Darwin's Doubt

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[@hebakhalifa5672]

In Egypt, we have an old sentiment that translates to "Allah is known or recognized by the mind." This saying reminds us that we can use our intellect to come to a deeper understanding of Allah and His creation.We are his design and May Allah provide us with a clear conscience that follows his true guidance, Allah bless you Paul and thank you very much for your enlightening videos.

[@imprisonedmerchant691]

Beautiful

[@spudmcdougal369]

5he ancient Greeks had a similar expression. That’s how people came to a deeper understanding of the pantheon of gods. The oracle at Delphi was also helpful.

[@chainjaw8013]

ربنا عرفوه بالعقل :)

[@hebakhalifa5672]

صحيح @@chainjaw8013

[@YouBuyWeRush]

If you place your intellect above the Quran and Sunnah and try to understand the religion based on YOUR intellect and understanding rather than the understanding of the first three generations then you are headed towards the fire my friend. Hvae fun with that. I will stick with ahlus sunnah wal jama'ah.

[@reveiler]

Blogging Theology has been a safe space for my soul for a year now. Brother Paul is doing a very important job in our troubled times mashaAllah. Salam from Turkiye!

[@enlightenedvagabond3556]

A safe space because you can’t handle truth or actual rationality. Blogging theology is a joke

[@samkb6374]

@@enlightenedvagabond3556 Did you saw this video which kinda desolves the naturalistic logic of rationality as a product of a blind irrational unguided process…

[@EmperorDawn]

@@enlightenedvagabond3556 The so called actual rationality. The denial is real for you

[@dresdi]

​@@enlightenedvagabond3556you spend an awful lot of time writing hateful comments, you know you can go to media outlets and get paid for typing exactly the same garbage you're typing here. Give it a thought 😂

[@spawnnpwn4166]

@@enlightenedvagabond3556 Ahh so you're gonna throw darwin under the bus as well 😂😂🤣

[@ibrahim.ky_159]

After I have read the Quran , I realized that what humanity needs is this heavenly law . " The legislation of Quran will spread all over the world , because it agrees with the mind , logic and wisdom . " - Leo Tolstoy

[@ThankyouJword]

Funny you can easily read and say that about the bible...

[@raisehin9182]

nuh uh@@ThankyouJword

[@ThankyouJword]

@@raisehin9182 after i have read the bible, i realized that what humanity needs is this heavenly law." The legislation of the bible will spread all over the world, becausw it agrees with the mind, logic and wisdom.... so yes it does as you can see as someone whos read the quran and obeyed the qurans comandament of reading the bible i have understanding of both books and actually understand the differences and similarities and timeframes, which gives you the logic to understand, if you dont understand different perceptions or dont actually understand them you need to be wise and go learn and understand the different perceptions of your brothers and sisters... challenge yourself to disprove your chosen relgion and you might begin to learn and expand and increase your worth towards god.... why??? Because you sought truth and trusted in NO MAN... look up islams connection to gnosticism, gnosticism is very important sub section of satanism that everybody needs to understand.... nothing is black and white we out here with every colour in the book and every colour has a different shade, things are complicated to understand as it was intended so yes be wise and prudent towards your future but dont let ur pride assume you know or understand anything rather let god confirm it to you not through your own imaginings but thru expierence and being prudent and wise i.e reviewing and reading the major relgious texts from around the world...

[@jefffarris9238]

The legislation of Quran will spread all over the world? Please stop. If you want to believe in your supernatural gods and other worthless crap fine. The rest of the world does not want Sharia law. We want freedom, equality and humanity, not some medieval book of fables telling us what to do, and that goes for the Bible (New Testament) and Hebrew Bible as well.

[@Kevin-ts7hf]

Where'd you find that quote?

[@MubeenGulzar77]

I actually read the same argument by Dr Muhammad Iqbal in his "Reconstruction of Religious thought in Islam" "If intellect is a product of evolution the whole mechanistic concept of nature and origin of life is absurd, and the principle which science has adopted must clearly be revised. We have only to state it to see the self-contradiction. How can the intellect, a mode of apprehending reality, be itself an evolution of something which only exists as an abstraction of the mode of apprehending, which is the intellect?" This was in the 1930s I believe

[@eazyrat]

Please can you dumb that down for me I'm not sure I understand it. How can the intellect have evolved from an abstraction of itself?

[@MubeenGulzar77]

@@eazyrat Yes you have rightly stated The intellect cannot evolve from an abstraction of itself, hence this is a contradiction Because Atheists or other people who propose the idea that we evolved from animals purport the idea that intellect aka brain (because materialism) is also a product of that evolution, hence it undermines the intellect, of which the idea of evolution is one product also

[@eazyrat]

​​​​@@MubeenGulzar77sorry I still don't get it. Why can intelligence not have evolved? You see a chimp is less intelligent that us. Why is using the intellect to conclude evolution inherently flawed if the brain has evolved to be a problem solving tool and evolution is just the conclusion from observation? Please explain why these things are false. This video and many comments seem to just state it as a given but don't properly explain why.

