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Questions About God
Posted on Sunday, December 03 @ 10:29:19 PST by infidelguy
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As many of you know. I used to work for the Federal Prison System. I routinely got assigned to Tower 7, a boring post. As a result.. I would ponder for hours the reasons why I should and why I shouldn't believe in God. The more I thought and the more I wrote, I became more and more convinced that religion, especially Christianity, was bullcrap.
What follows is my famous, "Questions About God List". I hope you enjoy. Feel free to add your questons, corrections in the comments section.
Questions About God- If God has a divine plan/blueprint for the Universe, his plans cannot be changed. If everything works to accomplish God's plan, how does man have free will? - IG [Note: Some pastors do not believe we have free-will at all.]
- When the believer gets to Heaven, how can Heaven be utter bliss when people they love and care about are burning in Hell ? - The Infidel Guy - [Note: Some say God erases your memories of them, but if God erases your memory, you as Mr. Joe /Jane Smoe ceases to exist.]
- How can a God have emotions, i.e. jealousy, anger, sadness, love, etc., if he is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent? Emotional states are reactionary for the most part. How can God react to us if he is all-knowing and has a divine plan? - IG [Note: Indeed, many religious texts display their gods this way.]
- Why would god send anyone to hell? Based on the belief that god is perfect, then it stands to reason that a perfect being would create only perfection, so I and everyone/thing is perfect and exactly what god wanted. If the perfect being CHOSE to create anything other than perfection - that's his choice, not my fault. - Kandi [Note: Indeed Kandi, Jesus was also supposedly created perfect. I have heard some iterate that Jesus couldn't sin because he was perfect. Sounds as if we were created imperfectly.]
- "God is merciful," we hear quite often. Wouldn't it be more merciful of God to simply snap sinners out of existence rather than send them to hell? Or better yet not create them at all? - IG
- Muslims are supposed to pray 5 times a day, which is based on the position on the Sun. Does this mean that Muslims are stuck on Earth and can't travel in space? - IG [Note: Since this was first posted, a Muslim astronaut was faced with this very dilemma. The authoritative clergy informed him to pray as he normally would. I see this no where in the Koran. You see? Religions must change, or die out.]
- Why haven't we seen God reattach a severed head or restore someone who was burned alive? Surely this would be an easy feat to accomplish. - Adam Majors [Note: The typical answer is that man doesn't dictate God's actions. The conundrum here however is that, if God wants us to "know" him, then surely feats such as those mentioned above would be happening all over the world. Until they do, I'll remain an atheist.]
- Why does God entrust the spreading of 'His' word to sinners? Why doesn't he do it himself? - IG [Note: Surely God would have known that not everyone would be convinced by the reality[sic] of his Bible. If God loves us so much, we are all going to Heaven. If God knew that I would be an atheist, and he doesn't like atheists, he shouldn't have allowed me to come into existence. But he did. Therefore, I must be serving the will of God, for I exist.:)]
- In II Kings 2-23/24 we read about God sending 2 bears to maul 42 children to death for the sin of calling a guy bald. Is this the Christian morality concept we hear so much about? -- Brandon [Note: I have heard some argue that the boys were a gang. So?! I didn't read anywhere in that passage where they laid a finger on the guy.]
- I have often heard from many believers that even Satan has a presence in the church, which is why even in church people can still have impure thoughts. If Satan can find his way in the church, how do Christians know that Satan didn't find his way into the Bible and twist the whole book? - The Infidel Guy
- Why did God allow Lot and his daughters to escape from Sodom and Gomorra when he destroyed it only to later have Lot and his daughters engage in incestuous fornication. (Genesis 19:30-36) - Disillusioned [Note: To have intercourse with daddy dearest of course.]
- Genesis 1:28-29 shows that man and all the animals were first created herbivorous. Most young-earth Christians (ones that believes the earth is less than 10,000 years old) say that the fall of man resulted in carnivorous animals (hence death of animals). So, why did God punish the animal kingdom, making animals kill and devour each other because of man's mistake? Or, if you're an old-earth Christian (one that accepts that animals existed on earth for billions of years before man came on the scene) then how come fossils show carnivorous animals existed before man? - caseagainstfaith@emailias.com.
- Many Christians believe that God is a thinking being, that he solves problems and makes a way for them when troubles come. Does God Think? If God is thinking, did he know his thoughts before he thought them? If so, again, where is his freewill and how is God thinking at all if everything seems to be one uncontrollable action/thoughts. - The Infidel Guy [Note: I'd say a God cannot think at all. To do so, would strip him of omniscience. Thinking is a temporal process.]
