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Alpha Dude
You started off by saying you were muslim then went on to express doubt on the validity of Islam altogether based on something that you personally found did not make sense. From the way you worded your post, it seems your mind is already made up and that you would be unwilling to accept anything that's said regardless of how much it makes sense.
Ultimately, however, the human intellect is limited and only Allah knows the true reality behind what you find puzzling. Any true muslim with conviction in Allah and his Prophet, peace be upon him, would seek to find guidance from Allah and not seek to falsify what he believes in straight off the bat (which is what your intellectual attitude indicates is your intention to begin with).
Hence your post is nothing but the spreading of mischeif and fasad and I think the mods were right to delete your post.
I'm sure you will know that it is not up to us to make you believe. Our duty is to only pass on the message and depending on your sincerity, Allah makes the decision on whether or not to guide.
You obviously already have the message so that's the real duty of muslims done. It's fine if you have questions but at the end of the day, you have to have humility and realise that you will never know everything (that's not to say there isn't an adequate answer for this). Most importantly, your approach is all wrong.
No, rather I merely expressed the fact that if that particula verse would mean that the sun sets in a spring, then it would mean the Qur´an is in error. We are all agreed on this issue, this is why we have these various explanations on this verse.
And my intention is to get an answer to that particular objection. Not answering this would not help me to "seek guidance" from Allah.
And I am already a Muslim, but praised be to Allah I am looking at these issue objectively and in this case I want an explanation to this verse. That you are "delivering the message" has nothing to do with the issue.
I will never know everything. But the Qur´an is a clear book, and is clear to everybody. It is intended that way, thus asking about an interpretation for a particula verse is valid to begin with. It has nothing to do with thinking about you knowing everything. All I ask for is a explanation for that verse.
If you cannot provide it, then it cannot be anything other than an intellectual defeat.