Muhammad's weird fascination with ships
OP - September 26, 2011, 10:34 PM
As I was losing my already weak faith, I looked througgh the quran in hopes that god would show me a sign of his existence.
I found many verses in the quran where god (aka muhammad's imaginary friend) calls certain phenomena and objects his signs. None of these signs are convincing to say the least, but one of them is completely absurd:
SHIPS! If anything, ships are a human invention. Why the heck is god taking credit for them?
2:164 Verily, in the creation of the heavens and of the earth, and the succession of night and day: and in the ships that speed through the sea with what is useful to man: and in the waters which God sends down from the sky, giving life thereby to the earth after it had, been lifeless, and causing all manner of living creatures to multiply thereon: and in the change of the winds, and the clouds that run their appointed courses between sky and earth: [in all this] there are messages indeed for people who use their reason.
14:32 [And remember that] it is God who has created the heavens and the earth, and who sends down water from the sky and thereby brings forth [all manner] of fruits for your sustenance; and who has made ships subservient to. you, so that they may sail through the sea at His behest; and has made the rivers subservient [to His laws, so that they be of use] to you
excuse me, but we made the ships... not you Allah!
16:14 And He it is who has made the sea subservient [to His laws], so that you might eat fresh meat from it, and take from it gems which you may wear. And on that [very sea] one sees ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might [be able to] go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful
42:32 And among His signs are the ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas
This is not even close to all of the times ships are mentioned in the quran. There are many other mentions of ships in this miraculous book. Indeed, some of the verses may allude to the fact that god is taking credit for the wind that blows the sails of these ships. However, in the instances above, it seems like god is taking credit for the ships themselves. And I can see how a bedouin might think that the winds that cause ships to move are mysterious.. but radiation, convection and the coriolis effect can easily explain this phenomenon.
What I am trying to say is that if someone says to me "Look... moving ships.. therefore god exists." I will laugh at them and not take them seriously.
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