What are the major scientific errors in major religious scriptures?

[Jivaatma]

The Bhagawad Gita has many errors/ contradictions.

if u have doubts, ask them, put it here.
on the other hand
300+ INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE QURAN. u would need a life time to explain them if you could that is
http://www.1000mistakes.com/1000mistakes/index.php?Page=002_008_001_001

 

[Jabar]

if u have doubts, ask them, put it here.
on the other hand
300+ INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE QURAN. u would need a life time to explain them if you could that is
http://www.1000mistakes.com/1000mistakes/index.php?Page=002_008_001_001

They are not contradictions.

I can answer all of them.

Your own belief is my belief, haha.

But then tampered with.

How about you tell me one at a time and i will answer them all.

 

[Jivaatma]

They are not contradictions.

I can answer all of them.

Your own belief is my belief, haha.

But then tampered with.

How about you tell me one at a time and i will answer them all.

The Qur'an assumes a flat earth which has physical places into which the sun sets and rises from. Since the earth is a rotating sphere, the sun does not set in any particular place and you can never travel to "the spot" where the sun sets nor a place where it rises; the sun appears to set or rise on the horizon no matter where you are on the planet. In these verses, the author propagates a popular legend from the 7th century of a man named Dhu'l-Qarnayn who visits the places where the sun sets and rises; here he finds the sun going down into a muddy spring and later rising on a tribe with no coverings.

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 18:86
Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.
Qur'an 18:90
Some Muslim Apologists have come up with creative interpretations of these verses to say that Dhu'l-Qrnayn only traveled until he reached "the west" or to a spot "at the time" when the sun set and not the "place" where the sun set. Unfortunately, these alternative interpretations are severely undermined by the context and Arabic words used in these verses, which instead point to a physical location. Again, we must ask why an all-knowing being would use such misleading verses that mimic the misconceptions and legends prevalent at the time if one of these alternative explanations is correct.

 

[Jivaatma]

They are not contradictions.

I can answer all of them.

Your own belief is my belief, haha.

But then tampered with.

How about you tell me one at a time and i will answer them all.

Stars are Missiles Shot at Devils[edit]
Main Article: Mistranslations of Qur'an 67:5
The author of the Qur'an does not seem to know the difference between stars (giant balls of gas thousands of times larger than the earth) and meteorites which are small rocky masses of debris which brighten up after entering the earth's atmosphere. Many ancient people confused the two, as meteorites look like stars that are streaking across the sky; this is why there were often called shooting stars or falling stars. In the following verse, the Qur'an claims that Allah uses stars as missiles to ward away devils. This repeats a common Arab myth at the time the Qur'an was first recited.

And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with stars/lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.
Qur'an 67:5
Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.

 

[Jivaatma]

They are not contradictions.

I can answer all of them.

Your own belief is my belief, haha.

But then tampered with.

How about you tell me one at a time and i will answer them all.

Moon Emits Light[edit]
The moon does not emit its own light but simply reflects light coming from the Sun. The Arabic word for reflected (in`ikaas) does not appear in this Qur'anic verse that says the Moon is a "light". It instead uses the word "Noor" which is used to denote an entity that emits light.

And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
Qur'an 71:16
The word "Noor" is also used in this verse to show that Allah is the "light" of the universe. Clearly the author is not implying that Allah reflects light from another source but is the source of the light.

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things.

 

[Jivaatma]

https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Scientific_Errors_in_the_Quran#Geocentricism

 

[Jabar]

The Qur'an assumes a flat earth which has physical places into which the sun sets and rises from. Since the earth is a rotating sphere, the sun does not set in any particular place and you can never travel to "the spot" where the sun sets nor a place where it rises; the sun appears to set or rise on the horizon no matter where you are on the planet. In these verses, the author propagates a popular legend from the 7th century of a man named Dhu'l-Qarnayn who visits the places where the sun sets and rises; here he finds the sun going down into a muddy spring and later rising on a tribe with no coverings.

