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(D I S) U S E D A S ( I N V A L I D ) “S I G N S” A N D “P R O O F S”
When reading the Quran, one is stricken by its use of natural phenomena used as “signs” or “proofs” for Allah. Beware that in the Quran “sign“ often is synonymous with “proof“. What really strikes you is that not a single of them is a valid proof of any god a (with the possible exception of some taken from the Bible), and even less of Allah.
To be a valid proof of a god, religion first have to prove that the phenomenon really is made or caused by a deity - but till the date of today not one single such proof has been produced, though many religions tries to say so (again with the possible exception of some in the Bible - if the Bible is true, there are proofs for Yahweh and for Jesus, if it is made up, there are no valid proofs).
And if such a proof should one day be brought forward, there still remains to prove that the real creator or god is Allah.
Until then any priest in any religion can say just the same as the Quran: Shiva did this, Iblis did that, Jupiter created, Thor divided, Baal makes the sun rise in the east - Allah can not make it rise in the vest, ergo Baal is the real god and Allah an impostor or something made up. Words are that cheap. Without real proofs, they are utterly without value.
Yes, worse: No god would use invalid “signs” and “proofs” - that is the hallmark of cheaters and deceivers. Such use simply destroys the credibility of the god trying to cheat in that way.
This even more so as it had been as easy for the god to tell the truth - - - and in that way the future had got proofs for his existence by discovering that what the god told before any human had found out, was true - any omniscient god had known this and had no reason for not doing this when asked.
Anyone using his brain and not only wishful explaining away knows this to be true.
But it is strange how difficult it is to face facts - to face ones beliefs and ask if they are true. It is much easier to deny facts than to ask: Is my religion based on superstition and fairy tales - not to mention demon tales? It is much better and easier to be sure and “safe” in the old ways, true or not, than to have to - or have the chance to - look for the real and true religion (if such one exists).
It is worth knowing that science has found that a small percentage of the people have in inbreed - in the genes, so to say - longing for the supernatural - for a god. And perhaps that is all there is to it: Some people needs a god and invent one. Then in some cases the belief spreads, an organized belief or church grows mighty - and voila: There is on earth at least a mighty god - and his messengers - that people have to give riches to and to obey.
Such an explanation can well explain a “god” making lots of mistakes and using invalid “proofs” and “signs” and statements.
Another possibility is that a devil posed as Gabriel. With that kind of ethics and lust for war, suppression and terror, that is much more likely explanation than that there is a good, benevolent god behind it all. But I personally do not believe this - neither a devil would have used such obviously wrong and stupid mistakes, statements and proofs.
What is absolutely sure is that an omniscient god would not make such stupid mistakes - and that consequently Allah - if he exists - is not omniscient.
And another thing that also is sure: If Muhammad made up the Quran; he had one heck of a success and a glorious life with power, women and plenty. But in that case Muhammad also is the worst demon ever to have lived on Earth - worse than Djengis Khan, worse than Hitler, worse than Mao, worse than Pol Pot just to mention some dwarfs in comparison - for all the death and misery he has created on Earth through nearly 1400 hundred years, compared to the few years the “dwarfs” terrorised parts of the world.
I cite just some of the statements the Quran mentions without proofs - there are a lot more. But I mention the better part of the places where natural phenomena are used as “signs”, “proofs” etc. without any proof for that it really is Allah who is behind it - mostly the statements are just loose statements hanging on nothing, or they are built on other unproved facts. NOT ONE SINGLE proves anything about Allah. You will meet Muslims trying to “prove” things - use your own knowledge and brain and judge. (Actually it is impossible for humans to prove a god - that only a god can do - but Muhammad needed arguments and was unable to produce real proofs, so he tried.) And do you think a god had used invalid proofs - proofs he had to know man would sooner or later look through and the god loose his credibility because of bluffing?
At least all statements tried to be used as “signs”, “proofs”, etc. - the ones I number with numbers - adds to the number of mistaken “facts” in chapter I, because they are tried to be used or disused as facts.
Quotations numbered by letters are loose statements, whereas quotations numbered by numbers are invalid signs (which in the Quran just is a softer word for proof) or similar, and numbers in addition marked + are invalid so-called proofs. Quotations numbered 000 are relevant, but outside the theme.
0Aa 2/21: “(Allah*) created you - - -” Reality shows that I exist. But the rest is an unproven statement.
0Ab 2/22: “(Allah*) has made the earth - - -”. The Earth is there, but nothing is proved about who made it - it just is part of nature.
0Ac 2/22: “(Allah*) made - - - the heavens (plural and wrong*) your canopy - - -”. The heaven just is a natural illusion made up by bending of light.
0Ad 2/22: “(Allah*) brought forth therewith fruits for your sustenance - - -”. Nature brings forth fruits - but nowhere it shows that a god - not to mention Allah - is involved.
0Ae 2/28: “(Allah*) will cause you to die - - -”. To die is a natural process - unless Islam proves anything else.
00Af 2/29: “(Allah*) hath created for you all things that are on earth - - -”. All things on Earth are either natural or manmade - there is no proof for it being made by a god, and then it proves no god - not to mention Allah.
001 2/164: “In the creation of the heaven - - - are Signs for a people that are wise.” Wrong. Without a proof for that it really was the work of Allah, the sign is invalid.
002 2/164: “- - - in the alternation of the night and the day - - - indeed are Signs for a people that are wise”. Wrong. That alternation is a natural effect of the rotation of the Earth. It is no sign of Allah - or any other god - unless Islam first proves that the shining of the sun and the rotation of the Earth are initiated by Allah. Proves, not just states, because words and statements are ever so cheap, and can be used by any priest, any “prophet” and any “god”.
003 2/164: “- - - in the sailing of the ships across the ocean - - - indeed are Signs for a people that are wise.” Wrong - and indeed no god ever built a ship, and no god ever proved he or she made the winds - though “prophets” of some gods said the first and many - included Muhammad - said the last. Words are cheap also for prophets.