- I have often heard that faith is all that is neccessary to believe in God and accept the Bible as true. If this is true aren't all supernatural beliefs true since they also require "faith"? - IGON FAITH1.) A prerequisite to believe in a Faith is faith.2.) Having faith is all that is required to accept a Faith (belief) as true.3.) All Faiths are true.[Note: Of course all Faiths aren`t true, but this is the only logical conclusion that can be drawn from a person that states that, "Faith" is how one knows God.]
- Why didn't God just kill Adam and Eve after the Fall and start from scratch? Actually, if God is all-knowing wouldn't he know that man would need to be killed eventually anyway, (the biblical flood)? Why create Adam and Eve at all? - ALSCARLATA@aol.com and infidelguy@infidelguy.com
- If a spirit is non-physical but the human body is physical, how does a spirit stay in our bodies? - IGON SPIRITS1.) Spirits are not physical entities.2.) Brains are physical entities.3.) Past experiences are stored in our physical brains, we call that, Memory..4.) Injury can damage portions of the physical brain that store memory and can alter or erase memories completely.5.) If human spirits exist... after death, spirits can have no memory.[Note: Some will say the spirit stores physical memories as well, but if true, the spirit would have to be physical at least to a degree. How could a non-physical spirit store, physical memories?]
- Does God know his own future decisions? If God is all-knowing he actually shouldn't have any decisions to make at all. Nor can he choose anything over something else. For that would mean that he is neither omniscient nor omnipotent. In fact, he can't even think if this is the case. Since he can't DO anything, he might as well not exist. - IG
- If God is all-knowing, how could he be disappointed in His creation? -- Pm453ca@aol.com [Note: Indeed, wouldn't God know that before the creation of our Universe what creatures would disappoint him? That being the case why create those creatures at all? Also, in knowing absolutely the behavior of humans before creation, God cannot be disappointed either... for this world is exactly as he has planned it to be. If it's not, why create us at all?]
- God struck down the Tower of Babel angry at the intent of the people that built them, if this is the case, many of the great pyramids (which are bigger than any ziggurat) around the world should be rubble also, yet many still stand today. Were not the Egyptians and many other ancient pyramid builders reaching toward God /The Heavens? - IG [Note: In actuality, many of the Pharaoh's believed that, via their pyramids, they would become God's themselves.]
- In the watchmaker analogy, a watch is used to show us intelligent design and compares that to the Universe as evidence of design. We know watches are designed because we have past experience with watches, as well as with other man made objects. My question is: What Universe is the Intelligent Design proponent using to compare this Universe with to draw such an analogy? What God did he see create a Universe? - IG
- Why did God flood the earth to remove evil? It didn't work! Evil came right back, God should have known that would happen! So why did He bother? - PhineasBg [Note: A good example of how quickly sin returned, was Noah getting drunk just after they discovered land.]
- If the garden of Eden was a perfect paradise as xians claim, then why did Eve even want to eat the fruit? Wouldn't a perfect place provide everything a person would want or desire and thus she would want nothing? - keyser soze [Note: Why were the trees there in the first place? Of course they love to throw the serpent into the equation. But ummm..who let the serpent into the Garden?... and why would God create such a creature knowing he would cause man's fall? Hmm.. God must have wanted the fall to happen.]
- Why would an all-powerful god become flesh in order to sacrifice himself to himself so that his creation might escape the wrath of himself. Couldn't god, in his infinite wisdom, come up with something a little more efficient? - Omphaloskeptic2@aol.com
- After 9/11 a lot of people have been tossing around " god bless america". Why do they keep saying this? From the looks of it god hasn't blessed anything. If god had blessed america, the 9/11 event would've never happened. Theists seem to give the answer of "everything is part of gods big plan". If everything is part of gods big plan, why are we after Bin Laden? Wasn't he and other terrorists just carrying out gods desired plan? So it seems that Bin Laden/ terrorism isnt our enemy, but god . - rsri13@hotmail.com [Note: Unfortunately many religious nuts believe they are fulfilling their God's plan by going to war.]
