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Meet Harun Yahya, the leading creationist in the Muslim world. – By Steve Paulson – Slate Magazine — This sort of thing never ends.

The great mystery is where Yahya’s Science Research Foundation gets its money. No one knows, though speculation runs from Saudi donors to wealthy Turks whose children have joined the secretive group. Whoever funds it, the organization seems to have the kind of wealth and influence that Christian creationists can only dream of. Yahya’s teachings aren’t confined to a religious subculture in Turkey. They’re part of the mainstream.

Creationist stories are now popping up in Turkish high-school science textbooks, and some government officials in the AKP, the ruling Islamic party, freely criticize evolution. In Ankara, the government’s point man on religious issues, Mehmet Gormez, told me, “All the holy texts say human beings are created by God. I think evolutionary theory is not scientific, but ideological.”

The Quran doesn’t have a detailed origins story like the six days of creation found in Genesis, but it does say Adam was created out of clay in a heavenly paradise and later banished to earth, along with Eve. Various polls show that many Muslim countries are predominantly creationist, but Turkey has recently emerged as a hub of global opposition to evolution.




  1. right says:

    There is no god (imaginary being), the bible was written by people without any input from this woo hoo. There is no heaven, no hell but I sure wish there was a Rapture so we could get rid of the quoting idiots.
    Then we could live in peace and harmony without the scourge of religion.

  2. right says:

    Like I said.

  3. Jägermeister says:

    #55 – right

    Well put.

  4. Jägermeister says:

    #53 – pedro – You can’t deny that the guy sports a spectacularly smug face

    LOL – Very true.

  5. Thomas says:

    #59
    He’s the architect in Alfred1’s Matrix. ;->

  6. Coop says:

    Im sharing this for anyone thats sincere in knowing the truth about our planet and evolution.

    If you’re really interested then read the Urantia book, if not your too lazy and not really seeking for the truth.

    Editors: Richard Bain, Ken Glasziou, Matt Neibaur, & Frank Wright

    Peace
    A Faith son
    COOP

  7. Coop says:

    Sorry wasnt sure how to or if i can
    edit a post here.

    Anyhow anyone interested in the truth
    read the Urantia book

    Here

    http://www.truthbook.com/index.cfm?linkID=101

  8. Coop says:

    HI Alfred1

    You ask
    “I’m curious what you estimate is their “undeniable truth”.”

    The Fatherhood of GOD
    and the Brotherhood of man.

    AL ~ Theres a question thread at the truthbook site , If your interested , you can ask anything there and also post or discuss
    your beliefs and opinions .

    Although im not promoting the site ,
    just wishing to share the book to anyone
    that may be interested , thats all ,
    im no troll nor do i have any agenda
    except in shareing .
    In your service
    Coop

  9. Coop says:

    AL
    The Holy Spirit and the
    Spirit of Truth convinced me .

    Btw ~ I Also am a Bible reader believer of the many pearls of wisdom that it contains
    and have studied its words for many years .

    The Urantia book is not a religion nor
    a sacred or holy book , but rather a
    revelation of truth .

    Religion is a PRE / A personal
    Religious experience with GOD And Jesus.

    ALL Religions contain truth , but no
    religion contains All the Truth .

    I’m not asking you or telling you to
    believe in anything .

    All im asking is for you or others
    to read the Urantia book ,
    just once , to see if its truths ring true
    to your spirit .

    And dont worry GOD wont get mad if
    you simply read a Book .

  10. qb says:

    pedro has the Mirror of Erised in his house? Way cool!

  11. Coop says:

    #74
    Brother AFRAIDO

    Your unwilling to learn new things, an but
    a baby thats content with milk , when your hungry for real food , look me up .
    If your content with thee waterd down truth
    in the Holy Buybull , so be it.

    P.S . Yeah , do give all your money to the churchs , thats the ticket yeh ,

    May god bless you and yours.

    I Do pray that someday GOD will give you a brighter lightbulb instead of the old
    dim one you now have . amen

    79.8.8 The great weakness of ancestor veneration is that it promotes a backward-looking philosophy. However wise it may be to glean wisdom from the past, it is folly to regard the past as the exclusive source of truth. truth is relative and expanding; it lives always in the present, achieving new expression in each generation of men — even in each human life.

    88.2.7 In olden times the fetish word of authority was a fear-inspiring doctrine, the most terrible of all tyrants which enslave men. A doctrinal fetish will lead mortal man to betray himself into the clutches of bigotry, fanaticism, superstition, intolerance, and the most atrocious of barbarous cruelties. Modern respect for wisdom and truth is but the recent escape from the fetish-making tendency up to the higher levels of thinking and reasoning. Concerning the accumulated fetish writings which various religionists hold as sacred books, it is not only believed that what is in the book is true, but also that every truth is contained in the book. If one of these sacred books happens to speak of the earth as being flat, then, for long generations, otherwise sane men and women will refuse to accept positive evidence that the planet is round.

  12. qb says:

    ROTFL Alfred1 got rickrolled by Coop.

  13. qb says:

    Alfred1, my son. You really need to develop a sense of humor. You’re taking things just a little too seriously.

  14. right says:

    “When its about God…I am serious…there is more at stake than what appears to our eyes.”

    Nope, there isn’t.

  15. Coop says:

    Brother ALFRED

    I Am sincere , sorry you dont like my sense of humor .

    GOD Has a sense of humor as does Jesus.

    remember Jesus is alive and well he no longer hangs on a cross .

    ” That’s why I don’t agree with allowing any alias…every “name” should have a context, past blogs.”

    How can i have a past history here of blogs when these are my very first ?

    Btw ~ My friends call me Coop, my full name is Lawrence James Cooper .

    What … Is yours ?

    The Truth Is Living and real. Jesus gave mankind his Spirit of Truth at pentacost … or didnt you read that part in your KJV ?

    Do you Love GOD or do you fear him ?

    Have No fear … there is No Hell.

    Btw ~ Your incorrect in your statement that all religions teach The Fatherhood of GOD And the Brotherhood of man.

    Each of thee so called worlds religions Think that they are the Right One … the chosen Ones .

    GOD Loves all his children, not just a few ones that think they are chosen ones.

    Listen brother Alfred, IF You really wish to talk about God and Jesus why not come visit me at the Truthbook.com site and we can talk as much as we want all day and all night. seriously.

    because as far as i understand Our brother John Dvorak in his violation of posting guidelines, states that … his 1st comandment is Thou shalt not post too many lengthy posts.

    Bless you and yours Brother …. ? Al

    Faith son
    Coop

    http://www.truthbook.com/index.cfm?linkID=161

  16. Coop says:

    Okay bro Al ?

    truthbook.com/index.cfm?linkID=161

    truthbook.com

  17. qb says:

    Don’t walk towards the light Alfred1! Stay away from the light…

  18. Coop says:

    #84
    qb

    Your funny , seriously . lmao

    GOD Loves you qb even if you dont love or know him … thee same with pedro kid .

  19. Uncle Patso says:

    The biggest blow to the anti-evolutionists is the work of Ilya Prigogine.

    Science
    It Works, Bitches!”
    (XKCD)


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