004 2/164: “- - - in the rain which Allah sends down from the skies - - - are Signs for a people that are wise.” It had been - if Allah or Muhammad or Islam had proved it really was Muhammad that did it. Rain is a very simple phenomenon made by evaporation and condensation - and no god ever proved he makes it.
005 2/164: “- - - in the beasts of all kinds that He (Allah*) scatters through the earth - - - indeed are Signs for a people that are wise.” Indeed, this people from different religions have tried for x years to prove what their god (s) - not just Allah - did. Till this day none has not proved one iota of it - perhaps with the exception of in the Bible - - - if it is true.
006 2/164: “- - - in the change of the winds - - - are Signs for a people who are wise.” Actually it is no bad slogan - who wants to admit he is not wise? But it is all just and only words. Where are the proofs? Change of the winds is very natural - deriving from differences in the air pressure and from hindrances - but it costs nothing to say “my god did it”.
*007 2/164: “- - - (in*) the clouds which they (the winds*) trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth - (here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise”. And here also are possibilities to bluff naïve, uneducated people - especially if they ate susceptible to flattering. Or if they are blind from religion and wishful thinking. But bluff is one of the hallmarks of deceivers and cheaters.
*0Ag 2/172: “Eat of the good things that We (Allah*) have provided for you - - -”. In many religions their god(s) provide the ways of producing the food, but no god or priest or prophet has ever proved the claim. Neither does Muhammad. And why should Allah be more reliable than other gods - he was asked for proofs, but was unable to give anything but fast words - - - he has not even proved his existence, which would be very easy for him to do. Did Muhammad create the Quran?
+008 2/258: “But it is Allah that causeth the sun to rise from the east - - -”. Abraham is said to use this as a (also for other reasons totally invalid) proof for Allah. But for one thing it is not the sun that rises, but the Earth that turns. For another thing this is a totally natural process that in no way is proved made by a god - not to mention by Allah. But any priest of Baal - or others - could say as much.
0Ah 2/267: “- - -the fruits which We (Allah*) have produced for you - - -”. A statement hanging in the air from lack of proofs.
0Ai 2/269: “He (Allah*) granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth - - -”. Wisdom is a result of genes/intelligence and knowledge. Many gods say they provided it - not one single of them has proved it till this date. Words and lose statements are much cheaper than proofs.
*0Aj 3/6: “He (Allah*) is it Who shapes you in the womb as He pleases.” Conception is a most natural process - one that even Muslims like very much to indulge in, sometimes whether the woman is willing or not - and if the woman is your slave or prisoner, rape is a right “just and god” for you - just ask Muhammad, who according to Islam (among others Ibn Ishaq) practised that himself - f. ex. Raihana bint Amr and - at nearly 60 himself - the 17 year old Safija, just after he had tortured her husband to death (for Safija one of his men, Abu Ayub, waited outside in case she should resist so much that it became dangerous for Muhammad and he needed help - but he managed the rape without help). No god ever proved he makes the conceptions - or initiated the natural processes.
*0Ak 3/27: “Thou (Allah*) causest the Night to gain on the Day, and Thou causest Day to gain on the Night - - -”. This really is caused by the sun and the Earth. No god ever proved differently. But as usual: Words and lose statement cost nothing - a fact that is good for all cheats and deceivers.
0Al 3/27: “Thou (Allah*) gives sustenance to whom Thou pleases - - -”. Perhaps - but many gods say the same, and like them neither Allah nor Muhammad ever proved one single millimetre.
009 3/190: “Behold, in the creation of the heavens (plural and wrong) - - - there are indeed Signs for men of understanding - - -”. The heaven is an optical illusion caused by natural refraction (bending of the sunlight) by day, and by our inability to see in 3 dimensions at too long distances without references at night. There is nothing but boasting, until Islam proves that Allah really did it.
*010 3/190: “- - - (and in*) the alternation of Night and Day, there are indeed Signs for men of understanding - - -”. Who - especially of uneducated people - does not like to hear they are persons of understanding? - or are reluctant to be classified as one of not understanding? But all the same: No god has anything to do with night and day - and statements of the opposite need documentation.
0Am 5/88: “Eat the things which Allah hath provided for you - - -”. A lose statement only built on the unproven presumption that Allah really has provided it, and not nature itself.
0An 6/1: “(Allah*) created the heavens (plural and wrong - like at least 196 places in the Quran) - - -”. See 2/22.
0Ao 6/1: “(Allah*) created - - - the earth - - -”. See 2/22.
*0Ap 6/2: “(Allah*) created you from clay - - -”. For one thing science has long since found out that man/I was not created - he/I developed naturally from a former primate. But any “prophet” or lowly priest in nearly any religion gives their god(s) the credit for creating man - just like Muhammad. A strong statement needs a strong proof, it is said. Muhammad never offered any proof, only words so cheap that they have no value as proofs - especially as it was just parroting what most “prophets” say. Besides: Allah created Adam in 11 ways if you count all - maximum 1 could be right as there could be only one Adam, and science have found that all are wrong.
011 6/59: “Not a leaf doth fall but with his knowledge - - -”. (A sign according to 6/97-99). Well, then he is very busy with what are not even trifles. But that aside: Any leaf fall sooner or later - that is according to nature. No god has ever proved he - or she - causes it.
*012 6/95: “It is Allah Who causeth the seed grain and the date stone to split and sprout.” (A sign according to 6/97-99). Once more a natural phenomenon - or two - that Muhammad gave Allah the credit for, without one single proof. It is impressive to give a god so much credit - - - especially if the audience is uneducated and naïve enough to believe without proof, or really in spite of invalid proofs. Easy victims for cheaters and deceivers f. ex.
