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We will also ignore the obvious similarities between the embryology prevailing at the time the Qur'an was written and the QEP, notwithstanding Dr. Omar Abdul Rehman’s excellent article. This is because Muhammad’s plagiarizing of ancient Greek and Indian embryology can never be proven one way or the other. Therefore, we will concentrate solely in showing that the QEP is made up of incorrect or illogical or unproven assertions. | We will also ignore the obvious similarities between the embryology prevailing at the time the Qur'an was written and the QEP, notwithstanding Dr. Omar Abdul Rehman’s excellent article. This is because Muhammad’s plagiarizing of ancient Greek and Indian embryology can never be proven one way or the other. Therefore, we will concentrate solely in showing that the QEP is made up of incorrect or illogical or unproven assertions. | ||
If, however, the reader is so inclined, they can read a good summary of the Muslim debating technique [{{Reference archive|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20060214032231/http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/embryo.html|2=2011-12-05}} here], and read the relevant sections | If, however, the reader is so inclined, they can read a good summary of the Muslim debating technique [{{Reference archive|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20060214032231/http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/embryo.html|2=2011-12-05}} here], and read the relevant sections [http://embryologyinthequran.blogspot.com here] to see how many of the word definitions used by QEP proponents are based on misquotes of Arabic dictionaries and are incompatible with how those same Arabic words were used in the hadith (such as the claims that the word alaqah meant a "leech-like substance", that a mudghah is not merely a small piece of meat, but one that has been chewed). | ||
===The Role of the Female Gamete=== | ===The Role of the Female Gamete=== |
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