[@rangerbubblegum7509]

@@eazyrat pretty sure the argument is: atheists say our brain is a product of a random unguided chain reaction (evolution). but the main instrument they use to believe in their theory is their own brain. so they basically believe they are using a randomly generated instrument for their theories and at the same time they are convinced their theory is true. but would you trust a randomly generated computer with anything?

[@ardinhajihil8935]

@@eazyrat brother what i understood is this: they are saying that brain can be developed via materialistic evolution, but the mind and the consciousness and rationality cannot, because it's not materialistic. The main reason why evolution contradicts itself is because darwin and other believers use their mind and rationality to say that they evolved from something without it. Everything here in earth only humans got it whereas materialistic parts like DNA we share most with other living things. i think im wrong

[@bebrave1622]

I am an elementary teacher in a Montessori certification program and we were just forced to read an article about how denial of evolution is the cause of the US failures in STEM fields. Then we had to have a discussion about it. Talk about brow beating.....i did point the group to your channel paul. May Allah guide my peers.

[@Adnanbin1985]

free gaza free palestine

[@lieslceleste3395]

Hamas has lost Gaza.

[@AlOstosman]

With Palestine Till Death! (On A Side Note I Believe That "Free Palestine" Is A Weak Slogan Because It Implies That We Need To Be Saved And I Believe That The Slogan I Adopted Which Is "With Palestine Till Death!" Is A Much Better Slogan As It Implies Courage, Strength And Martyrdom)

[@lieslceleste3395]

@@AlOstosman The Israelis will accommodate all the martyrdom you can take. This was an incredibly foolish move by Hamas. Moreover, it doesn’t paint Islam in a good light when they’re dragging naked dead women through the streets while yelling Allahu akbar.

[@dresdi]

​@@lieslceleste3395they've conquered Israeli territory, what you on about 😂

[@user-zy7fs4ho7e]

Go fight for it.

[@rennor3498]

Friedrich Nietzsche once admited after reading Darwin's Origin of Species that he felt it would be an impossibility for human sense of aesthetics, art, culture, music and profound emotional display in everyday actions to be conceptualised in the form of chemical reactions and intermingling between species over a certain duration of time. A pretty flower may appear just as lovely and agreeable to a small child as to some of the most learned men.

[@odeebob7826]

May Allah grant you Barakah in your time, in your families, in your health, in your work, in your income, in your food, in your clothes, in your studies and in all endeavours that you pursue… Ameen!

[@newpacific8584]

Aameen Aameen ya Rabbal Aalameen

[@TruRedCRIME]

Class as always Paul. tahya filastin

[@imprisonedmerchant691]

I'm very glad to find this channel. So many wonderful ideas and nuances. Thank you for sharing

[@noormonem3459]

I am always amazed by Lennox’s ideas. I really hope that he’ll be your guest on your channel, that would be awesome. Thank you very much for this video.

[@aacc5984]

His face reminded me of old classical European scientists, with clarity and logic in science, thanks for finding such a great short clip.

[@_Mo-Ham_]

and a misplaced belief in god.

[@MajorityTracker]

I love your channel Paul. Your channel brings high quality interviews and talks from people who are very knowledgeable in the subjects.

[@JohnDoe-hy2ob]

This really isn't high quality. Lennox is just ignoring the incredible amount of work evolutionary biologists have done on the evolution of intelligence in the hominid lineage.

[@_Mo-Ham_]

Did I miss Paul interviewing a human evolutionary biologist ? Can you give the time where this occured ?

[@divinity176]

Several issues with this; 1) Doubt is the cornerstone of science - hence the importance of falsifiability. 2) Darwin didn't have the benefit of the 150 years of evidence since his theory was presented, from several fields of science. The strength of his conviction isn't relevant to the state of the topic today. 3) If Darwin was completely wrong, and his theory completely wrong - all we lose is the explanation. We are still left with the fact that evolution occurs. Evolution is observable fact - evolution through natural selection (Darwin's theory) is the explanation for that fact. The absence of an explanation for a phenomenon doesn't negate the reality of it.