**013 6/97: “It is He (Allah*) Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you - - -” - and fastened to the lowest heaven, as we know from other places in the Quran - and also used as shooting stars to chase away bad spirits, according to the same book. That the stars are lights and weapons fastened to the lowest heavens - below the moon according to the astronomy of that time - destroys the credibility of Muhammad concerning this unproven statement about a natural phenomenon like the stars. Even worse: It is not just a statement; it is a sign for Allah - invalid like all the others.
014 6/98: “It is He (Allah*) Who hath produced you from a single person - - -”. According to science it takes two to make a baby. But that aside: Where is the proof for that any god - not to mention Allah - is involved at all? One more invalid sign.
015 6/99: “It is He (Allah*) Who sendeth down rain from the skies - - - in these things there are Signs for people who believe”. Yes, but only if they believe blindly and has no education about how the water cycle works - without any traces from an involved god and absolutely no sign specific for Allah.
**016 6/99: “- - - with it (rain) We (Allah*) produce vegetation of all kinds - - - in these things there are Signs for people who believe.” Well vegetation grows no matter in the nature. We only have the words of one single man for that Allah is involved - a man who Islam itself admits is a highwayman, an extorter, an assassin of opponents, a mass murderer of helpless prisoners, a womaniser, a rapist, a breaker of his words (f. ex. by killing 29 men - 1 got away -he promised safe conduct), an enslaver en masse, etc. aspiring for power - all in all a perfect and absolutely reliable witness according to himself and to Islam.
017 6/99: “- - - from some We (Allah*) produce green (crops) - - - in these there are Signs for people who believe”. See the 2 from 6/99 above.
018 6/99: “- - - out of which (green crops*) We (Allah*) produce grain - - - in these there are Signs for people who believe”. See 2 x 6/99 above.
019 6/99: “- - - out of the date palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety) - - - in these things are Signs for people who believe”. See the others from 6/99 just above.
0Aq 6/101: “To him (Allah*) is due the primal origin (= creation*) of the heavens (plural and wrong*) - - -”. Proof?
0Ar 6/101: “To him (Allah*) is due the primal origin (= creation*) of - - - the earth”. Proof?
*0As 6/136: “Out of what Allah hath produced in abundance in tilth and in cattle - - -”. One more loose statement just hanging in the air for want of proof or documentation. It is not strange that Islam glorifies belief without proofs, or tells that it is primitive not to be able to see from the texts in the Quran that it is from a god, in spite of all mistakes and invalid “signs” and “proofs” and lose statements - hallmarks of cheats and deceivers and manipulators of men - and as primitive to ask for proofs. Even though what really is primitive is to believe anything and everything without proofs - primitive and naïve.
0At 6/141: “It is He (Allah*) Who produceth gardens - - -”. Proofs? Documents?
0Au 6/141: “It is He (Allah’) Who produceth - - - tilth with produce of all kinds - - -”. Profs?
**020 7/54 + 58: “- - - Allah, Who created the heavens (plural and wrong - in part of 6 days*) - - - thus do We explain the Signs - - -”. A wonderful symbol “borrowed” from the nature and even so with no less than 2 serious mistakes - really a proof of Allah. A nice “sign” and explanation. See 7/190.
*021 7/54 + 58: “- - -Allah, who created - - - the earth in (part of*) six days - - - thus do We explain the Signs - - -”. Nearly as beautiful a wrong proof of Allah as the one just above - creation of Earth took millions of years, and there is no trace of Allah or any other god neither in the sun, nor in the Earth. Oh, I know many religions included Islam are reluctant to admit it, but till date there is not one single valid proof. A nice “sign” and a nice explanation. Invalid.
**022 7/54 + 58: “He (Allah*) drawet the night as a veil o’er the day - - - thus do We explain”. A new wonderful wrong proof of Allah from nature: The night can in no scientific way be described as a veil, as the night is simply nothing - it only is absence of light. If you really want to be specific, in addition Muhammad has gotten it all totally wrong - it is the daylight that rules over the night, not the other way round. Another nice “sign” - not to mention the “explanation“.
023 7/54 + 58: “He (Allah*) created the sun - - - thus do We explain the Signs - - -”. Proofs, please - if not I believe the sun is from nature.
024 7/54 + 58: “He (Allah*) created - - - the moon - - - thus do We explain the Signs - - -”. See the one just above.
025 7/54 + 58: “He (Allah*) created - - - the stars - - - thus do We explain the Signs - - -” See the 2 just above. In this case even more so, as the stars are NOT fastened to the lowest heaven, and not identical to shooting stars like the Quran tells in another verse.
026 7/54 + 58: “- - - (all cosmos is*) governed by laws under his Command - - - thus do we explain the Signs - - -.” All gods like to say that, and it is very easy to say. Well, words and statements costs nothing more than a big mouth - where are proofs for in this “sign” for Allah?
027 7/57-58: “It is He (Allah*) Who sendeth the winds - - - thus do We explain the Signs- - -”. As this is a natural phenomenon moved by air pressure and temperature - which Muhammad did not know - I will like Islam to produce proofs if they say Allah does it.
028 7/57-58: “- - - We (Allah*) drive them (clouds) to a land that is dead - - - thus do We explain the Signs- - -”. The winds do that. See the unproven “sign” just above.
*029 7/57-58: “- - - (Allah*) make rain to descend - - - thus do we explain the Signs - - -”. Easy words, words - only words. It would be impressive if Allah made rain in the desert - but did he? - or did nature? - or perhaps another - a real god - if Allah is invented, because NOTHING ever proved Allah.
030 7/57-58: “- - - (Allah*) produce every kind of harvest (with rain*) - - -thus do we explain the Signs - - -”. Normally this is produced from roots and seeds + earth and water. If Allah demands the credit, Islam should prove it with more than just words - especially since they themselves demand proofs from everyone else for everything.
031 7/58: “From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher (Allah*), springs up produce - - -”. It is easy to take credit for all and everything, when you evade all questions about proofs.
