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God, Science, Islam, and Atheism
One of the most popular arguments for Islam is the “Argument from Scientific Accuracy,” which asserts that Islam must be true because the Qur’an contains numerous scientific insights that couldn’t have been known during Muhammad’s time. Those who have read the Qur’an, of course, know that it is a scientific catastrophe. The Qur’an claims that the sun sets in a muddy pool (18:86), that semen is formed between the backbone and ribs (86:6-7), that the earth is flat (88:20), that there are seven earths (65:12), that the sun orbits the earth (36:38-40), that human embryos are blood-clots (22:5), that the sky would fall on the earth if Allah didn’t hold it up (22:65), and that stars are missiles that Allah uses to shoot demons who try to sneak into heaven (37:6-10; 67:5).
A less obvious problem for the Muslim argument is that science has been smothered in Islamic countries. While individual Muslims have made scientific progress (there were brilliant medieval Muslim doctors and engineers, for instance), Islamic civilization has never come close to experiencing what we might call a “scientific revolution.” This would be an odd fact if the Qur’an were a book full of scientific insights that couldn’t be verified until centuries later.
The reality is that the scientific revolution occurred among people who believed that they were created in the image of God and that they could therefore understand God’s creation. This belief doesn’t exist in Islam. That’s why science exploded in the Christian West.
Source: http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2015/12/god-science-islam-and-atheism.html
