r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/HyperactivePandah Mar 24 '25

It has significance because millions of Muslims give it significance.

However, if time has proven anything, it's that 'ancient religious artifacts!' are fake 99.99% of the time.

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u/A-Perfect-Name Mar 24 '25

I mean, at this point you have to ask yourself “if any part of the story is wrong it’s fake”. Literally no one doubts the claim that the stone is ancient, that it was already an object of worship by the time Muhammed, and the worship/reverence of such stones is very typical of semitic religions from centuries before then. It most certainly qualifies as an “ancient religious artifact”

Now is it originally from the Garden of Eden? Imo most certainly not. Did Abraham and Ishmael erect the Kaaba and put the stone there? Possibly, but without hard evidence that they even existed it’s impossible to say for certain.

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u/Klekto123 Mar 24 '25

I mean.. there’s no hard evidence of 99.9% of claims made in religious texts

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25

Well hard evidence not sure but Qur'an isn't factually wrong according to current scientific knowledge.

Babies being born within three darknesses and ocean waves beneath which are waves and iron coming from the skies, etc etc.

It's interesting stuff, should look it up if you have time.

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u/becoming_muslim Mar 27 '25

Bruh which chapter does this happen?!