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[Freethinker]

Originally posted by: TINNY
the original text of the bible is the word of God, christians say. but bibles have been altered into different versions, each contradicting a little, or are different. so it is not relevant.

There is no such thing as:

the original text of the bible

We do not have a single scrap of paper which can be shown to be the original writings of any part of the bible. The closest we have is a scrap of paper the size of a postage stamp which is claimed to be part of a letter from Paul. Even that is questionable as it contains less than 5 full words.

the quran has no different versions.the ones found right now are the exact one from muhammad, although at that time it was not in the form of a book.

Verbal repitition is always unreliable. By admitting that the qur'an was first passed verbally, you acknowledge that error would be part of the process. It is claimed that muhammad's words were transcribed as he said them. To begin with it is quite certain that when the Prophet died there was no collected, collated, arranged body of material of his revelations. During the Caliphate of 'Uthman, it was found that this material was being recited by different groups of Muslims in different dialectal forms, thus errors introduced.

The Qur'an does not contradict with science.

"And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us." (Qur'an 50:38) Same nonsense as the bible!

"he is created from a drop (of sperm) emitted-- Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs." (Qur'an 86:6-7) This to describe human reproduction. First of all, for sperm to originate between the back and the ribs would mean that it comes from the kidneys! Eleven centuries before Muhammad, the Greek physician Hippocrates theorized that sperm passed through the kidneys into the penis. For centuries this was an accepted (and incorrect) belief of the origins of sperm.

" And he followed a road; Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness." (Qur'an 18:85-86) This is a major scientific blunder in the Qur'an. A man walked until he reached the setting place of the sun, and saw it setting in a muddy spring. Ya OK then!