[@MrNed78]

JazakAllah khayr Br Paul for another gem in the argument against this FALSE theory. I am ashamed to admit there was a time when I desperately tried to reconcile Islam with Evolution but in my fitra I knew the Quranic account though simple, makes sense and the Evolutionary argument was full of endless gymnastics and hair splitting and impossible odds and no fossils and could not explain basic things we take for granted. I saw it as just another form of Secular colonialism and so abandoned it all together

[@rajababy2009]

they put this theory in our throats while there are alot of problems with this theory , i leaned alot from Brother Saboor on this matter , watch his videos

[@cshaw9683]

Evolution is observable and the theory of evolution is a scientific model that explains the phenomenon. Like all scientific theory, it is open to scrutiny and all are welcome to publish criticisms in peer reviewed journals.

[@MrNed78]

@@cshaw9683 A lot of these "observable" claims are vastly exaggerated and overstated. I believed it for a few years and then ultimately too many holes and inconsistencies and a lot of the evolutionist claims really don't stand up to a lot of scrutiny. Evolution was a weapon unleashed on societies in the West first to undermine the teachings in Christianity and then other belief systems that have a view of a God centred universe. It was an ingenious con conjured up by Iblees(Lucifer) himself.

[@khanareeb9725]

@@cshaw9683 Islamic scholars had proposed their own theory of evolution back in the middle ages. We Muslims know it is observable. What we disagree is that Humans evolving from monkeys and how it completely denies the existence of a Creator.

[@cshaw9683]

@@khanareeb9725 You can have a creator. Humans are just subject to evolution as all animals are and were. We’re special because we’re sentient. You could well speculate that god knew the path to this if he began with the proper initial conditions. I don’t think there’s a god and I wouldn’t want one anyway but I would prefer to think that any god would be extremely clever and subtle. He doesn’t need to go the magician’s route. That’s so crass. Hes suppose to be Allah, not Zeus or Thor.

[@adamherskine8594]

Impressive line of reasoning there, i might use that on one of my videos! In judaism we have a concept "the prisoner cant free himself" meaning that anyone who has a limit cant use his own power to transcend those limits, (a bit like even the strongest person cant pick himself up), here they are essentially using that idea, trying to understand the universe as random, but using a mind which needs that universe to be intelligent enough to give the mind the ability to understand the universe, but by the atheist/random argument the mind doesn't have that power to give it that ability. Beautiful.

[@alib7489]

Interesting topic Sir Paul. Jazakallah Khair

[@Count_Bleck]

Behe, Lennox and especially Meyer are modern-day heroes, honestly. May God bless them 🙏🏻

[@Gxlto]

What irony! They are professional liar working for a propaganda organisation and have been ridiculed even in a court of law. Get a clue.

[@stevefox7418]

May God guide them

[@stevefox7418]

May God guide them

[@rafikmaatallah745]

I've learned with Dr Chahrour that the key that's missing from Darwin's theory is in the story of Adam " God taught him the names and breath consciousness in him " that made the homo sapiens evolve it's the نسف الروح و تعليمه الأسماء

[@sudaifbasharaluqla5963]

May Allah bless you brother Paul! I always listen to your informative videos while in the gym

[@abdiadan4837]

Very great speech from Mr Paul, illogical & baselessly pushing things that are not logically rationale will fail, example iam born to my mum & daddy which I thank & appreciate & i thank I a lso thank, but that does not mean iam my daddy or my mum literally, that makes sense & logically, but that theory of evolution that we were apes is irrelevant, irrational does,nt make sense at all, why haven't we not seen apes & monkeys not changing to anything else,s as per that theory, in a nutshell that is the biggest lies evertold not based on any scientific, but arogancey & iletrecy, & undermining the greatness of GOD the almighty the megnefcent,

[@alecsbizarrememes7862]

On first glance, anyone can easily just ignore this account on the theory. But on a further elaboration, you can easily understand that this is as major a flaw as fossils were support for this theory. Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention Paul, we may not have known about this without you. Waiting for when we can see Prof. Lennox on a video with you!

[@scrappycoco693]

yes! according to them, birds came from dinosaurs, so then according to them again, birds should be more intelligent than us with far more advanced intellect and rational thoughts

[@iiddrrii6051]

@@scrappycoco693 No one is saying that birds should be more intelligent than us. You just pulled that out of your butt. I think that's the dumbest thing I've heard all week.

[@iiddrrii6051]

What is the flaw exactly?

[@celestialatheist]

the flaw in his education @@iiddrrii6051

[@eazyrat]

Yeah I don't understand the flaw why is it relevant that rationality must be created by intent and not evolved randomly?

[@aqsamaryambee]

To think that this entire argument was at the heart of an ideology of atheism and antagonism, which misguided so many souls, and no one from the scientific community insisted on answers but treated “origin of species” like bible of science Just sad Thank you for sharing this

[@lenicois909]

you are lost. evolution is real and proven. cry somewere else

[@Gxlto]

Science has no bibles. Stop projecting and educate yourself.

