Does Creationism begin with Allah?

Scorp · Goldfish Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 58

Adnan Oktar -- aka HarunYahya is a 52-year-old Turk who has caught the attention of scientists and teachers in Europe and North America by mass-mailing them his 768-page book entitiled "Atlas of Creation".

His goal is to support Creationism with Islamic religious tenets and so far, the two fit very nicely. So much so that The Council of Europe is up in arms over this man's spreading notariety, as he tries to push his way into science classes to promote Islam and deter the Theory of Evolution.

"Well-illustrated and free of theological jargon, they preach that Islam is the one true faith and Darwinism, by undermining religious belief, has led to the discord, atheism, terrorism and extreme political ideologies plaguing the world.

Reader-friendly, the books appeal to Muslims trying to square modern science with their faith in an inerrant Koran, much like Christian evangelicals who read the Bible literally and support creationism or intelligent design theories."

It looks as though Christian Creationism will get a boost from the followers of the "one true God" who they call Allah.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/featuresNews/idUKL2926092420080619?feedType=RSS&feedName=featuresNews&sp=true

admin · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject:

This certainly complicates the mix!
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FFT · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject:

It's just Islam trying to do to the rest of the world what they did to themselves in the 13th century.
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admin · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

Going backwards in technology? I'm not following you FFT.
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FFT · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:19 am Post subject:

During the Medieval Dark Ages Islam was going through its Golden Age--until religious leaders decided that their science was going against their religious text and clamped down on it.

This is just more of the same. It's even explicit in the statement from this guy.
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admin · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:28 am Post subject:

Ok, I think I read that Islam was more advanced than Europe in mathematics in the 13th century.
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FFT · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:41 am Post subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age

It's fascinating stuff.
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