On 05 May 2014, at 06:16, Samiya Illias 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, 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.
I sincerely think that this might be a problem. Believing this might
create a bias.
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 :)
Ah!
:)
Bruno
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