- Christians say that God is NOT the author of confusion. Can you say, Tower of Babel? - The Screaming Monkeys
- If Noah's flood supposedly covered the earth for a year, regardless of whether or not all the animals could fit on the ark, what the heck happened to all the plants? Can you imagine a cactus surviving under 4 miles of water for a year? I can't either! - Kyle Giblet [Note: With God all things are possible. Oh wait, except in Judges 1:19.]
- The highest rainfall ever recorded in a 24 hour period was 47inches in the Reunion Islands in 1947 (during a severe tropical storm). To cover the whole earth to a depth of 5.6 miles, and cover the mountain tops (i.e. Mount Everest), it would need to rain at a rate of 372 (three hundred and seventy two) inches per hour, over the entire surface of the earth. Can rain fall at such an astronomical rate? Where did all the water come from?? Where did it all go to??? And would not the dynamics of the earth be so out of balance (tides etc.) that the earth would become so unstable that it would wobble off into outer space???? - Richmond1@btinternet.com
- What do Muslim women get in Heaven? - IG [Note: Some Muslims I have interviewed about this say that Muslim women will get the same thing men get or equal value. :) Oh really? So Muslim women will get 60+ virgin men? lol. If Muslim men get 60+ virgins, where are all these virgin women coming from? What of their freewill? Is Allah creating these women to be slaves to the men in Paradise?]
- In the "Last Days" Jesus is supposed to appear in the clouds. How are the Christians on the opposite end of the world going to see him? Are there going to be millions of Jesus'? What about people that work underground? - Amber Finley
- The Bible says that God is a jealous God . How is this an example of a moral absolute of which man is supposed to follow? - IG
- A true Muslim man is not supposed to do anything that the prophet Muhammad didn't do. If one remembers there was a big debate over whether or not Muslims should eat Mangos. If this is true, why in the Hell were these Islamic Fundamentalists flying airplanes? - IG
- If the earth was covered by a complete global flood, every living creature killed except those surviving on the ark, why are there many completely unique animal species in Australia that are found no where else indigenously on the earth? - mitch@mchsi.com
- If god is omniscient and " god is love," why would he allow a child to be conceived, knowing that that child would one day reject him and spend eternity burning in a lake of fire?- TiredTurkeyProd
- Revelations is supposed to take place on Earth. What if we colonize the moon or Mars or inhabit a self-sustaining space station? Do we escape "judgement"? -- Ray Sommers [Note: No we don't Ray... and of course we all know that if there is any intelligent life out there besides us, they are all going to Hell too. ;)]
- Isaiah 40:28 says, "...the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is he weary?" If this is true, why did God rest on the seventh day?- IG
- Everytime I go to a funeral the preacher and guests always say that " God " has called that person to Heaven or they say, " God said it was time to come home", or some such variation. If God is calling these people "home", why are we putting the murderers of these victims in prison? How can we punish a man or woman for doing God's will? - IG
- Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? - IG [Note: No, yet, so many Christian book publishers depict them as having them.]
- Traditional Jews utilize Yahweh or (YHWH) Jahovah, as Gods name because his true name is supposedly unpronounceable. My question is, how can it be possible that people are using the Lords name in vain when no one can even pronounce it? - IG
- Does God have a gender? In most churches, God is predominately referred to as a "he"? - IG [Note: The Bible says God is male, but what does this mean? Does God have a penis? Does he have hormones that dictate his gender? :)]
- Why can't we wait until we get to Heaven to worship God ? - IG
- What is the purpose of prayer? What can a finite being on Earth possibly tell an omnipotent, omniscient deity that he doesn't know already? - IG
- Some say Jesus was the all-knowing God. Jesus would have known then that when he died he'd be in heaven in less than 3 days to rule. If Jesus is alive and ruling today, what did he sacrifice? -- Cyndy Hammond
- God knows that men are sinners, untrustworthy and evil, why does God leave it up to fallible man (clergy..etc) to teach others about his word? Why would he put our eternal souls at risk if he loves us so much? - The Infidel Guy and Danno778
- Did Adam have nipples? If so, how did he acquire them? In fact, why would God give "later man" nipples at all? They serve no purpose other than lactation. Some say pleasure. Where is that in Genesis exactly? All mammals have nipples as well, are theirs pleasureful for them too? Many men don't find their nipples pleasurable at all. - IG
- How did Adam and Eve know it was wrong to disobey God if they hadn't eaten of the tree of knowledge (of good and evil) yet? You can't blame them if they didn't know. - IG
- If God has such a tremendous problem with uncir*****cised penises, why did he make man with foreskin in the first place? - IG [Note: Some say, "So God can recognize his chosen people." Recognize? Is God so stupid that he has to physically look at men's penises? If not God, do other men need to? lol.]