0Av 7/158: “- - - it is He (Allah*) that giveth - - - life - - -”. A very nice thing to claim credit for - and claims come easy if you never have to prove it.
0Aw 7/158: “- - - it is He (Allah*) that giveth - - - death - - -”. Another natural event to claim credit for - true or not.
*032 10/4: “It is He (Allah*) who made the sun to be a shining glory - - - (Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand”. Those who understand know that the sun is a shining glory because of radioactive activity inside it - a fact Muhammad did not know. If Islam insists it is Allah - not just a god, but Allah - who causes it, they will have to prove it, not just use megalomaniac, but lose statements.
033 10/4: “It is He (Allah*) who made - - - the moon to be a light (of beauty) - - - (Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand”. In this case those who understand understands that it is the sun that makes the moon shine (beautifully or not). If Allah - or any god - is involved, it has never been proved. But it is a nice thing for any priest of any religion to claim responsibility for, of course. That is to say: As long as you do not have to prove it.
034 10/6: “Verily, it the alteration of Night and Day - - - are Signs for those who fear Him (Allah*).” It had perhaps been, if it was not because I know that it is all made by nature, and I have never - not anywhere - found a proof for Allah’s involvement. That also is the reason why Islam glorifies blind belief - there is nothing else behind the religion.
035 10/6: “- - - in all that Allah has created - - - are Signs for those who fear Him”. First Muhammad and Islam have to prove Allah has created anything at all - there is till now not a single proof for his creation of even a virus, or an atom - even if Muhammad got the question several times and only had fast talk and childlike boasting (“if Allah willed - - -”) for an answer.
*036 10/6: “- - -in the (creation or existence of*) heavens (plural and wrong*) - - - are Signs for those who fear Him.” Some sign, as science has long ago found that the Quran’s picture of the heaven is totally and utterly wrong. Bad business in the long run to claim credit for that natural phenomenon.
037 10/6: “- - - in the (creation or existence of*) the earth - - - are Signs for those who fear Him.” Even when it comes to a thing as close as Earth, Muhammad - and Islam - was and is unable to produce any proofs - only big, cheap claims.
0Ax 10/34: “Say: ‘It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it - - -’”. That is very easy to say - why not for once try to prove it is Allah and not nature? It costs nothing to just say something. Any priest in any religion can say just the same about his god(s) - just as cheaply.
038 10/67: “He (Allah*) is it that hath made you the Night - - -Verily in this are Signs for those who listen.” Proof?
*039 10/67: “He (Allah*) is it that hath made you the Night that ye may rest therein - - -Verily in this are Signs for those who listen - - -”. What is the value of a loose statement of signs without value because they are not proved? Both night and sleep - and even day - are natural phenomenon occurring all the time. Of course it is nice to claim credit for it - but you have to be pretty naïve and primitive to believe it without even a reasonable indication for its being true.
040 10/67: “He (Allah*) is it that hath made you - - - the Day - - -”. About as well proved as the one just above - see that.
*041 13/2: “Allah is He who raised the heavens (plural and wrong*) without any pillars that we can see (= invisible pillars*) - - - (Allah is*) explaining the Signs in detail - - -”. As said before: There is not the ghost of a proof that Allah - or any god - had anything with the creation of heaven to do. But it is a bit special to talk about pillars one cannot see, when there exist not even invisible pillars, and even more so: There is no need for pillars, as the heaven as wee see it just is an optical illusion. (Muhammad believed the heaven(s) was/were made from something material, and then of course they/it would fall down without pillars). But it seemed - in double meaning - a nice natural phenomenon to claim credit for perhaps. Not a good choice for a “sign” for Allah: Totally wrong.
042 13/2: “He (Allah*) has subjected the sun and the moon (to his law!) - - - explaining the Signs in detail - - -”. Natural laws are integrated parts of the nature, until a god proves that is wrong. No god or prophet has ever proved that - it remains to be seen if Islam is able to do so.
*043 13/3: “And He (Allah*) it is Who spread out the earth - - - verily in these things there are Signs for those who consider”. Allah or the nature - most likely the nature, because the nature has made the Earth round, whereas Muhammad/the Quran believes it is flat. Verily I do consider that to make such a mistake makes it a very suspect “sign” for Allah.
044 13/2: “(Allah set on the Earth*) mountains standing firm - - - verily in these things are Signs for those who consider”. Mountains are not set, but grow - and they grow from tectonic or volcanic activity, not from the work of a god, unless a god proves it I consider.
045 13/2: “He (Allah*) draweth the Night as a veil o’er the Day - - - verily in these things are Signs for those who consider.” See 7/54 + 58.
046 13/3: “- - - yet some of them (fruits, etc., etc.*) We (Allah*) make more excellent than others to eat. Behold, verily in those things there are Signs for those who understand!” At least it is very easy to understand that Allah/Muhammad takes credit for a lot of natural things that happens by itself in nature, fields and orchards without proving that he has even one finger in the game.
0Ay 13/12: “It is He (Allah*) Who doth show you the lightning - - -”. An impressive natural phenomenon that many gods like to be the masters of - but Allah proves not any more than the other pretenders, like f. ex. Thor (the Old Norse god of war).
***0Az 15/16: “It is We (Allah*) Who have set out the Zodiacal signs in the heavens (plural and wrong*)”. Actually I think there is nothing in the universe that Muhammad knew about, that Allah does not claim credit for. Only a pity he was limited to what Muhammad believed he knew - which produces extra doubt when things on top of lack of proofs, sometimes are really wrong.
On thinking it over: It really is strange that Allah makes no claims of credit for things Muhammad did not know about - in Muhammad’s and Islam’s future that would have made elegant proofs for Allah. There are none no true foretelling at all.
*0Ba 16/5: “And cattle He (Allah*) has created for you (men) - - -”. Cattle were not created for man - they were wild animals “created” for wild life that man tamed. Actually they were not even created, but developed from earlier animals. What happens when a god takes credit for good things and man later discover it is not true? - especially when the god and his representatives are able to produce only fast talk instead of proofs?
