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I think that some people mix up Christianity with Islam and have this wrong assumption that they are the same religion
Let me start by saying that we muslims don't reject Darwinian Evolution as a whole, in fact we could accept almost everything of it except some parts, but let me start showing that Darwinian Evolution is the same that religion, you have to believe on it
First and foremost, we have to make a distinction between Basic Evolution and Darwinian Evolution
Basic Evolution is biological change over time, this is a true theory and can be proved by observations like for example bacteria growing to medicine, etc etc Basic Evolution was something well known before Darwin
Darwinian Evolution is composed of two parts, Natural Selection and The Tree of Life, we muslims can accept the Darwinian theory of evolution but we can't do it on it's entirety
Darwinian Evolution isn't Basic Evolution, it requires more than mere observations to be proved, Darwinian Evolution requires YES or YES to gather information and assume that proof for the former is proof for the latter
And this is not to mention some of the problems with regards to Darwinian Evolution
1-No matter how succesful a scientific theory is it can always change due to new observations and interpretation
Philosophy of science shows us that there is no absolute concrete proof for any scientific theory
2-The Tree of Life is based on the idea of Homology, which is the assumption that two similar species with similar genes and anatomy have evolved from a common ancestor, it is just an assumption, not a conclusion based on evidence and indeed there is a problem called Homoplasy, which is the observation of similarities which cannot be due to common ancestry
3-Basically Gradualism, Darwin assumed that evolution takes place on small slight steps, this assumption is an essential part of Darwinian Evolution, in fact Darwin said that this is a falsification to his entire framework but the fossil records show the exact opposite, they show us rapid changes in biological features also
4-Darwin assumed that the only reason for our existence is to selfishly care about our own survival and reproduction, but this doesn't explain why people give charity or goverments send taxes to hospitals for the survival of the ubfittest, why people care about animals, ancient buildings, and why people are willing to die for their values
5-Some popular biologists have said that there is even propaganda about Darwinism and that they are seeing it being push as an undeniable reality when it is far from it, even some of them have labelled Darwinism as a religion due to the activities of Darwinists
In addition to this, Darwinian Evolution is not even the only theory of evolution, let me give you 3 examples
Evolution by Natural Engineering
Neo Lamarckian Evolution
Mutation Driven Evolution
Last but not least, really if you think about it, if someone told you "Well, first we were some bacteria on water, then we growed to this, then to that, then we converted into a fish, then we converted into a reptile, then into a rat, then into a horse, then somehow we cameback to being a giant roedor, then we converted into a small roedor, then into a predecessor of horses, then again a fish, then again back to the earth from water, then into a bird, then step by step into a little monkey, then into a giant orangutan, then then slowly into a human being"
It suggests a lot of blind belief to be honest
I must add that Darwinian Evolution is still the number one theory on Evolution, is just that not solid as some want it to be, but again, we muslims don't reject it on it's entirety, just a very little part, and that little part probably can never be proven since 99,999% fossils of animals that had ever existed don't exist anymore, don't know about christians and others
With all due respect, don't mix up Islam with Chistianity and others
Let me start by saying that we muslims don't reject Darwinian Evolution as a whole, in fact we could accept almost everything of it except some parts, but let me start showing that Darwinian Evolution is the same that religion, you have to believe on it
First and foremost, we have to make a distinction between Basic Evolution and Darwinian Evolution
Basic Evolution is biological change over time, this is a true theory and can be proved by observations like for example bacteria growing to medicine, etc etc Basic Evolution was something well known before Darwin
Darwinian Evolution is composed of two parts, Natural Selection and The Tree of Life, we muslims can accept the Darwinian theory of evolution but we can't do it on it's entirety
Darwinian Evolution isn't Basic Evolution, it requires more than mere observations to be proved, Darwinian Evolution requires YES or YES to gather information and assume that proof for the former is proof for the latter
And this is not to mention some of the problems with regards to Darwinian Evolution
1-No matter how succesful a scientific theory is it can always change due to new observations and interpretation
Philosophy of science shows us that there is no absolute concrete proof for any scientific theory
2-The Tree of Life is based on the idea of Homology, which is the assumption that two similar species with similar genes and anatomy have evolved from a common ancestor, it is just an assumption, not a conclusion based on evidence and indeed there is a problem called Homoplasy, which is the observation of similarities which cannot be due to common ancestry
3-Basically Gradualism, Darwin assumed that evolution takes place on small slight steps, this assumption is an essential part of Darwinian Evolution, in fact Darwin said that this is a falsification to his entire framework but the fossil records show the exact opposite, they show us rapid changes in biological features also
4-Darwin assumed that the only reason for our existence is to selfishly care about our own survival and reproduction, but this doesn't explain why people give charity or goverments send taxes to hospitals for the survival of the ubfittest, why people care about animals, ancient buildings, and why people are willing to die for their values
5-Some popular biologists have said that there is even propaganda about Darwinism and that they are seeing it being push as an undeniable reality when it is far from it, even some of them have labelled Darwinism as a religion due to the activities of Darwinists
In addition to this, Darwinian Evolution is not even the only theory of evolution, let me give you 3 examples
Evolution by Natural Engineering
Neo Lamarckian Evolution
Mutation Driven Evolution
Last but not least, really if you think about it, if someone told you "Well, first we were some bacteria on water, then we growed to this, then to that, then we converted into a fish, then we converted into a reptile, then into a rat, then into a horse, then somehow we cameback to being a giant roedor, then we converted into a small roedor, then into a predecessor of horses, then again a fish, then again back to the earth from water, then into a bird, then step by step into a little monkey, then into a giant orangutan, then then slowly into a human being"
It suggests a lot of blind belief to be honest
I must add that Darwinian Evolution is still the number one theory on Evolution, is just that not solid as some want it to be, but again, we muslims don't reject it on it's entirety, just a very little part, and that little part probably can never be proven since 99,999% fossils of animals that had ever existed don't exist anymore, don't know about christians and others
With all due respect, don't mix up Islam with Chistianity and others
believes in while I know natural selection, mutation and darwinism is correct as we are nothing more than the elements interacting with each other in ways that happened to create consciousness due to the cells ability to multiply and mutate. favorable traits are passed on while less favorable ones die off. the optic nerves eventually mutating into the brain
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