Dr. Zakir Naik proves God existence
By Matthieu . on Monday, January 19 2009, 17:36 - Café du commerce - Permalink
Ce conférencier populaire démontre à l'envie l'existence d'Allah par les prodiges scientifiques du Coran. Pourtant nombre d'arguments sont de sinistres mensonges. Quand finira-t-on de prendre les livres saints pour des traités de physique quantique ?
This lecturer often tells how to convert an imaginary atheist with cutting edge knowledge from Quran. I'm sorry to support that most of it doesn't hold historically... It of course doesn't prove anything against Allah, but one shouldn't take holy scriptures for scientific data.
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=E2s14T6x5AM
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=aszXCD2dPeE
In these video, Zakir Naik pretends that plenty of pieces of knowledge stated in Quran have been discovered "recently".
Some historical facts however :
Eratosthenes calculated the radius of spherical Earth before 200 BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
Ptolemy studied moon eclipses, therefore reflected light around 150 AD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy
As for the material composing the human body, it is not honest to assume there are 1000 possible guesses. Indeed, among all the human cultures, there are 2 very frequent proposals who are water and dust... and both are quite acceptable.
Neither Quran or Bible should be read as scientific books. Their message is spiritual, and it's irrelevant to compare scientific truth and religious principles.
I don't think you'll ever find real proof that Allah, Yahweh or God exists. It has always been a matter of faith, and that confidence is the beauty of religions.