0Bb 16/8: “And (He (Allah*) has created horses, mules, and donkeys - - - “. See 16/5.
047 16/10-11: “It is He (Allah*) Who sends down rain from the sky - - -verily in this is a sign for those who give thought”. Giving it some thoughts, I find this is part of the water cycle in the nature - if no god proves something else, which neither Allah nor any other has done till now.
*047 16/10-11: “- - - out of it (rain*) (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle. - - - verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought.” Giving it thought, I understand that this is just what nature is like - and that Allah has not proved it is his work - even though Muhammad said so - but only said so.
*048 16/11: “With it (rain*) He (Allah*) produce for you corn, olives, date palms, grapes and every kind of fruit: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought”. Still giving it a thought, I think it is much easier to claim credit for natural processes than to prove one is even involved. At least Muhammad or Allah has proved nothing, except may be that Allah is a naïve god using signs without value, as everything just rests on words and nothing. And some “signs” and “proofs” even are wrong.
049 16/13: “And the things on earth which He (Allah*) has multiplied - - - verily this is a Sign - - -”. Nothing is a real sign or proof as long as it just is claiming credit for what happens in the nature quite naturally - and even more so when the only proofs for the claims are lofty words built on nothing.
0Bc 16/14: “It is He Who has made the sea subject - - -”. Also the sea Muhammad claims - without anything beside empty words any priest in any religion can use.
*0Bd 16/48: “- - - Allah’s creations, (even) among (inanimate) things - - - their (very) shadows turn round, from the right to the left, prostrating themselves to Allah - - -”. Believe it or not: Even shadows pray to Allah - even though shadows just are lack of light = literally and utterly nothing.
050 16/66: “In cattle (too) will ye find an instructive Sign (because they produce milk*)”. The natural way for cattle to feed their babies is a sign for Allah, according to Muhammad. Well, is Allah involved, or is it a trick made by the nature? Of course it is easy to say it is from Allah - but a god who is unable to prove anything - anything at all - sooner or later loses credibility. It sounds more like bluffing. Was Muhammad just an intelligent cheater and deceiver who had found the same way to comfort and power like some other initiators of sects or religions? - there have been a number of them throughout the times, though most of them just with local success, f. ex. in USA and Africa.
**051 16/67: “Also from the fruit of the date-palm and the wine, ye get out wholesome drink and food; behold, in this also is a Sign for those who are wise”. In addition to claiming credit for one more sector of nature - the making of alcohol - for Allah, it is somewhat funny to see that this (wine) here (written in 622 AD) is told to be a wholesome drink, whereas alcohol later is so bad that it is totally prohibited in Islam. What did Allah not know in 622 AD? All the same the Quran and Islam and Muslims claim there are nothing inconsequent in the Quran - nothing. Am I wise enough to see that this is inconsequent anyhow? - and that it is far from the only place in the Quran.
0Be 16/68: “And thy Lord (Allah*) taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees and in (man’s) habitations - - -”. The bee is at very least 50 million years, and most likely more than 200 million years old. It has had plenty of time to develop ways of living and dwelling itself, just by adapting to nature. It is so incredibly easy to claim anything you see and anything that comes to your mind - claim it for the honour and credit of your real or invented god, as long as you shy away from proving anything, and your audience accepts your fast words - something that may be possible when your listeners are uneducated and naïve, or if they are in a religious fervour and/or ditto brainwash. Not to mention if all these conditions are present - the most intense religious fanatics in Islam (and other religions) you find among the lower intelligent or not educated ones, and among educated ones with a one-tracked mind - one-tracked by nature or nurture.
0Bf 16/72: “And Allah has made for you mates - - -”. To be a bit flippant: Some men and many women think their mate is not from a god, but from a devil. But at least: Let us see Islam’s proof for this being true.
*0Bg 16/78: “- - - He (Allah*) gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affection - - -”. In that case Allah was an early riser - science has identified these traits hundreds of millions years ago - and a slow worker - as it took at least 500 million years from late Pre-Cambrium (or some 3,5 billion years if you recon from the very first traces of life) to produce human intelligence. But no one in Arabia in 630 AD had any chance to disclaim such a claim: Muhammad tells it - and a nice and reliable robber like him, of course spoke only the truth! (Sometimes Muslims tell you Muhammad was a man of his times - hard and brutal times - and no worse than other chieftains and war lords in Arabia. They may be right, but he definitely neither was any better - and he pretended (?) to represent a benevolent god. (It f. ex. is impossible to compare him and Jesus - they are many worlds apart in teachings, ethics and morality)).
*052 16/79: “- - - look at the birds - - - Nothing holds them up (but the power of) Allah. Verily in this are Signs for those who believe.” Well, well, well. Muhammad is unlucky enough to use the expression “the power of Allah” instead of f. ex. the wish or the decision or the laws of Allah - the words “power of Allah” are more explicit and then more difficult to explain away. It is not the power of Allah but the power of the air - the laws of aerodynamics - that keeps them up there. What does a god do when he uses a stupid and wrong sign? - something Muhammad could not know, but that any omniscient god had to know from the very beginning.
0Bh 16/81: “It is Allah Who made - - - things to give you shade - - -”. Well, well, well once more. Shade is just lack of (sun)light. With a few exceptions it is impossible for nature to bring forth anything without it has to make shade for anything behind it if there is light. But all the same Allah has made shades for you. Proofs? Proofs?
*0Bi 22/65: “He (Allah*) withholds the sky (rain) from falling on the earth except by His leave.” Also this nature can manage extremely well without help. If there is not enough moisture in the air relative to the temperature to approximately reach the so-called dew point, or if there are no - or not enough - dust/kernels for condensation of raindrops, there will be no rain. But this something the congregation of Muhammad did not know, and in addition they were naïve and little educated and perhaps a little brainwashed and primitive - easy to “take for a ride” without any proofs, just accepting fast talk.