[@aqsamaryambee]

@@Gxlto it’s called a metaphor This is when you have cognitive structures mapping a well known source domain onto a target domain to clarify an abstract concept through association. The entire operation is a mental exercise that primarily depends on the awareness of the receiver about the subject matter at hand and has been a practice for centuries. This is how languages develop. So much so that it is believed that all language is dead metaphors. For example, saying, “don’t waste my time” has become a regular expression that actually heavily depends on a cognitive metaphor that maps the concept of wastage such as that of a commodity over the target domain of time, which is an abstract concept. Now let me use another tool in language to end this discussion, it’s called a portmanteau You’re a sheeple

[@lenicois909]

@@aqsamaryambee what are you even talking about kid😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 delusional .

[@Gxlto]

@aqsamaryam7065 I know what a metaphor is, Einstein. No need for the lengthy description. My point still stands. Science has no "bibles". Here, I put it in quotes. Get it now? Science has no sacred truths, no necessary or prohibited beliefs like faith does. Science works by self-correction, not blind belief and preservation of ignorance and conformity. Your "metaphor" is useless because your argument is flawed. You do not know what evolution is or how it works. Otherwise, you wouldn't be listening to a dime a dozen apologists and KZbin quacks trying to poke holes into the basis of modern biology and medicine by making non-sequiturs about consciousness and fancy philosophical arguments by pre-suppositionalist frauds. Now, are you going to keep your mouth shut like a good boy and spend 10 minutes on Google or open up a textbook, or do you want me to explain why this video is so incredibly stupid that a 10th grader can see through it?

[@zulhafis9858]

Hopefully one day our brother Paul will get an video discussion with Lennox. I can't wait for it. I will be fascinating.

[@s3youtubevids156]

Great video......Would be great to hear from the professor on the channel.

[@Alg007]

Mashallah. Great video. We as Muslim often loathed the theory of evolution since we were at primary school, and I mean that. The theory contradict the rational thinking of a 5 year old child. Therefore, I always thought that arguing against this theory would not require great minds like those to even debate it. Nevertheless, great topic

[@Light19630]

I was always curious and skeptical about the Darwin theory. Thank you for this informative video !

[@_Mo-Ham_]

Why don't you get your source from people who research evolutionary biology instead of from someone uneducated in the subject ?

[@royalsunset3251]

​​@@_Mo-Ham_keyword: "theory" It's not some sort of scientific experiment.

[@_Mo-Ham_]

@@royalsunset3251 "keyword: "theory" " - Epic FAIL. Evolution is a _scientific_theory, not a "theory". You don't even understand what it is you are trying to criticise. It's like the difference betweena "box" and a "black box". If you worked in aviation crash investigations, you'd probably present the rest of team with a cardboard box and then argue that that should be what they want to recover the flight data recordings. You're such an arrogant ignoramous; pretty much what I expect from muhammadans now. Islam fills your head with rubbish then you go parading around proclaiming that your false rubbish is better than facts.

[@Skbilal39]

Jajakallah khairan sir. May allah bless you. 🇮🇳 🇵🇸

[@hazn139]

What an essential perspective. The argument is so simple and yet so easily overlooked as if evolution is everything out there except my own mind. Thank you, Paul, for sharing and putting it together.

[@abdulgaffar-cv2me]

I am from Bangladesh. I don't understand your lecture fully. Because of your accent. So, I request you to do something (if it is possible for you) that I and others like me can see your words on screen. However you are doing very precious job. Thank you so much for your job. Jajakallahu khairan.

[@harharharharharharharharha240]

Great topics brother Paul!

[@blueblubber6607]

It is easy to find the many clips where John Lennox discusses R. Dawkins. As far as I can see it never ended well for J. Lennox.

[@ardinhajihil8935]

what i understood is this: they are saying that brain can be developed via materialistic evolution, but the mind and the consciousness and rationality cannot, because it's not materialistic. The main reason why evolution contradicts itself is because darwin and other believers use their mind and rationality to say that they evolved from something without it. Everything here in earth only humans got it whereas materialistic parts like DNA we share most with other living things. i think im wrong

[@vibez_kru01]

Glad you mentioned Professor John Lennox. I would highly recommend his book ‘God’s Undertaker’ - Has Science Buried God?. This work is a rebuttal to Richard Dawkins’ ‘God Delusion’ book, which I first read over 12 years ago. Regardless of Professor Lennox being a Christian, as a fellow theist/Muslim, I found his arguments in favour of a Creator of the Universe, are intellectually rock solid. An interview with Professor Lennox would be fascinating! I hope you can make it happen soon brother Paul in shā Allāh 🤲🏾

[@_Mo-Ham_]

What level of qualification has John Lennox achieved in evolutionary biology ? "I found his arguments in favour of a Creator of the Universe" - Confirmation bias. Lennox isn't a cosmologist either. Go figure.

