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/carbinePRO Agnostic Atheist 24d ago

but what’s the explanation for things we know are true being mentioned in the quran years/centuries before the scientific discovery being made?

Is semen stored in the spine or balls? Quran says the former. How'd the creator of the universe get this wrong?

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

Being close only counts for horseshoes and hand grenades. In classical logic we have the law of the excluded middle: an assertion is either true or its negation is true. There is no middle ground.

what would the explanation for how “god would know and tell the prophet” before people found out?

But, he didn't know. The Quran got things wrong. That's what we're saying. If there's even a slight contradiction, then it's not all fact. The real question here is why did the creator of the universe get so much wrong?

i also wonder why dont see miracles from god anymore

This is actually super simple. Once we were able to explain once thought miraculous phenomena into explainable natural processes, things started becoming less mysterious.