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Status: Offline Posts: 5,481 Join Date: May 2005 Location: iN ThOuGhTs Way of Life: Muslim |  Re: *!* Ants speak *!* -
06-08-2008
Greetings, Trumble Sorry, i do not have enough knowledge to answer or argue with your question.. But simple logic, one can say that if they can't speak, then how do they communicate with each other? Think about it, you may notice that there is in fact a community among them. We have done this before, but this is just more info. Peace.. . Quote:
Originally Posted by Trumble  Hardly. It's paradigmatic Qur'anic sciento-tosh. Ants neither 'speak' (unless you agree that lions or dogs, say, also 'speak') nor 'understand' as both require cognitive abilities, such as conciousness, which they do not have.
Interpreted as science, the Qur'an would be disagreeing with modern science if it suggested ants are capable of formulating complex concepts such as "enter your dwellings, lest Suleiman and his hosts crush you, while they perceive not", as they are not. It is painfully obvious that the verse has nothing whatsoever to do with real-life insect communication and everything to do with being an illustrative anthropomorphic fable, in which context the verse makes perfect sense.
BTW, haven't we done this one before? |
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