This thread remember me the discussions of the dumbest of a city disussing the relative merits of each basket team player based on if they are redhead or not.
2014-12-06 10:37 GMT+01:00 LizR <[email protected]>: > On 6 December 2014 at 19:25, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 06-Dec-2014, at 11:15 am, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 12/5/2014 9:56 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >> >> >> On 06-Dec-2014, at 10:25 am, meekerdb <[email protected]> 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? >> > > That's a curious question. The ruins and record indicate that there was no > ancient civilisation that had anything like the knowledge or resources of > modern day technology. For example, no ancient civilisation discovered the > use of fossil fuels or nuclear power. One could argue that these things > aren't in fact good for modern civilisation, but since we don't know how > things will work out that would be presumptuous. However, we can almost > certainly say that no civilisation prior to ours measured the age of the > universe to an accuracy of around 1%, or discovered DNA, or was able to > prolong life through medicine and surgery, or could cure mental conditions > through the use of synthetic drugs, or construct buildings a kilometer > high, or fly, or explore the Moon and planets, or discovered the nature of > matter, or invented recorded sound, images and TV and films, or intelligent > machines, or reliable contraception, or machines able to free the > population from everyday household drudgery, or the ability to feed > billions of people, or have lights and heat available at night and all the > year round, or send messages almost instantly around the world... > > (...how long have you got?) > > The fact is, all but the poorest people in the Western world has things > that would have been unimaginable to the richest people of the ancient > world. I would say that this does make our civilisation superior in > important ways; I would certain prefer to be alive now than even 100 years > ago. Indeed 100 years ago the routine gall bladder surgery I had a couple > of years ago would have probably killed me (always assuming I'd survived > childhood illnesses, childbirth and so on). > > -- > 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. > -- Alberto. -- 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.
