I find it kind of funny that you're willing to write off the Quran as a fairy tale, when it is a book which started one of the biggest and most advanced civilizations in human history. I'm not saying that the number of people who believe in it make it true, it's just strange that you're willing to write it off so quickly, without apparently, even having read it.

The thing about the Quran is that it explains itself. When you assume that by 'day' it means 24 hours, you are wrong. Here are some other examples of the use of the word 'yawm' in the Quran (translated as 'day')

"Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning." (Quran 22:47)

"The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof
is (as) fifty thousand years:" (Quran 70:4)

The other thing was when you said that the Quran contradicts itself, when it mentioned creating living things from water, and the other verse where it mentioned mud. Mud has water in it, so there's no contradiction. Also, it did not say 'only water', it just said 'from water', which does not preclude other ingredients.

I really think you guys are assuming that the Islamic view of science is as bad as the old Christian view. This is very different from what history actually shows us. At the height of Islamic civilization, the sciences flourished, medicine made great leaps and bounds forward. All this because the Quran encourages it's readers to look at nature, and use their minds.

"Travel in the land and see how He originated creation, then Allah
bringeth forth the later growth. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things."(Quran 29:20)

"Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the difference of night and day are tokens (of His sovereignty) for men of understanding" (Quran 3:190)

The Prophet even encouraged the study of medicine

"The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful." (Hadith of the Prophet)

This is not just a theoretical argument, the Muslims actually did these things and pushed the sciences forward, while Europe was in it's 'dark ages'.

Medicine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna

Social Sciences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun

Mathematics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Musa_al-Khwarizmi

And yes... Evolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz

They also set about translating ancient texts in Greek, and Sanskrit, which furthered the sciences even more.

The point is, all this was as a direct result of the teachings of the Quran, which encourages studying nature, and history, and astronomy etc...

Furthermore, the Quran gives information which has only been verified by science withing recent years. I will provide one example of such information, and give a link if you want to study it more:

http://www.quranandscience.com/mountain.html

It mentions how the mountains are described as 'pegs' in the Quran. Only recently with modern technology, have scientists been able to determine that mountains have roots which go deep into the earth. The Quran also explains that them mountains help to stabilize the earth. The roots or pegs, prevent the tectonic plates from moving too quickly. Again, only very recent knowledge has allowed scientists to understand these issues.

There are more examples like this in the Quran. It is further evidence that the Quran is not a book of fairy tales, as you say, but a book of truth.

I'm not saying that everything posted about the Quran on every website is true. I am doing my own research into this area. But so far I haven't found anything which would compromise it's claim as a divinely inspired book.