- If reincarnation is real, why is it that our population is growing? Where would the extra "souls" come from? -- Matt Edwards
- Did Noah have fish onboard? Salt or Fresh? Since fresh water fish would die in salt, and salt water fish would die in fresh, only one type of fish would survive. Yet....?" - Frank Monaco
- Why does the omnipotent, omnipresent God need help from man or angels to spread his word or do acts? - IG [Note: Some say God doesn't need help. But apparently he does.]
- How did Jesus ascend to Heaven in the Flesh when Paul says that flesh cannot inherit the kingdom of Heaven? (1 Cor.15:50) - IG [Note: Some say, well Paul said that and not Jesus. Yet they quote Paul when it suits there purposes.]
- If God wants us to live right and choose "the good," why did he create evil? (Isaiah 45:6,7) Not to mention he already knows which people are not going to choose "the good" so why create those people in the first place? It seems that many people are born to go to Hell. - IG
- I hear Christians all the time speaking of a spiritual war between Heaven and Hell, if this is true does God have limitations of power? Man only conducts wars because of our limitations of power and foresight. God has both all-power and all-knowledge, no reason for war of any kind. - IG
- The Bible is full of phrases beginning with, "and the lord saw". Didn't he know before hand? - IG
- How can a psychologist condone belief in something not proven to exist, when people are put into mental institutions on a daily basis for the same thing? i.e. aliens, fairies, imaginary people (Multiple Personality Disorders..)? - Dan Denton [Note: I'm sure that some of the pious believe that they are improperly placed there as well Dan. :)]
- If Christians say they know God exists and that he will work miracles, what do they need faith for? Faith is not knowing. - IG
- Brain transplants will eventually be possible, where would the soul be then? - IG
- If God really wants us to know him, why doesn't he place the knowledge of him in our minds at birth? The same way many theists believe that God implants our sense of right and wrong in us a right birth. - IG
- If God was Jesus' father (not Joseph), then why is Jesus' family tree traced through Joseph? -- Cyndy Hammond
- What image of God was man made from? Couldn't have been a moral one or physical one. - IG [Note: One would suspect that an image of God would be perfect and cannot sin. Oops.]
- Why can't God appear before everyone at the same time? Everyone in the world would then "know" he exists and not have solely "believe". And please, don't say he already tried that. Surely a God knows exactly what to do to convince a measly human of his existence. - IG
- If god cast the devil into hell and hell is a place for eternal punishment from which even god cannot seem to grant a pardon, then why do the preachers tell us the devil is walking up and down the hallways of high schools tempting teenagers to do drugs and have pre-marital sex? A warden who allows his prisoners the freedom to go out and kill and rape would be terminated for incompetence. - jshanahan@austin.rr.com
- According to the New Testament Matthew 5:17 says "Do not suppose that I have come to abolish the Law and the prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to complete. I tell you this: so long as heaven and earth endure, not a letter, not a stroke, will disappear from the Law until all that must happen has Happened." So since Jesus has not returned the "Law" is still in effect, so why aren't we still burning witches, stoning adulterers and disobedient children, killing homosexuals, ostracizing people that work on the Sabbath (nurses, doctors etc.), flinging blood onto the horns of the alter, pulling off the heads of small birds, and don't forget human sacrifice to God (Leviticus 27 P.28 )? -- Sheila L. Chambers
- If there is freewill in Heaven yet everyone has chosen good and is happy, isn't that proof that God could have made us with freewill, choosing good ( God ) and still being happy on Earth? - Dennis Hendrix [Note: In other words, evil didn't have to exist after all. Hey wait, even in Heaven apparently, evil can exist. At least for a short while. Satan became evil and was in heaven. Apparently he even had enough time to form an Army against God. Wow. Maybe Heaven won't be as peaceful as many believe.]
- Why does God have a plan? Man is limited in power so we make plans because we are not all-knowing nor all-powerful. If God has a plan, isn't he reduced to a mere finite being? - IG
- How could the all-merciful/loving God watch billions of his children burn over and over again for eternity? - IG [Note: Of course this is geared to those that believe in a fiery hell. I am well aware that not all Christians believe in a fiery Hell.]
