Who? Fishtank?
I’m just asking the standard question with the standard assumptions -
how could someone deny ancient earth and evolution, thus “denying science”, and be the head of an engineering department.
One would think such an anti-science, anti-intellectual would deny every underpinning of the field of engineering, right?
I’m not arguing with you.
I just don’t understand why you waste your time arguing with him.
I'll stay out of this argument. I'll simply mention that I spent two semesters as a visiting professor at an engineering school in Istanbul. The very essence of science and engineering is that there are laws of nature that we can discover and use. However, the very essence of Islam is that there are no laws of nature. Everything happens because "Allah wills it." If you bring fire to a piece of paper, the fire doesn't cause the paper to burn. The paper burns because it is the will of Allah.
Muslims believe that Allah recreates the entire universe at every instant, and literally, what was a rock at one instant can be recreated as a tree.
How, then, can Muslims be scientists and engineers? I never did figure that one out.