[@vibez_kru01]

@@_Mo-Ham_ have you even read the book? Are you an evolutionary biologist/cosmologist/philosopher/mathematician to have a valid opinion on the topics? Very cheap cop-out to call ‘confirmation bias’. Go find someone else to troll 🙄🥱

[@_Mo-Ham_]

@@vibez_kru01 "have you even read the book?" - That didn't answer my question of _"What level of qualification has John Lennox achieved in evolutionary biology ?"_ "Are you an evolutionary biologist/cosmologist/philosopher/mathematician to have a valid opinion on the topics?" - No, I'm not, which is why when i want to know about evolutionary biology, I read artciles from evolutionary biologists. When I want to know about cosmology, I read articles from cosmologists. Do you see a pattern foring here ? "Very cheap cop-out to call ‘confirmation bias’. " - Not at all. It's two theiests, neither of which are cosmologists, claiming to know that the reason for the existence of the universe is from some god. Totally lame.

[@akme2d]

JazakAllahu khayran.

[@DheerajNavin-ln5wn]

Paul I am encouraged that you are opening up to have a dialogue with John Lennox.

[@ethanielshortnacy]

That was a wonderful expedition of exposing darwins evolution theory sir, i thank you for this new found knowledge

[@1whospeaks]

"Chance" implies a spark, a wayward blast of energy here or there, not a sustained billion year long "mistake" that gets increasingly more and more complex for no other reason other than sexual success. There is no reason a bacterium needed to be a multicellular organism capable of language and art, the materialistic explanation of evolution has not been able to explain the root reason for complexity in life.

[@eazyrat]

You don't know the reason. Evolution doesn't purport to either, it's just an observation. You must fill your lack of knowing with God otherwise it all falls apart, nobody else has to pretend to know.

[@armanhadi777]

Mind and Cosmos now on my to read list.

[@Slick-Jay]

Anyone that gives ear to and argues for evolution DEFINITELY does not understand how the DNA codex works. If you were to look at the encoding of DNA and how complex it is in its workings you will just simply understand that evolution is impossible. Random or natural selection CANNOT create new endocing and if the encoding changes, 99,99% of the time it corrupts the encoding. Meaning, it's not for the embetterment but rather the detriment of the organism.

[@salim444]

Such an amazing video brother. Wish you the best and Hope I become an intellectual like you

[@raghad-zn9xn]

Thank you for this amazing video! Great work.

[@SueIsa15]

Tqsm Brother Paul… great sharing👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nocturnal_n0body]

Brilliant clip.thanks for sharing Paul 😊

[@Mohammadkwt]

Summoning the whole thing about a Darwin society in the one sentence: Survival of the fittest monkey.

[@jamesupton4996]

Fittest simply means that the organism is adapted to its environment.We could pollute and otherwise wreck the earth, and humanity become extinct because the environment no longer supports us, and other creatures able to survive flourish. Fittest is fit to environment - if dinosaurs had not become extinct we would not have evolved. A species need s to find its niche, which of course it can then over exploit or overpo pulate

[@ibnkada]

Brilliant Many thanks Jazak Allah kheiran

[@juliankelley6253]

Assolamolaykum, I love your content brother Paul. But the amount of adds is horrific 😢.

[@adhamd397]

Mashallah brother paul interesting topic

[@maaziy_ghaziyIYI]

Wow. That last line was a killer 😊😊

[@lenjot]

Thank you very much!

[@extraordinary.verses]

Why did Paul Williams add the short clip? I guess in response to "But what if it was right?" Both 'mind and cosmos' and the short clip are fascinating. I like the book where the writer repeats 'intentionality'. How can there be intentionality and natural selection at the same time. its like Christian friends trying to reconcile I am son of man and son of god by combining them. Jesus was 100% man and 100% God. They call it Jesus mystery. A riddle. In an 8 minutes video, Paul destroyed evolution theory.

[@rajababy2009]

great point atheist trying to reconcile mind and randomness at the same time like Christians did with Jesus Pbuh and his divinity

[@younessboustta6525]

Full support to the palestnian 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@spudmcdougal369]

Hamas is raping women at the border and dragging naked dead women through the streets. See if you can find a beautiful Hadith about such things.

[@user-ge3rh1pt7h]

Full support for a resolution that recognises and makes amends for the wrongs done to the Palestinians; condemnation and just punishments for any on all sides who commit violence and oppression. Ameen.

