Kilpailija Raamtulliselle kreationismille

10. vuosisadan irakilainen teos Rasā'il Ikhwān al-ṣafā' kuvaa luomista seuraavasti. Jumala loi aineen, joka otti vesihöyryn muodon. Vesihöyrystä tuli ajan oloon vettä. Seuraavaksi kehittyi mineraalielämä. Sen korkein muoto on koralli, koska se muistuttaa kasveja. Korallista kehittyi kasvit, joiden korkein muoto on taatelipalmu. Taatelipalmusta kehittyi alkeellinen eläin, josta tuli lopulta apina. Apina kehittyi barbaariksi, josta tuli kunnon ihminen. Kunnon ihmisestä tuli pyhimys, profeetta ja lopulta enkeli. Enkelin yläpuolella on vain Jumala. Näin kaikki alkoi Jumalasta ja päättyy Jumalaan. Kumotkaapa kristity kreationistit tämä luomistarina. Minusta tämä on paljon uskottavampi luomiskuvaus kuin savesta leivotut ihmiset ja eläimet.

"[These books] state that God first created matter and invested it with energy for development. Matter, therefore, adopted the form of vapour which assumed the shape of water in due time. The next stage of development was mineral life. Different kinds of stones developed in course of time. Their highest form being mirjan (coral). It is a stone which has in it branches like those of a tree. After mineral life evolves vegetation. The evolution of vegetation culminates with a tree which bears the qualities of an animal. This is the date-palm. It has male and female genders. It does not wither if all its branches are chopped but it dies when the head is cut off. The date-palm is therefore considered the highest among the trees and resembles the lowest among animals. Then is born the lowest of animals. It evolves into an ape. This is not the statement of Darwin. This is what Ibn Maskawayh states and this is precisely what is written in the Epistles of Ikhwan al-Safa. The Muslim thinkers state that ape then evolved into a lower kind of a barbarian man. He then became a superior human being. Man becomes a saint, a prophet. He evolves into a higher stage and becomes an angel. The one higher to angels is indeed none but God. Everything begins from Him and everything returns to Him."

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