16:16, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
If scientists discover that ants can speak, you will definitely be onto something! > >> 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. > In my opinion we have a long way to go on this front. > > 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 :) > > Oops, sorry. Most of the people who post here are male (or I should say, they have male names and / or avatars :) so I tend to assume people on this forum are male unless told otherwise. (PS - You have won the Turing Test, or is it the imitation game? You probably know the one I mean?) -- 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.
