> On 06-Dec-2014, at 11:15 am, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> On 12/5/2014 9:56 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >> >> On 06-Dec-2014, at 10:25 am, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >>>> On 12/5/2014 3:16 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: >>>> As a person who takes the Quran literally, I'm not at all surprised as it >>>> is stated that the ancients had been given much more, and we haven't been >>>> given a tenth of what they had. >>>> Samiya >>> >>> Well then you must be surprised that our computers are much faster and more >>> accurate than the ancients. >> >> That's an assumption > > It's much less of an assumption than the assumption that the ancients were > given a superior calculator, since the ankythera device has been reproduced > and tested and found to be less accurate than astronomical calculations by > modern digital computers. > > So why aren't you surprised that Allah's gift to the ancients is inferior, > contrary to the revelation of the Quran?
Look at all the ruins of the ancient civilizations - you think they were inferior? > >> >>> Of course we weren't given them; they were invented and built >> >> God grants intelligence and ability to discover and invent to whom He Wills > > Then He seems to favor those who do not believe the self-serving rants of > Mohammed. Judging by the list of Nobel prize winners He seems to favor > atheists of Jewish descent. The ancients also didn't believe. Yet when their insolence and transgression exceeded all bounds, in spite of their Messengers bringing them clear evidence, they were destroyed. Samiya > >> >>> - by atheists and agnostics. >> >> It is up to the individual whether to recognise and appreciate the God-given >> intelligence and abilities, or to pretend otherwise. > > Or the individual may chose to proportion his belief to the evidence. > > Brent > “Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread > hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar…but we have a right to remember > how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer > that people could not refuse.” > --- Christopher Hitchens > > -- > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