0Bj 23/79: “And He (Allah*) has multiplied you through the earth - - -”. To say the least of it: That is something the nature and we have managed ourselves absolutely without any help - and with pleasure. Profs?
0Bk 26/7: “Do they (non-Muslims*) not look at the earth - how many noble things of all kinds We (Allah*) have produced therein?” Yes, we see a lot of noble things - and also a lot of ignoble and terrible things, like Darfur, women’s and non-Muslims’ life in some Muslim areas, terrorists, catastrophes, etc - in the world. But we see no proof of any god - or at least not of a god that has proved he is Allah.
**0Bl 27/61: “(Allah*) has made the earth firm to live in, made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immoveable - - -”. All of this nature manages very well itself. The only things that are proved about Allah because of this or other natural phenomena are that the Quran likes to give Allah credit for everything, and that it is not able to prove anything.
Would an omniscient god establish all his credibility on loose words, invalid and even wrong signs and as invalid and wrong proofs? - things he had to know would backfire the day humans started to find out things?
053 27/86: “See they not that We (Allah*) have made the Night for them (non-Muslims/humans*) to rest in - - - Verily, in this are signs for any people that believe”. Muhammad got this 180 degrees wrong. Animals active in daytime have adapted to the periods of darkness by using it for inactivity (whereas animals active at night use the periods of light for inactivity) - it is not the other way round. Also if we had had permanent light through hundreds of millions of years, life had adapted to that and to the possibility of permanent ability to do things - making humans more efficient and saving them from the extra dangers found in the darkness. This also goes for bodily and mental processes now taking place at night.
And still I miss even a grain of proofs for that Allah is involved.
*0Bm 29/20: “Travel through the earth and see how Allah did originate creation - - -”. I have travelled through a good part of the Earth. I have seen a lot of nature and culture - even seen and heard about some worth a god (and some worth a devil - like war and terrorism). But I have seen or heard no proof of a god - and absolutely no proof of Allah, with the possible exception that such a gruesome and warlike god - in spite of all words about kindness and benevolence - may be the explanation of some horrific actions.
054 30/24: “(Allah*) gives life to the earth (by means of water*) after it is dead: verily, in that are Signs for those who are wise”. As soon as dry earth gets water and the other necessities, roots and seeds automatically start growing - god or no god. There is no proof for anything but that nature is resilient. Anyone who is wise will demand proofs before believing anything else.
0Bn 35/39 “He (Allah*) is it That has made you inheritors in the earth - - -”. Can anyone - Muslim or not - explain me where else earthlings without space travel could live, except in and on Earth?
*0Bo 36/36 “Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces - - -”. All things that the Earth produces is produced by nature and not by Allah it seems. A proof for this is that nature knows that no one-celled and not all multi celled living entities are made in pairs. Whereas neither Muhammad, nor the Quran, nor Allah knows this according to this verse.
***0Bp 37/6: “We (Allah*) have indeed decked the lower heaven with - - - stars - - -”. The nature has produced billions of stars - of which man with his naked eyes is able to see 6ooo-7ooo. But in no way he used them to deck a non-existing lower heaven (below the moon according to the astronomy of that time) - and neither do nature use the stars as weapons (shooting stars) to chase away evil spirits like in the Quran, next verse (37/7). Is this a proof for that nature knows what it is doing, whereas Muhammad was bluffing?
*0Bq 39/6: “- - - He (Allah*) sent down for you eight heads of cattle in pairs (= 4 kinds of cattle*) - - -”. To tell the very truth: The sheep, goat, cow, and camel - the ones the Quran talk about - are not given from Allah, and in no way sent down from him. They have developed over some hundred million years (a fact many Muslims deny as vehemently as farmers in the Bible Belt in USA). Besides the number is wrong: There are a number more of domesticated cattle (f. ex. reindeer, alpaca, lama, Indian elephant and water buffalo) BUT MUHAMMAD DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THEM - any god did. Then is it nature or Muhammad/Allah who is the “director” of the earth? - and who composed the Quran - an omniscient god or someone living in Arabia around 630 AD?
*055 39/21: “- - - He (Allah*) makes it (nature) dry up and crumble away. Truly, in this, is a Message of remembrance to men of understanding.” Allah does not have to do anything for this to happen - nature itself does it all alone just by sending the rain to other places for some time. But of course to be able to control the nature gives status and seemingly power as long as you do not have to prove anything at all, and as long as uneducated or naïve or religiously blind followers are satisfied with “Allah knows best”.
+056 41/12: “So He (Allah*) created them (heaven(s)*) as seven firmaments (wrong - there only is one*) in two days - - - Such is the Decree of (Him) the Exalted in Might“. Just look up, and you see the firmament - it may be especially impressive at night. Nature at its most colossal, even though it looks petite from Earth. Did any god make it? Was that god in case Allah? There are few reasons to believe so, and definitely no proofs. And what is 100% sure: It was not made by Allah in two days.
Allah decreed this in the Quran - a most unlucky choice for a “proof.”
Sometimes my impression is that Muhammad/the Quran behaves like some second rate politicians: They steal arguments, then run in front of people and say they are leading them. Muhammad/the Quran finds good phenomena and tells that Allah has made them. Only statements and only words any “prophet” for any god can use just as cheaply - and sometimes 120% wrong.
057 45/3: “Verily, in the heavens (plural and wrong*) and the earth are signs for those who believe”. Yes, there are lots of signs - but not one single sign indicating, not to mention proving Allah, unless it is proved that it really is Allah who is behind the “signs”. Not one single. Yes, even the number of heavens (plural) in this “sign” is wrong.