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 18:86
Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.
Qur'an 18:90
Some Muslim Apologists have come up with creative interpretations of these verses to say that Dhu'l-Qrnayn only traveled until he reached "the west" or to a spot "at the time" when the sun set and not the "place" where the sun set. Unfortunately, these alternative interpretations are severely undermined by the context and Arabic words used in these verses, which instead point to a physical location. Again, we must ask why an all-knowing being would use such misleading verses that mimic the misconceptions and legends prevalent at the time if one of these alternative explanations is correct.

It never describes the earth flat, that is your misconception. In fact it says it is round.

It says IN DHUL QARNAYN PERSPECTIVE, it was what HE SAW.


Haha, these are rookie level.

 

[Tumah]

Well, modern day leprosy isn't contagious. So if modern day leprosy is the same disease as the leprosy spoken of in the Torah, people were quarantined for no reason. That would be a big blunder.

Leprosy isn't mentioned in the Torah.

The Septuagint,a translation of the Hebrew Bible originally used by Greek-speaking Jews and Gentile proselytes, translates the term tzaraath with Greek lepra(λέπρα), from which the cognate "leprosy" was traditionally used in English Bibles. The classical Greek term lepra is primarily used only of skin discoloration and not rot and mildew.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzaraath

 

[Jabar]

Moon Emits Light[edit]
The moon does not emit its own light but simply reflects light coming from the Sun. The Arabic word for reflected (in`ikaas) does not appear in this Qur'anic verse that says the Moon is a "light". It instead uses the word "Noor" which is used to denote an entity that emits light.

And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
Qur'an 71:16
The word "Noor" is also used in this verse to show that Allah is the "light" of the universe. Clearly the author is not implying that Allah reflects light from another source but is the source of the light.

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things.

It never says Moon Emits Light in fact reflected light,

Light is used differently in the Qur'an, do not make misconceptions.
The word is muneer and borrowed light not emitting own light.

It says Allah is the light, noor, of the heavens of the earth. It is a niche and a lamp is in there.
Allah has his own light and reflected light, haha. The lamp is like a siraaj and moon is reflected.

You fail.

 

[Jivaatma]

It never describes the earth flat, that is your misconception. In fact it says it is round.

It says IN DHUL QARNAYN PERSPECTIVE, it was what HE SAW.


Haha, these are rookie level.

Have you read the post completely ?
Which verse of quran says, earth is spherical ?

Also another one: [wikiIslam has pointed out many scientific errors with careful analysis]

Sun is a Flat Disk[edit]
This verse suggests that the Sun is flat and can be folded up. The Sun appears as a flat disc from the perspective of a person on earth, but the sun is in fact a near-perfect sphere (oblate spheroid). The verse implies the authors ignorance of this fact.

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up
Qur'an 81:1

 

[Jabar]

Have you read the post completely ?
Which verse of quran says, earth is spherical ?

Also another one: [wikiIslam has pointed out many scientific errors with careful analysis]

Sun is a Flat Disk[edit]
This verse suggests that the Sun is flat and can be folded up. The Sun appears as a flat disc from the perspective of a person on earth, but the sun is in fact a near-perfect sphere (oblate spheroid). The verse implies the authors ignorance of this fact.

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up
Qur'an 81:1

I believe this is describing the Day Of Judgement, if i am correct.

Anyhow, it never says the sun is folded up. It says the Sun is wrapped up in darkness.

 

[Jivaatma]

The Bible mentions a circle whose dimensions would make pi equal to 3. LOL

Value of pi
Pi is a circle's circumference divided by its diameter. (C = πd, π = C/d.) According to a purely literalistic interpretation of the Bible, this circle's dimensions are:

Circumference (C) = 30 cubits ("a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about")

Diameter (d) = 10 cubits ("ten cubits from the one brim to the other")

Thus:

Biblical Pi (π) = (C/d) = (30 cubits/10 cubits) = 3.0

However, actual pi is not 3

 

[Jabar]

Have you read the post completely ?
Which verse of quran says, earth is spherical ?

Also another one: [wikiIslam has pointed out many scientific errors with careful analysis]

Sun is a Flat Disk[edit]
This verse suggests that the Sun is flat and can be folded up. The Sun appears as a flat disc from the perspective of a person on earth, but the sun is in fact a near-perfect sphere (oblate spheroid). The verse implies the authors ignorance of this fact.