- Before reading and writing were invented (5000BC), on what basis did God use to judge the people who died before the Hebrew and Greek text (BIBLE) were written? -- agent2g@aol.com [Note:They are all roasting in Hell. :)]
- Many Christians tell me that I will "burn in hell". If I have a soul, how can a soul burn? Aren't souls non-physical entities? - IG [Note: Some Christians groups believe that you will be given new bodies after judgement. However, if true, what's the significance of a spirit in the first place?]
- How can one hold to the barbaric belief that something has to DIE in order to appease a god for a bad deed? -- Nickolaus Wing [Note: Because an old book says so Nick.]
- Why does SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) occur? Why would God allow a baby to live for such a short period of time? Why not just let them not be born in the first place? -- Terry Clark [Note: This actually happened to a friend of mine. Not even God himself could console her.]
- If Jesus was nailed and died on Friday evening, and walked out of the tomb on Sunday morning, where's the 3rd NIGHT he predicted? Per Matthew 12:40: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. - buckcash@buckcash.com
- Many Christians claim that hell is merely existence outside of God ’s presence (C.S. Lewis among others). If this is the case, then Jesus could not have descended into hell (being God Himself). As a result, are you sure your sins are forgiven? - Byron Bultsma
- Ten to twenty percent of all women who discover they are pregnant suffer a miscarriage. Also, it is estimated that anywhere from 14 to 50 percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. Seeing this is all part of God 's plan, does this make God the world's number one abortion provider? - Jim
- What if, when you get to Heaven, you saw God causing pain and suffering out of anger or for the purpose of entertaining himself. What if he required people in heaven to praise and worship him non-stop even to the point of causing his worshipers discomfort, pain and boredom. What if, when he was bored, angry, or jealous, he would create natural disasters to make himself feel better. Would you still follow him? - Fernando [Note: Of course they would Fernando, many people followed Hitler out of fear as well.]
- In Leviticus, the bible condemns homosexuality as an "abomination", giving some Christians a reason to hate, harass, torture and kill gays and even picket their funderals with " God hates fags" signs. In the same book of the bible the eating of shellfish is equally an "abomination". Are these Christians planning to go after the patrons of Red Lobster next? - buckcash@buckcash.com [Note: hee-hee, that's all I can say. Jewish Law states that eating Fish without scales is an abomination and thus the Shark is one among the list. However, sharks do have scales, Placoid scales, one of the many reasons why a shark is called a Fish.]
- Christians will tell you that if a baby dies it goes to heaven. Why then are they so against abortion? All the child is being deprived of is the opportunity to go to hell. Either that or god expects unborn fetuses to accept Jesus. - dissolvedego@satannet.org
- If one could prove to you incontrovertibly that Jesus and God were all human fabrications would still believe? And why? - LOGICnREASON
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Re: Questions About God (Score: 1)
by GodlessGuitarist on Tuesday, January 22 @ 08:17:41 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Why would an all-powerful, perfect god require the worship and praise of admittedly imperfect and unworthy beings? |
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Re: Questions About God (Score: 1)
by punkrockatheist on Thursday, March 06 @ 15:12:40 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | even if the supernatural is real there is no way to observe it we can only observe the natural world in which we live therefore if we are to observe the supernatural there would need a crossing point of which supernatural becomes natural or else all of the theories of a God or God(s) is completely impossible |
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Re: Questions About God (Score: 1)
by Peanutsforyou on Tuesday, August 11 @ 16:05:43 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | | If Christians live by and preach the word of god,then why even go to church to seek forgiveness....why repent for your sins...if everyday...."you live by gods word"...because god is perfect.....well,he is either imperfect,or we all are....there is no such thing as perfection.....so do not preach to me your own imperfections and weakness....i have enough of my own... |
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Re: Questions About God (Score: 1)
by liath on Monday, November 30 @ 17:11:39 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | In response to Q#9 , there was a miss translation on the word children. They say that it is actually more accurate to say that they were young men, not little boys. Then the number 42 poses the idea that there were more than 42 young men involved. They think that because of this number the act was organized and probably premeditated. It wasn’t just some boys making fun of a bald man but instead mocking one of God’s prophets. Also they have the idea that them saying bald head wasn’t them making fun of the possible fact that he had no hair but that it was a reference to leprosy or more likely them denoting him. And when they are telling Elisha to “go up” it is likely a reference to what happened to Elijah. So overall the act seems to be a little more severe that just teasing, slightly justifying it. That buy ridiculing Elisha they were ridiculing God. Just because you have heard or read the story doesn't mean that you understand the context. Try looking at these stories contextually. |