**0Br 45/5: “- - - and the fact that Allah sends down Sustenance (rain?*) - - - are Signs for those who are wise.“ The only sign this sentence is for those who are wise IS THAT SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG, AS IT NOWHERE - NOWHERE - IN OR OUT OF THE QURAN IS ESTABLISHED AS A FACT THAT ALLAH SENDS DOWN ANY SUSTENANCE OR RAIN!!!! There are lots of lose statements but not one single proof - even though the slogan “tell a lie often enough, and people will believe it” carries merit, it still does not make words taken from thin air a fact. On the contrary: Use of loose words, invalid statements, invalid “signs” or “proofs”, not to mention false and made up “facts” all are hallmarks for cheats, swindlers and deceivers - an honest, omniscient god would never let his teachings rest on such arguments.
Who made the Quran - an honest god or someone else? Do not forget the Devil in disguise - if there is a real and true religion somewhere that is not Islam, a teaching like this would be a sweet dream for a devil wanting to keep as many as possible away from that religion, and especially with such a bloody and brutal substitute. (The teachings of Muhammad after he landed in Medina, does not make this alternative impossible).
**058 55/14: “He (Allah*) created man from ringing clay like unto pottery - - -.” A man and a book not knowing more than this about how man evolved - are the rest they tell any more reliable? The nature seems to know the correct story much better. As said before: It may be cheats and deceivers not knowing to choose true “proofs” for their story behind it all.
*059 57/25: “- - - We (Allah*) sent down Iron, in which there is awesome power - - - for Allah is Full of Strength, exalted in Might - - - ”. Actually iron is part of nature. Allah must have been up early, because if not it would not be possible to create the Earth, as the centre of the Earth is mainly iron. Also some mountains where you fond the iron are tens and hundreds of million years old. Proof?
0Bs 64/3: “He (Allah*) has created heavens (plural and wrong*) and earth in just proportions”. Or did he just say that what nature had made, were the just proportions?
**060 67/3: “He (Allah*) Who created the seven heavens one above another - - - in the Creation of Allah”. This is one of the more morbid mistakes in the Quran - and remember that according to that book, the heavens had to be made from something material (if not the stars could not be fixed to the lowest heaven). Nature has got this much more correct - may be it was nature that created it, not Allah (or Muhammad?). For extra measure, read 67/14: “Should He not know - He that created? - - - and is well acquainted (with everything*).” To say the least of it: Unintended irony.
*0Bt 70/39: “For We (Allah*) have created them (the Unbelievers*) out of the (base matter) they know!” This is method no. 12 Allah has used to create man - and this time only the Unbelievers - - - and all of them are wrong according to science. But may be this is the reason why some Muslims - included some Muslim clergy and leaders seriously recon non-Muslims to be between animals and Muslims (= humans). (But no doctor or scientist ever found a difference caused by Islam inside a Muslim compared to a similar non-Muslim - nature is just the same physically).
0Bu 73/20: “Allah doth appoint night and day in due measures.” This is dictated by someone who knew nothing about the far south and the far north - facts and reality and nature is different from what would be due measures for most beings - included man - there at times. But Muhammad did not know that. Any god had known.
+061 78/6: “Have We (Allah*) not made the earth as a wide expanse.” The Quran has been saying the same before - Allah made the (flat) Earth. But here it is used as a proof - - - without ever having been proved - without ever having been more than statements built on loose words. Just taken from nature and that many times. The Quran tried to give Allah the credit, but only words - words any priest or “prophet” for any god could/can use just as cheaply and just as empty for value as a proof. To mention it ones more: Cheats, swindlers and deceivers often use tactics like this.
+062 78/7: “(Has Allah not made*) the mountains as pegs?” One more unproven statement used as invalid proof for Allah. Did really Allah make the mountains? See 78/6.
+063 78/8: “And (have We (Allah*) not created you in pairs?” Unproven statement used as invalid proof - it is never proved that Allah created man. See 78/6.
+064 78/9: “(And has not Allah*) made your sleep for rest - - -”. Unproven statement used as invalid proof. Did Allah really invent sleep? See 78/6.
+065 78/10: “(And has not Allah*) made the night as a covering - - -”. Did Allah invent the night? - unproven statement used as proof. See 78/6. And is lack of light - nothing - a covering?
+066 78/11: “(And has not Allah*) made the day as a means of subsistence?” Did Allah really invent the day - or is it a by-product of the sun’s shining and the Earth‘s revolving? And was it really meant for subsistence, or was that, too, a by-product of the shining of the sun? Two statements used as proofs - both unproved and both suspect. Also see 78/6.
+067 78/12: “And have We (Allah*) not built over you the seven firmaments - - -”. One suspect statement (Allah built) and one wrong statement (7 firmaments), used as proof. Totally invalid. Also see 78/6. No god uses an invalid proof - not mention wrong ones. Who composed the Quran?
+068 78/13: “And (has not Allah*) placed (therein) a Light (the sun*) of Splendour - - - ”. One more loose and suspect statement (did Allah create the sun?) without proofs, used as a proof. Entirely without value - and a kind of proof no god would use. Also see 78/6.
+069 78/14: “And do We (Allah*) not send down from the clouds water in abundance - - -”. Invalid as a proof, as it is not proved that Allah has anything to do with the rain at all. See also 78/6.
+070 78/15: “(And*) That We (Allah*) may produce therewith (rain) corn and vegetables - - -”. Also this proof is invalid because it is based on loose presumptions, not proven facts - it is nowhere proven that Allah has anything to do with the growing of anything. Also see 78/6.
+071 78/16: “And (do not Allah produce) gardens of luxurious growth?” See 78/15 and 78/6.
*0Bv 86/6+7: “He (man*) is created from a drop emitted (semen*) - Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs”. The minor thing is that it is not proven whether it is nature or Allah that creates babies. Worse: Man is not made from semen, but from 2 different cells. Much worse: The Quran does not know from where the semen originates. Muhammad may have believed it came from the upper part of the abdomen, but any - even half god - had known better. Is this a proof for that Allah is not involved, as he does not know what he is talking about? The danger of bluffing always is to be discovered. And that leaves no credibility. (It f. ex. is not possible to believe that an omniscient god has created a book with this many mistakes and invalid - even directly wrong - “signs” and “proofs”.)
