The nature of science is that it continuously evolves.
This makes scientists, like myself, doubly enthusiastic about the researches we conduct, because there is always a possibility of change. In science, the inherent rule of thriving is always the same. New learning replaces old learning. For men of science, this gives us fallibility, and the changing nature of science does not necessarily make the process of our earthly learning unreliable, but makes it doubly useful.
For any scientist, this very possibility of change makes science interesting and profitable to our realm. For example, as a physicist, I study the solar system from this little earth, and the things we see beyond the horizon are considered true and real, and we make hypothesis, observation and theories based on what we see. One example of obvious science in Physics is the famous theory of expanding universe. For thousands of years, astronomers wrestled with basic questions concerning the universe. Until 1920, it was believed that the universe had always been in existence and that the size of the universe was fixed and not changing. The idea of a static universe was not only popular but believed unquestionably, presumably backed by science. However, in 1912, the American astronomer, Vesto Slipher, made a discovery changed other astronomers’ beliefs about the universe. Slipher noticed that the galaxies were moving away from earth at huge velocities. These observations provided the first evidence supporting the expanding-universe theory. Before the invention of the telescope in 1608, man could do little more than wonder about the origin of the universe.
In 1916, Albert Einstein formulated his General Theory of Relativity that indicated that the universe must be either expanding or contracting. Confirmation of the expanding-universe theory finally came in 1929 in the hands of the well-known American astronomer Edwin Hubble. By observing redshifts in the light wavelengths emitted by galaxies, Hubble found that galaxies were not fixed in their position; instead, they were actually moving away from us with speeds proportional to their distance from earth. This extraordinary fact came to be known as the infamous Hubble's Law, and it was Hubble’s discoveries that had elated me as a boy, and gave me the lifelong aspiration to become a physicist.
As a scientist, I decided to analyse if the Moslem holy book Koran was a forged lie.
Genre: PHILOSOPHY / CriticismI am a published author and professor who hopes to have many copies of this book sold in the near future.
There are hundreds of religions flourishing around the world: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Bahaism, Scientology, Babism, Zoroastrianism, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Jainism, or Confucianism. And each of these religions claim that their scripture is preserved from the day it was revealed (written) until our time. There is no question that a religious belief is as authentic as the authenticity of the scripture it follows. And for any scripture to be labelled as authentically preserved, it should follow some concrete and rational criteria.
If we were to analyse the claim of the preservation of the Koran, then a few steps must be undertaken and the methodology of the preservation studied diligently.
The Chapter of the Prostration (Surah Al-Sajdah) is Chapter 32 of the Koran and contains 30 verses. Let me note now that there are several prostration points in the Koran. Basically, this means that when someone reaches one of these points while reciting a relevant verse in prayer, for example, they are to perform a prostration and then get up and continue. The Chapter of the Prostration was named as such for the prostration point contained within this chapter. Yet other chapters also include prostration points, so why is this chapter in particular named the Chapter of the Prostration?
To answer this from a mathematical perspective, we find the “prostration point” verse in the Chapter: it is Verse 15. Surprisingly, the prostration verse in the Chapter of the Prostration is not only Verse 15, but is also made up of 15 words. While this is, indeed, surprising, it becomes stunningly miraculous when we remember that the total number of prostration points in the entire Koran is also 15! This is not only truly amazing and beyond human capacity, but simply impossible for a man who could neither read nor write to plan out.
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