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Re: Questions About God (Score: 1)
by liath on Monday, November 30 @ 17:27:41 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Q#4 God cannot create a perfect world, doing so would only then recreate himself, therefore we are not perfect, nothing in the world is truly perfect and without flaw. But God still created us out of love, there are horrible things in the world but look at it as the good outweighing the bad. The good makes it worth it. As far as hell is concerned, it is by your own choice that you get there. You are not forced to believe but really look more in depth before you make your choice. I mean believing in evolution takes more faith than believing in God. Just look at the facts. Even evolutionists cannot give you an answer to how this (being life) really all started. They only have a theory, a theory that has as much chance of being possible as a monkey pressing random keys and coming out with a work of Shakespeare. I would just treat the issue with more delicacy, what do you have to loose. |
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Re: Questions About God (Score: 1)
by satansballs on Tuesday, December 08 @ 00:46:51 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | What Evidence do you have that Brain Transplants Will eventually be possible? #56 How can you be so Certain? Do you just have Faith that they will happen? |
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Re: Questions About God: Regarding Item #5 Muslim Prayer (Score: 1)
by reader101 on Thursday, December 17 @ 23:05:18 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | This is regarding item #5 above. Muslims do not pray towards Sun. Muslims pray towards Mecca (Kaba - Which was the first place of worship and built by Prophet Abraham. So the man in space or Mars can simply face towards mother earth ... common sense :p. Other than that I am still reading and find the questions quite interesting and thought provoking. Ok back to reading. |
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Allah and the atheist prof of Philosophy (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 11:38:22 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | First before you start reading this make sure you will read it all to the end otherwise don’t
"LET ME EXPLAIN THE problem science has with God."
The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
- "You're a Muslim, aren't you, son?"
- "Yes, sir."
-"So you believe in God?"
- "Absolutely."
-"Is God good?"
-"Sure! God's good."
-"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?"
-"Yes."
The professor grins knowingly and considers for a moment.
-"Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?"
-"Yes sir, I would."
-"So you're good...!"
-"I always do my best to be a good human , Sir."
-" You would help a sick and maimed person if you could ...in fact most of us would if we could... God doesn't."
[No answer.]
"He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Muslim who died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. How is this God good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"
[No answer]
-The elderly man is sympathetic. "No, you can't, can you?"
He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student
time to relax. In philosophy, you have to go easy with the new ones.
-"Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?"
-"Er... Yes."
-"Is Satan good?"
-"No."
-"Where does Satan come from?"
-The student falters. "From... God..."
-"That's right. God made Satan, didn't he?"
-The elderly man runs his bony fingers through his thinning hair and turns to the smirking, student audience.
-"I think we're going to have a lot of fun this semester, ladies and gentlemen."
-He turns back to the Muslim. "Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?"
-"Yes, sir."
-"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? Did God make everything?"
-"Yes."
-"Who created evil?"
[No answer]
-"Is there sickness in this world? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All the terrible things - do they exist in this world?"
-The student squirms on his feet. "Yes."
-"Who created them?"
[No answer]
-The professor suddenly shouts at his student.
-"WHO CREATED THEM? TELL ME, PLEASE!"
The professor closes in for the kill and climbs into the Muslim's face.
In a still small voice: "God created all evil, didn't He, son?"
[No answer]
The student tries to hold the steady, experienced gaze and fails. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom like an aging panther. The class is mesmerised.
"Tell me," he continues, "How is it that this God is good if He created all evil throughout all time?"
The professor swishes his arms around to encompass the wickedness of the world.
"All the hatred, the brutality, all the pain, all the torture, all the death and ugliness and all the suffering created by this good God is all over the world, isn't it, young man?"
[No answer]
-"Don't you see it all over the place? Huh?" [Pause].
-"Don't you?" The professor leans into the student's face again and whispers,
-"Is God good?"
[No answer]
-"Do you believe in God, son?"
-The student's voice betrays him and cracks.
-"Yes, professor. I do."
The old man shakes his head sadly. "Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. You have never seen God, Have you? "
-"No, sir. I've never seen Him."
-"Then tell us if you've ever heard you God?"
-"No, sir. I have not."
-"Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God or smelt your God...in fact, do you have any sensor
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Allah and the atheist prof of Philosophy (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 11:56:03 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | -Another Muslim raises his hand. "Professor, may I address the class?"