0Bw 95/4: “We (Allah*) have indeed created man in the best of moulds”. Well it was the best nature could manage. But any omniscient and omnipotent god could do much better: Longer life before problems of age, stronger resistance against illnesses, a body stronger against wear and tear, better sight, better sight in darkness - less danger, better brains, and a lot of other things. Is our miserable body and brain a proof for that it is made by nature, not by a benevolent god?
*0Bx 96/2: “(Allah*) Created man out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood - - -”. The Quran believes that semen is a kind of seed that can start growing when “planted” in a woman. It becomes a clot of blood, then a small something, then a foetus and then little by little a baby. For a man without a microscope like Muhammad, it may be the best of explanations. But nature knew better - and an omniscient god had known better. Is this a proof for that babies are made by nature and not by someone omniscient that does not know what he is talking about?
Besides who does this point to the composer of the Quran?
000 114/3: “The God (or Judge) of Mankind - - -”. A statement that is in no way proved. In this chapter it is rather disproved - especially the use of invalid loose words, invalid loose statements, invalid and wrong “signs” and “proofs” does not point towards an omniscient god.
But perhaps towards a man - - - or even towards a devil in disguise, not wanting humans to find the right religion - if such one exists.
P O S T S C R I P T U R E F O R C H A P T E R V I I I .
In chapters I and II and a couple of others it was essential to show the enormity of the discussed problems. Then I included all the relevant verses I found.
In this chapter it was more essential to show how wide the problem is - and I have omitted a lot of repetitions of the same statements. Because of this if you read the Quran you will find lots and lots of verses I have skipped. This mostly because in this case I do not see any reason to discuss the same argument again and again - though I have done so to a certain degree. The Quran has some weak spots reckoned as literature - a fact few Muslims and no member of the Muslim clergy will ever admit about the glorified book. One of them is that it is repeating and repeating and repeating itself - some of the stories in the book is repeated at least 20 times, and that is 100% literally meant, a fact that makes the book very boring to read at times - and even more so as most of the stories only have one of two ends: Either the “victim” is or becomes a Muslim and wins, or he does not become a Muslim and goes to Hell - as I said not interesting or high quality literature. And one of the results of all this repetition is that the same statements - always without proofs or documentation - is repeated and repeated. Because of this you will find lots of loose statements and as invalid “signs” not included in this list, especially in the latter half of the book
I believe, though, that I have found (nearly?) all the different statements. If I have overlooked any, please inform me.
To make a few conclusions from this chapter:
1. There are a lot of naturally occurring facts and things and occasions where the Quran claims that Allah makes or does or has initiated and consequently demands all the credit for him.
2. Not one single of these claims is proved. Not one. Without exception they all are statements built on nothing, or built on other statements that are not proved. Entirely without value as argument, not to mention as “sign” or “proof” for Allah.
3. A number of the statements also are directly wrong. Newer science has proved the Quran’s statements wrong on some points, simply.
4. No omniscient god would ever use wrong facts or invalid signs or proofs - if for no other reason: He would know that at once man discovered mistakes or false signs or proofs, it would destroy his credibility. (Besides it had been an easy way for a god to prove himself to mention things one did not know in Arabia at that time - later times then had found unmistakeable proofs. Actually some religions, included Islam, are more or less desperately trying to find such proofs, but as what they till now have found just are trumped up statements, only the naïve and the “want to believe” ones believe in those statements. But you meet them time and again - with cherry picking of facts, a wishful twist on both the fact and the logic + a lot of wishful thinking they present you for “proofs” or “indications”. Believe them if you want.)
5. None of the statements concern things that were not known in the Middle East at the time of Muhammad - f. ex. are none of the domesticated animals not known in Arabia mentioned. The same goes for the difference between day and night in the tropics and in Arctic - even though the changes of day and night are mentioned at least 20 times. This just to mention two easy proofs for a god. Another indication would be a clear mentioning of Muhammad in the Bible or another book - there is none.
6. None of the scientific facts or inventions discovered later than 632 AD is mentioned in the Quran - f. ex. that a ship or a wagon could be run by a machine, or medical facts that could help people of the old. Easy proofs for a god if he had told it in the Quran.
7. The mistakes are in accordance with what learned people believed in the Middle East at the time of Muhammad.
8. The use of loose statements, invalid or wrong or false (f. ex. some of the fast talk used to evade questions for proofs of Allah, is based on so obviously wrong psychology, that an as intelligent man - and a man understanding people so well - as Muhammad, had to know it was false) “signs”, and invalid or wrong or false “proofs” are the hallmarks of cheats, swindlers, deceivers and that kind of persons.
9. Muhammad was intelligent and understood people - he knew that some things he told was not true. (F. ex. that wonders would not make more people believe).
The final conclusions:
A. It is not possible that the Quran is made by an omniscient god - no such god would make so many mistakes, not to mention using statements, “signs” or “proofs” without value or even wrong. The Quran simply proves this 100%. Allah may be a minor war god trying to usurp power. Or he may be a devil in disguise not wanting people to find another religion (the surahs after Muhammad’s flight to Medina in 622 AD may indicate this, but all the same it is unlikely - even a devil would not make all those mistakes or use such a number if invalid arguments, not to mention invalid or wrong “proofs”, etc.)
B. ## 5, 6, and 7 strongly indicates that the Quran was composed by some human living in the Middle East at the time of Muhammad.
C. It is too dangerous to make any conclusions from # 8. For Islam it is better to believe everything is fine, than to control if something is wrong. Better to the tune of murdering persons stating real facts and asking relevant questions. And Muhammad knew he was lying sometimes at least.
D. But what if Islam is wrong and another religion is right - and no Muslim is permitted to find it?
Cairo, 09.12.07