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Old 05-12-2008, 10:14 AM   #58 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by a slave of Allah View Post
No, I am sure of my religion, but you will never be sure of yours, since it is nothing but a geuss, while Islam is true information.

If Islam is wrong, I will change my religion.

you don't have any idea about The Mighty Book (Qur'An):
So if I write down "the current findings of science are true" on a napkin (or pretty stationary), and then write "the contents of this message are the word of the divine absolute authority (pbuh)" then I can say that that science is no longer a guess but true information?

That seems to be just about what you're saying here in reference to islam.

Science is a collection of guesses. Like the guess of gravity and the guesses of electromagnetism. Guess does not devalue a stance. A guess could be WELL informed and could be constantly tested to the point that it's refined down to absolute truth. But there's no way of knowing that it is absolute truth (ever). So we continue to call it a guess so we make sure we remind ourselves not to fall into the trap that you seem to fall into where some guy can write down words, circularly define them as divine, and then grab a hundreds of millions of people.

The fact that science is a collection of guesses is it's strength. It's the foundation upon which the scientific process stands. Furthermore, any divergence from this stance by anyone (regardless of their vocation) is self delusion.
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