The professor turns and smiles. "Ah, another Muslim in the vanguard!
Come, come, young man. Speak some proper wisdom to the gathering."
The Muslim looks around the room. "Some interesting points you are making, sir. Now I've got a question for you. Is there such thing as heat?"
-"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."
-"Is there such a thing as cold?"
-"Yes, son, there's cold too."
-"No, sir, there isn't."
The professor's grin freezes. The room suddenly goes very cold.
The second Muslim continues.
-"You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold, otherwise we would be able to go colder than 458 - - You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."
Silence. A pin drops somewhere in the classroom.
-"Is there such a thing as darkness, professor?"
-"That's a dumb question, son. What is night if it isn't darkness? What are you getting at...?"
-"So you say there is such a thing as darkness?"
-"Yes..."
-"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something, it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker and give me a jar of it. Can you...give me a jar of darker darkness, professor?"
Despite himself, the professor smiles at the young effrontery before him. This will indeed be a good semester...
-"Would you mind telling us what your point is, young man?"
-"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with and so your conclusion must be in error...."
-The professor goes toxic. "Flawed...? How dare you...!""
-"Sir, may I explain what I mean?"
The class is all ears.
-"Explain... oh, explain..." The professor makes an admirable effort to regain control. Suddenly he is affability itself. He waves his hand to silence the class, for the student to continue.
-"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains.
-"That for example there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science cannot even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism but has never seen, much less fully understand them. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, merely the absence of it."
The young man holds up a newspaper he takes from the desk of a neighbour who has been reading it.
-"Here is one of the most disgusting tabloids this country hosts, professor. Is there such a thing as immorality?"
-"Of course there is, now look..."
-"Wrong again, sir. You see, immorality is merely the absence of morality. Is there such thing as injustice? No. Injustice is the absence of justice. Is there such a thing as evil?"
The Muslim student pauses.
-"Isn't evil the absence of good?"
The professor's face has turned an alarming color. He is so angry he is temporarily speechless.
The student continues. "If there is evil in the world, professor, and we all agree there is, then God, if he exists, must be accomplishing a work through the agency
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Allah and the atheist prof of Philosophy (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 12:09:41 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | The student continues. "If there is evil in the world, professor, and we all agree there is, then God, if he exists, must be accomplishing a work through the agency of evil. What is that work God is accomplishing? Islam which means Submission to the will of God , tells us it is to see if each one of us will, choose good over evil."
The professor bridles. "As a philosophical scientist, I don't vie this matter as having anything to do with any choice; as a realist, I absolutely do not recognize the concept of God or any other theological factor as being part of the world equation because God is not observable."
"I would have thought that the absence of God's moral code in this world is probably one of the most observable phenomena going," the student replies.
-"Newspapers make billions of dollars reporting it every week! Tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?"
-"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do."
-"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"
The professor makes a sucking sound with his teeth and gives his student a silent, stony stare.
-"Professor. Since no-one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a priest?"
-"I will overlook your impudence in the light of our philosophical debate."
-"So you don't accept God's moral code to do ... what is righteous?"
-"I believe in what is - that's science!"
-"Ahh! SCIENCE!" the student's face splits into a grin.
-"Sir, you rightly state that science is the study of observed phenomena. Science too is a premise which is flawed..."
-"SCIENCE IS FLAWED..?" the professor splutters. The class is in uproar.
The student remains standing until the commotion has subsided.
-"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, may I give you an example of what I mean?"
The professor wisely keeps silent. The student looks around the room.
-"Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen air, Oxygen, molecules, atoms, the professor's brain?"
The class breaks out in laughter. The Muslim points towards his elderly, crumbling tutor.
-"Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain... felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain?"
No one appears to have done so. The Muslim student shakes his head sadly.
-"It appears no-one here has had any sensory perception of the professor's brain whatsoever. Well, according to the rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science, I DECLARE that the professor has no brain." |
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Why doesn't Allah just show Himself ? (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 13:45:25 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Why doesn't Allah show Himself ?
First of all we gotta know that life's a Test contains many of challenges Like satan, evil, how to control our desire and weaknesses....etc) we have to pass all these challenges so as we can go to paradise and if we wanna pass then we gotta resolve from the book Allah sent to us (the Holy Qur'an)
Allah Says:
In order that Allah may separate the impure from the pure (good people), put the impure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into Hell. They will be the ones to have lost.
