Re: [Phys-l] frizzi

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2011, Aug 19, , at 09:28, John Clement wrote:

> Very good science is available on the NET, but...  People reinforce their
> beliefs by looking for a topic and then collecting any number of sites that
> refute what they don't want to hear.  And often there are many more bad
> sites than good ones.  So they are convinced because 9 out of 10 sites agree
> with their misconceptions.  Maybe "authoritative" encyclopedias were not
> that bad.

In searching Mormon evolution belief, I discovered a Muslim sect that finds Qur'anic evidence, in addition to "scientific", for evolution.  The al Qur'an evidently is richer than the bible in verses that metaphorically may fit ones beliefs. [Any one know of a "pro" evolution biblical verse?]

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Ahmadi Muslims favor the perspective that the human race evolved out of the earth over a long period of time. The Qur'an teaches that man was created from the earth through a gradual evolutionary process in the following verses:
“And He (Allah/God) has created you in different stages and different forms ... And Allah has caused you to develop as a good growth from the earth. [Qur'an 71:14,17]
These verses illustrate that the creation of the human race was the culmination of a gradual evolutionary process and that it would be incorrect to say (as Creationism/Intelligent design suggests) that God formed the human being in an instant [2]. Thus Ahmadis accept the concept of evolution in principle, but do not accept Darwinian evolution in all its details.

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

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They even believe in exo-evolution!
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Extraterrestrial evolution

Generally, Ahmadis believe that life is almost certainly not limited to planet Earth. The possibility of life having evolved on other planets is clearly established in the first chapter of the Qur'an which speaks of the plurality of worlds:
“All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of All the Worlds.” [Quran 1:2]
The following verse corroborates this interpretation:
"And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and of whatever living creatures (da'bbah) He has spread forth in both. And He has the power to gather them together when He will so please". [42:29]
Ahmadis believe that any planet that contains the key ingredient of life—water—may also harbour life, as God has created all living things from water:
We (God) created every living thing out of the water. [Qur'an 21:30]
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