Another problem I have with this point is that Joshua was described in the Bible as fighting the famous battle where God made the sun “stand still”, yet from what I’ve read, it isn’t documented elsewhere (although one source I am reading says that ancient civilizations did record one day where it seemed longer than usual, so I’ll look more into that source):
At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”
And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.
Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. (Joshua 12-13)
What inspired me to start this thread was due to a philosopher called David Hume, and his position on miracles. He was a skeptic, as he followed a philosophical tradition called naturalism, which says that only the laws of nature operate in this world; there are neither supernatural acts or a spiritual dimension. In short, “this world is all that exists”. One problem he had about miracles is that different religions cite different miracles, ultimately creating confusion as to which God, or god(s), is the real deal.
Now the splitting of the Moon, according to Muslims, is backed up by scientific evidence (the Moon has a pictured “groove” on it, which advocates suggest is the line where the Moon actually split, and thus confirming Quranic scriptures).
I was little bit surprised when I posted this thread and I didn’t receive a good criticism from the users here, considering that this is a major miracle in the Quran. Maybe I was too optimistic, or I posted it in the wrong forum (I was thinking about putting it in “Non-Catholic religions”).
Thank you,
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
as a little research always blows Islam away