[@fazilamakkan1569]

Where do you find these gems? I cannot wait when you have John Lennox on your stream InshaAllah

[@abrarjahinnihal2740]

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَرِنَا الْحَقَّ حَقًّا وَّارْزُقْنَا اتِّبَاعَهٗ، وَاَرِنَا الْبَاطِلَ بَاطِلًا وَّارْزُقْنَا اجْتِنَابَهٗ

[@stevehoward3475]

I like brother Paul, he's a very calm believable person, total antithesis of the ranting, self rightous Islamic preachers at speakers corner. Thank you Brother Paul.😊

[@sarmadkinany4867]

It is important not to deem Darwinism as a whole as worthless, because it is not. We are however free to expand on it per our understanding.

[@SuperFreestylekings]

I liked the clip of professor Lennox speaking of the dilemma that neo Darwinists face. A measured understanding of the problem between the rational mind and chance. InshAllah you will be able to get him onto your channel for a talk. It would be very interesting to get into an exploration of Darwins doubt.

[@divinity176]

There is no dilemma - evolution is observable reality and human origins are encoded in our hereditary DNA. The limitations in our understanding of these things does not change the reality of these things. Creating gods to deal with limits of human knowledge is what we have done for millennia - until enough of those gaps are filled to make the faith untenable. Evolution does this to creationist religions like Islam - your religion has been falsified. It will take you guys several generations to reconcile yourselves to this trauma but life sciences will keep moving forward on this basis and, ironically, you will keep choosing to benefit from it while denying its very foundation.

[@eazyrat]

So is the problem that a rational mind could have evolved by chance? Why is that a problem? Isn't it no different to the evolution of an eye? Please explain.

[@SuperFreestylekings]

@eazyrat it's much more than a problem for a rational mind to exist by chance. You are relying on the function of everything around you based on a mind that existed by chance. By definition, the things you cannot take a chance on, like a plane flying in control, a motor car not exploding, Medicine working etc etc. All things that if a rational mind existed by chance the risk that each of these and more events around us pose is far too great. You would be saying that the building that we walk in are safe from falling down. Only a rational mind could make a fair assessment and design one that wont or would you take a chance on it by relying on someone just designing what they thought but had no rational thought behind it? Would you leave all the events around you to chance?

[@eazyrat]

But we aren't born knowing how to fly a plane or build a building that doesn't fall down. That knowledge is passed on over generations...many buildings have fallen down for us to have buildings we have today. As for the intelligence to be able to learn those things that would evolve the same way as an eye, no? I'm not a neuro biologist but to me there's nothing inherently special about our intelligence that would be outisde of the evolutionary process. The environment forced our brains to evolve the way they did as general problem solving tools. What profound point am I missing?

[@SuperFreestylekings]

@eazyrat humans have the ability to invent. That is not taught. It is not observed. It is not knowledge we have. It is an inherently brilliant thing that allows us to advance. It is through rational thought and an exclusive ability that we are born with. If we were born in a jungle, we would have the ability to adapt and invent or fashion what we needed from what is around us. This is one unique example of something that is not linked to evolution. Its a function of our being. I could give you a box full of sticks and glue and ask you to build a bridge and though you'd never been taught you could conjure up something with raw materials. That is not evolution. Because its not something that can evolve by chance. Its a trait of the brain that we all have to make things rationally work. It's quite incredible that we can do this. The ability to invent. What would this ability evolve from? And it doesn't just apply to invention. Why do we care about humans we don't know? Under evolution it is about survival of the fittest. By that measure we wouldn't feel remorse if a stranger dies while we watch as it increases our chance of survival, surely?. But we care. We want to help them (unless the person helping has other issues to overcome). That doesn't make sense according to evolution. There's huge dilemmas faced under the evolution premise

[@uzmaali2304]

In Quran Allah says کرمنا بنی آ دم We honoured children of Adam the intellect and creativity given to Children of Adam makes it a unique creation of Allah for this reason Allah asked angles to glorify Allah by prostrating to Allah

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

Angels are Demigods

[@Syed-dv6bd]

That was my first car, and I loved fitting in those parking spots douchbags leave that no car could park in. I did work on the suspension and making the chassis more rigid so it would handle like a Porsche. Had a custom made turbo. Sounded amazing was saving up for an exhaust when I got t boned by a hot Latina milf that the Mexican cops totally sided with. I really wish the side airbags went off cuz I hit my head on the b pillar and cracked the window with my head. I was a musician and could fit my whole bands gear in the back and got insane gas mileage.

[@SamuullSamuuul]

من شاء فليؤمن و من شاء فليكفر ❤ الله اكبر كبيرا ☝️☝️

[@ramdanouldmohamed1808]

Salam alykum There is an Arabic-speaking thinker who talks about this topic in a way... اياد القنيبي " رحلة اليقين "

[@marilynbouziane5530]

In Algeria, we have a joke about a kid who asked his father about humans origin ,he explained to him that we are all descendants of Adam, as..the kid responds ,mummy says that we evolved from apes...so the father said in the end ,that's for sure her family side who did..

