A scientific theory for creation

Sir, your book om science and Christianity left something to be desired. I am not a Christian; I am a Muslim. As I see it, linking science to any religion would only destroy the credibility of both. The science becomes exclusive (your interpretations on Genesis is irrelevant to me) and the religion becomes vulnerable (if your theory is proven wrong then your theology, which stood on it, would also be shattered).

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I am sure if 'somebody' said to you that a date in the Qur'an was wrong by several thousands of years you would recheck both
dates and if you were sure about the date in the Qur'an you would
seriously doubt the 'somebody' and may feel strongly enough about it to tell him so. I have had some correspondence with someone in Turkey who runs a Turkish Creation or Anti Evolution group based on the Qur'an. So there are people in other religions who also feel strongly about the sacredness of their scriptures. But I do take your point that we must tread very cautiously in sensitive grounds for fear of doing more harm than good if the aim is to get others to take our scriptures seriously.

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FYI, no dates were specifically described for the timeline of creation in the Qur'an. It speaks of seven yaum of creation, but nobody seriously interprets it as six literal days, or six ages. The Qur'an does not mention the sequence of creation either.Anyway, you mention that you had some correspondence with the Harun Yahya co. (the Turkish creationists). May I know your opinion about them?

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The simple truth is that the continents were once all joined up in a supercontinent and has broken up since and indivoiodual continents have been free to rotate and slide about-which is what you are indicating and which I agree with completely.

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The Pangaea existed some time before the Triassic period (ca. 300mya?). But prior to that, wasn't there separate continents?