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up
Qur'an 81:1

There are no error in the Qur'an.

Now i can pull many in Bhagvad Gita with no misconceptions.

 

[Jivaatma]

I believe this is describing the Day Of Judgement, if i am correct.

Anyhow, it never says the sun is folded up. It says the Sun is wrapped up in darkness.

covered with what ?

 

[Jabar]

covered with what ?

Basically the Sun losing its light on Day Of Judgement.

 

[Jivaatma]

There are no error in the Qur'an.

Now i can pull many in Bhagvad Gita with no misconceptions.

I would take well researched wikiIslam meanings interpreted in great detail over your words, dont you think ? here is another
Sky can Fall Down on People[edit]
The Qur'an author thought that the sky is like a ceiling that can fall on someone while the earth can swallow someone too. This is obviously impossible as the earth's atmosphere is simply made of gas.

See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance).
Qur'an 34:9

 

[Jabar]

Stars are Missiles Shot at Devils[edit]
Main Article: Mistranslations of Qur'an 67:5
The author of the Qur'an does not seem to know the difference between stars (giant balls of gas thousands of times larger than the earth) and meteorites which are small rocky masses of debris which brighten up after entering the earth's atmosphere. Many ancient people confused the two, as meteorites look like stars that are streaking across the sky; this is why there were often called shooting stars or falling stars. In the following verse, the Qur'an claims that Allah uses stars as missiles to ward away devils. This repeats a common Arab myth at the time the Qur'an was first recited.

And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with stars/lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.
Qur'an 67:5
Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.

This does not mean that the stars themselves are pelted at the Satans, nor that the meteorites shoot out only to drive away the Satans, but it means that the countless meteorites which originate from the stars and wander in space at tremendous speeds and which also fall to the earth in a continuous shower prevent the Satans of the earth from ascending to the heavens. Even if they try to ascend heavenward these meteorites drive them away. This thing has been mentioned here because the Arabs believed about the soothsayers, and this also was the claim made by the soothsayers themselves, that the Satans were under their control, or that they had a close contact with them, and through them they received news of the unseen, and thus, could foretell the destinies of the people. That is why at several places in the Quran, it has been stated that there is absolutely no possibility for the Satans ascending to the heavens and bringing news of the unseen. (For explanation, see (E.Ns 9-12 of Surah Al-Hijr), (E.Ns 6, 7 of Surah As- Saaffat).

 

[Jabar]

I would take well researched wikiIslam meanings interpreted in great detail over your words, dont you think ? here is another
Sky can Fall Down on People[edit]
The Qur'an author thought that the sky is like a ceiling that can fall on someone while the earth can swallow someone too. This is obviously impossible as the earth's atmosphere is simply made of gas.

See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance).
Qur'an 34:9

Anyone who sees the natural order with discerning eyes will realize that the occurrence of Resurrection is not at all difficult. It can take place suddenly as soon as the system in which the earth and the heavens are bound together is disturbed. And the same system testifies that the One who has made and is running this world today can create another world again. If it were difficult for Him to do so, this world would not have existed as it does today.

 

[Jivaatma]

The Bible mentions a circle whose dimensions would make pi equal to 3. LOL

Value of pi
Pi is a circle's circumference divided by its diameter. (C = πd, π = C/d.) According to a purely literalistic interpretation of the Bible, this circle's dimensions are:

Circumference (C) = 30 cubits ("a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about")

Diameter (d) = 10 cubits ("ten cubits from the one brim to the other")

Thus:

Biblical Pi (π) = (C/d) = (30 cubits/10 cubits) = 3.0

However, actual pi is not 3

For those who do not know, Value of PI and Pythogoras theorem are mentioned in Indian mathematics much earlier. Sulbha sutras clearly mention them.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Miscellaneous/Pearce/Lectures/Ch4_2.html

 

[Jabar]

For those who do not know, Value of PI and Pythogoras theorem are mentioned in Indian mathematics much earlier. Sulbha sutras clearly mention them.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Miscellaneous/Pearce/Lectures/Ch4_2.html

You ready for actual errors/contradictions?