Ancient beliefs on the origins and mechanics of nature are so numerous and so diverse that it shouldn't be surprising that some of them happen to be compatible with modern science.
Here is a "detailed description" of atoms, hundreds of years before Islam, and thousands of years before scientists confirmed the existence of atom (
Atom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ):
The earliest references to the concept of atoms date back to ancient India in the 6th century BCE. [2] The Nyaya and Vaisheshika schools developed elaborate theories of how atoms combined into more complex objects (first in pairs, then trios of pairs). [3] The references to atoms in the West emerged a century later from Leucippus whose student, Democritus, systemized his views. In around 450 BCE, Democritus coined the term atomos, which meant "uncuttable".
WOW! This must have been divinely inspired. Therefore, everything the Nyaya and Vaisheshika schools of Indian philosophy wrote must be true, and everything Democritus wrote must be true. Right?
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Origin belief - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orok origin myth:
The earth was completely liquid, but the liquid was slowly diminishing and the earth was hardening. Under the heat, cliffs and stones boiled.
It's true! When the Earth formed it was a hot liquid which cooled and hardened. Therefore, the Orok were divinely inspired. Therefore, everything they said must be true. Right?
Taosim:
Tao is the nameless void, the mother of the Ten Thousand Things. Tao is considered by Laozi to be that which eternally gives without being depleted, and eternally receives without being filled. That which does not exist for its own sake is able to endure.[2]
This is clearly a detailed account of the mysterious Dark Energy that physicists have only recently discovered! Therefore, the ancient Taoists were divinely inspired. Therefore, everything they said must be true. Right?
Zen:
This ancient belief of Zen Buddhists has only recently been confirmed by physicists, who have found that the entire universe was once one. Also, physicists know that even in vacuum ("nothing") we have "virtual particles" popping in and out of existence. Therefore, the Zen Buddhists were divinely inspired. Therefore, everything they said must be true. Right?
Hindu:
According to Hindu mythology creation happened gradually. The universe in primitive form was made up of Ishwar Tattva, the Ishwar Tattva primarily spread homogeneously throughout the universe.
It's true! It happened gradually over 14 billion years. The creation of humans was a slow process of evolution over 4 billion years. And the primitive universe was homogeneous according to physicists. Therefore, the Hindus were divinely inspired. Therefore, everything they said must be true. Right?
Maori:
The Māori creation myth tells how heaven and earth were once joined as Ranginui, the Sky Father, and Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, lay together in a tight embrace. They had many children who lived in the darkness between them. The children wished to live in the light and so separated their unwilling parents.
A "tight embrace"? Sounds like the singularity before the Big Bang. The "many children" sound like all the particles of quarks and leptons that make up our universe. The "sky" and "earth" (space and matter) were
seperated, as in an expansion, to allow for light. Physicists didn't discover until the last 50 years that the early universe was too dense for photons of light to escape....it was only the seperation of space and matter that allowed photons to escape, which is the light we see in the form of the Cosmic Background Radiation.
Therefore, the Maori were divinely inspired. Therefore, everything they said must be true. Right?
Yoruba:
Orshilana created humans out of the earth
It's true! Organisms arose out of the materials on the primitive Earth, and we evolved from those organisms, so we humans did come from earth. Therefore, the Yoruba were divinely inspired. Therefore, everything they said must be true. Right?