[@_Mo-Ham_]

That was so funny I almost died.

[@Criticalthinker1912]

Salaam Paul. Jazak’Allahu khairan for another thought provoking topic. We often forget that the theory of evolution is just that a theory based on a v limited observations. The foreknowledge associated with creation can only come from a creator.

[@ZaheerKhan54556]

Hello Paul, I am a bit confused. About Darwin's theory. >>Humans evolved from Apes -or Apes evolved from Humans. **There are some verses in this regard in the Quran** **Surah Al-Baqara (2:65) "And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, “Be apes, despised.” **Surah Al-Baqara (2:66) "So We made their fate an example to present and future generations, and a lesson to the God-fearing" **Quran SURAH AL-A’RAF (7:166) "So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, “Be apes, despised.”

[@mohamedafzal3913]

Thank you Sir for this content.

[@djallalnamri1]

We can read a doubt expressed by Darwin about his own ideas and theory in his autobiography, the French translation of which I read in the 1980's. he said among other things that perhaps if he lived several years longer, he would question everything he had written but for him there had to be a beginning. therefore it is not part of science but of belief.

[@E57det7I]

Brother Paul if you are wondering why he can say this and be atheist still this excerpt from another one of his works (The Last Word) is rather enlightening. "I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn't just that I don't believe in God and, naturally, hope that I'm right in my belief. It’s that I hope there is no God! I don’t want there to be a God; I don’t want the universe to be like that."

[@Sg190th]

It's nothing but science fiction. How can one dismiss religion due to "lack of evidence" but dance around another ideology that also has a lack of evidence? It's laughable just seeing the pathetic hypocrisy. 😂

[@eazyrat]

Except its possible to not be attached to a beliefs. You cannot be a Christian or Muslim and not be invested otherwise your entire world view is gone. It's only religious people filling large gaps of knowledge with assumptions (god) nobody else cares or needs to.

[@shani9651]

What an amazing insight. Jazakallah.

[@Vergil-X1]

Paul what's your views on Yuval Noah Harari's book Homo Deus and how it describes the directed evolution of humanity?

[@tufailsofi1435]

On evolution...follow Javed Ghamidi & dr israr's viewpoint.... They clearly explain this topic.... Particularly Javed Ghamidi (if u r good in urdu)

[@naahidul]

Great work sir.

[@armazad5898]

Ibn Rushd said, go with demonstrative evidence. So, test human chromosome #2, that was formed by the fusion of two primate ancestral chromosomes, and one of which is not active. Could this be the defining moment for the development of human intellect?

[@Shmoodyy]

Thanks for sharing!

[@pindigheb100]

Simply brilliant 👍

[@imms100]

Excellent

[@HooriAhmed775]

Inquire the mind, were they from naught derived, Or self-creators, questions to be survived? The brain, hardware, and mind, software's pride, Unwell software's stance, these questions can't hide. For consequences are vast, in answers we confide! Did they above, create sky's endless glide, And earth beneath, where they do reside? Yet certainty eludes, their doubts won't subside.

[@alovera8592]

The explanation for he is acting (like a theist), In Islam every new born is Muslim by default, or a believer of oneness of Allah! But letter down the time, a new born influenced by the society, atheist education system etc. becomes an atheist or non-believer.

[@peacechannelcomparereligio4339]

God bless you brother

[@nader443]

بارك الله فيك

[@Dattebayo04]

Also. Evolution is not Random. Natural Selection ironically does have direction and I don't know why you assume it's random and meaning? There's many avenues to that question. Me a layman, could explain all of this

[@khaledbekh9477]

It's impossible for an atheist to be consistent with atheism

[@RandomGuy-sn3ne]

The definition of atheist is a person who lacks belief in any gods. Therefore I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

[@AdrianMuslim]

Amazing.

[@1968Mcneil]

That one is an excellent Deist Argument but Too many no intelligent claims in general theism systems in order to try to connect their particular model of god to this good evidence of Inteligence generator.

[@naqighol5023]

Can someone summarise it for me in a simple terms because I quite don't get it i

[@aanshans]

thanks for this paul, ive seen some Muslim professors who worked in the biological department and tries to fit (rationalise) the theory of evolution with Islamic theology (adam & eve, peace be upon them), this creates confusion as both contradicts

[@jamesupton4996]

Adam and Eve are mythological figures representing humanity and not actually existing people. There's no contradiction between understanding the Myth and the theory of evolution.

