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==Tips for debunking scientific miracles==
==Debunking scientific miracles==
Interpretation:
The fact that so many "scientific miracles" were debunked shows how deceptive the scientific miracle industry is. Islamic apologists will make up another miracle anytime science discovers something. And they are not able to predict a new scientific discovery. So their work gives zero additional value to humanity. They're just re-interpreting an old text, that already has its interpretations in the classical tafsirs. They don't investigate the Quran, they are trying to put the scientific meaning into the Quran in any possible way. So is it even necessary to debunk every single miracle they come with, when their whole methodology is wrong?
* Read the Quranic verse and and try to understand it as it is, ignoring the interpretation in the miracle claim
* Read the verse in context with other verses
* Look up different translations of the verse
* Look up tafsirs for the verse
* If the verse is vague or has many various translations then it could mean anything
** If Muhammad was able to come with these vague words, then it's not a miracle.
 
Meaning of Arabic words:
* See different translations and tafsirs
* [http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp corpus.quran.com] helps
* Look up words from the same root in the Quran
* Search for the Arabic word in the hadiths
* Use dictionaries
 
Science:
* Read the original scientific sources from the miracle claim (the quoted part is often taken out of context)
* Read additional scientific sources
* Try to find something in the additional scientific information that doesn't fit with the verse
* Try to find an older mention of what is written in the Quran
 
General:
* Think about every sentence in the miracle claim, whether everything is true and makes sense
* Imagine being a 7th century Arab, would it really be impossible for you to come with such a verse?
* Google the name of the miracle, most of them were debunked already


==See also==
==See also==
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