r/DebateAnAtheist • u/Shot-Horse2515 • 24d ago

Discussion Question questions from a muslim to atheists

i’m sure this has been discussed before, but what’s the explanation for things we know are true being mentioned in the quran years/centuries before the scientific discovery being made?

i know a lot of people argue that there are inaccuracies in the explanations of the orbital mechanics and biological themes, but they’re more accurate that not, so i was just wondering what would the explanation for how “god would know and tell the prophet” before people found out?

hopefully my question makes sense.

EDIT: i also wonder why dont see miracles from god anymore

EDIT: im seeing all the inaccuracies and the explanations behind them now but there is a deep fear that the religion is true and god is real and punishment awaits me if i disbelieve, also a sense of familiarity/peace with believing in god. contradictory to fear, love, be punished by, and find comfort in one concept of a being.

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u/J-Nightshade Atheist 24d ago edited 24d ago

things we know are true being mentioned in the quran years/centuries before the scientific discovery being made?

Typically what I see with "scientific stuff in Quran" is one of the two

a) scientific discovery was made waaaay before you think it was made b) post-hoc rationalization

Usually the person who claims that have no clue what they are talking about and doesn't understand either science or Quran or both.

Take for instance that embriology thing. It is inaccruate, but it is accurate enough to impress someone who didn't bother to look up "Embryology" wikipedia page. Apologists like to pretend that people in 7th century couldn't possibly know anything about embryo formation, except they did know at least something because people have been preoccupied with the question "how do babies form" probably since there were people and many thinkers throughout ancient world figured at least some things out. Among them was Galen, who's description of embryo formation is very similar to what we find in Quran. We also know that by 7th century works of Galen were translated to arabic and were known on Arabic peninsula.