[@aanshans]

bro, youre confused between dragons and your own ancestors@@jamesupton4996

[@MATHPRO.OFFICIAL]

Very interesting

[@zubairzahid1854]

One point i always argued as a geologist that even smallest of the evolutionary change would take at least couple of millions of years. As we know from records know that humans appeared on the planet not more than a million year. Let assume few millions of years old is the history of man on this planet but an evolutionary change in simple words from monkeys to humans probably would require hundreds of millions of years of time span to speak for the sake of scientific argument. But if you look at biological differences between both species would not be possible through conventional means of evolutionary processes. This lead to the belief that both species were clearly created at different times.

[@ngogol1748]

"Materialism" is an outdated understanding of physics for over 120 years. "Neodarwinism" is also an outdated and never fully accepted branch of ideas that have been updated, enriched and changed a lot in science. So debunking neodarwinian overstatements or the famous "just so stories" that scientists have produced- this is not really a big thing for most scientists. People often think that evolutionary theory attributes "mere chance" a very important role in the adaptational process, but this is an overstatement. However, science is not meant to please our human expectations. It is thriving for truth in the most honest sense and it is willing to dismiss wrong theory or wrong facts when confronted with falsification. The Argument by Mr. Hoover is pointing at the relationship between the human mind and the (intelligible?) world. This has puzzled philosophy since the first fragments we have. But it has been shown again and again that our mind is not very good in understanding the world around us. So Darwins doubt was a good one, because it hints at the fact that the human mind is only made for understanding parts of the environment. Everyone trying to understand mathematics will see very soon that his/her mind has a hard time getting it. And the same holds true for most parts of science. And, by the way, the question Hoover raises within a Darwinian framework is just an update of a very similar question that humans have asked in theological frameworks: How can the human mind understand itself and the universe when it is the product of the universe? How can the created being understand the creation or god when it is the product of god? There is structural similarity between these questions one cannot ignore without bias in one direction or the other. So, the answer is still not there. If a belief system, may it be monotheistic, philosophical, scientific, leads the human mind to amazement, wondering and love for the truth, then it helps humanity. If it uses these questions to give dogmatic answers, it kills the human spirit which wants to know. We need to get rid of the dogmatic attitude, may it come from a scientific theory that has become stiff or may it come from the religious belief in certain scriptures. One thing I know by my heart: After life there will be no reward for dogmatism, but a mild smile. ;)

[@losrajvosa0078]

Alhamdulillah where can I find that video Paul ?

[@BloggingTheology]

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[@losrajvosa0078]

@@BloggingTheology tnx. Paul may Allah fullfill your duas and gives you success here and hereafter as well amin ya Rabb.

[@issamoshi]

thank you

[@curiousmind9287]

There are much stronger arguments against darwinism and consciousness is actually a weak one, once you define it correctly and the same goes for rational thinking. The latter is an unintended byproduct of animal ability to deceive that provides enormous evolutionary advantage. Mark Twain said (not exact quote), “if man would not lie, he would not need his brain”.

[@eazyrat]

I don't understand the relevance of it being random or not? Why would intent mean observations made with the brain are more or less rational? Its stated as a given but I don't see why.

[@ayyazzafar295]

John Lennox is an exceptional mind. Being a Muslim I love his arguments

[@sutil5078]

📌 Also the question that human never invented anything from Scratch we just modify. If you say: we invented "the car", yes but that is not from scratch, we just modify metal, plastic etc.. if you say "dragon" we draw it but it does not exist. Yes but we just modify the head of crocdile with body of snake both exist. the only thing we seem to invent from scratch is the idea of "God" ? how that is so? From where did we get this idea? -Quran answer it's Fitrah (Natural inclination, meaning God ingrained in us the knowledge of him from before birth) that is how we get the idea of God. Thank for the upload, may Allah guide all of us. Great video Paul.

[@shaheenakhan9571]

A theory which Darwin gave was truly absurd it’s too vague and died because he was thinking about his own theory

[@aligadelaide9186]

Beutiful short input

[@nka30]

Love this!

[@samttk359]

10/10 video as always mr. Paul. Keep it up love seeing it!

[@zareenwilhelm5811]

“CS Lewis figured out in the 1940s” 🔥🔥

[@phoazmurais4991]

What a amazing video

[@TheAlixSH]

This is our biggest fight at the minute. I live in Belgium, and I can tell you that here, muslims who go through university in medicine come out either believing in Evolution, or with such doubts that they hardly practice islam.

[@jamesupton4996]

You cannot understand medicine without evolution. Even the corona virus - why different vaccines? Because the virus mutates, it adapts to survive, which is basically ebolution. Interestingly Catholics for example would not have any belief problems here. The question is - does Islam have to reject modern science? If so then it runs counter to se eking truth.

[@eazyrat]

Strange that correlation isn't it😂

[@_Mo-Ham_]

"muslims who go through university in medicine come out either believing in Evolution, or with such doubts that they hardly practice islam." - Without the lies, Islam dies. 😁

[@user-wx3fl8ln8p]

Untrue