And Allah Says:
(1) Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion (Allah); and He is Able to do all things.(2) Who has created death and life that He may test you which of you is best in deed. And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving;
"that He may (Test) you"
Allah wants us to use our minds to know that he exists .
If Allah showed himself there will be no choice it will but limits in your mind.
Also Allah says:
210) Do they then wait for anything other than that Allah should come to them in the shadows of the clouds and the angels? (Then) the case would be already judged. And to Allah return all matters (for decision)
(158) Do they then wait for anything other than that the angels should come to them, or that your Lord (Allah) should come, or that some of the Signs of your Lord should come (i.e. portents of the Hour e.g., rising of the sun from the west)! The day that some of the Signs of your Lord do come, no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor earned good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his Faith. Say: "Wait you! we (too) are waiting."
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As matter of fact I can see God !!! ( i know that Allah exists ).
I know that he created me , i know that he is watching me and knows all my sins and i have that chance to ask him for forgiveness , i can see his miracles all around me and I can feel his existence too .
I don't need to see Allah to believe in him , i only need proofs for his existence and i have a lot of them. |
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How do we know Islam is the truth? (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 14:07:13 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
How do we know Islam is the truth?
Ans: 1-It is the only religion that holds Allah as One, Unique, and Perfect.
2- It is the only religion that believes in the sole worship of Allah, not Jesus, not an idol, and not an angel, only Allah.
3- christianity and judaism believe religion's not about proof it just about faith in Islam we got both proof and faith
4- The Quran does not contain contradictions.
5- The Quran contains scientific facts, which are 1300 years ahead of their time. The Quran, while revealed 1400 years ago contains scientific facts, which are only now being discovered. It is not in contradiction to science. http://www.scienceislam.com/
Allah Says:- (Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?)
6- Allah has challenged the world to produce the like of the Quran. And He says they won't be able to.
7- Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the most influential man in history. In the book "The 100 most influential men in History", written by non-Muslim, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was #1. Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) was #3. It should be noted that even the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) was a prophet sent by Allah. Would Allah allow a false prophet to be so successful? No. Even the Bible refers to this in Deuteronomy 18:19. A false prophet would die!!! Yet Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not die till he completely conveyed, and taught Allah's religion as well as When a person reads a translation of The Qur'an, he or she finds that it answers all the questions about why Judaism and Christianity miss the mark; why they have some strange ideas in them. The Qur'an reveals what the original and true message of Moses was as well as what the original and true message of Jesus was. The Qur'an lets the reader understand how unified and simple the original religion of God has always been. Then, when a person reads the life of Muhammad, he or she will understand that there was a great person who came after Jesus a man whom we love so much
8- He had many prophecies, and all of his prophecies have come true, or are still coming true.
9- Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world According To CIA World Factbook. |
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here's prophecy and miracle (one of many) (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 14:16:08 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | It was narrated by Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): "The people of Makkah asked Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle. So he showed them the moon split in two halves between which they saw the Hiram' mountain. (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar), Volume 5, Book 58, Number 208)"
It is now proven in two ways:
1) By NASA photos.
A Picture from NASA:
2002 October 29
A Lunar Rille
Credit: Apollo 10, NASA
Explanation: What could cause a long indentation on the Moon? First discovered over 200 years ago with a small telescope, rilles (rhymes with pills) appear all over the Moon. Three types of rilles are now recognized: sinuous rilles, which have many meandering curves, arcuate rilles which form sweeping arcs, and straight rilles, like Ariadaeus Rille pictured above. Long rilles such as Ariadaeus Rille extend for hundreds of kilometers. Sinuous rilles are now thought to be remnants of ancient lava flows, but the origins of arcuate and linear rilles are still a topic of research. The above linear rille was photographed by the Apollo 10 crew in 1969 during their historic approach to only 14-kilometers above the lunar surface. Two months later, Apollo 11, incorporating much knowledge gained from Apollo 10, landed on the Moon.
This is What God told us more than 1400 years ago:
In the Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful ((The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.))
Sura 54:1(Al-Qamar( The Moon))
this's prophecy and miracle no doubt
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Non-Muslims (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 14:20:49 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | Non-Muslims
Q: Does Islam teach that all non-Muslims will go to Hell?
Ans: No. Only people who received true and complete information about Islam and rejected it then died in that state will go to Hell. People who never heard about Islam or received only a distorted picture of it will be tested by God. Those who had faith in God and did right will go to Paradise and those who rejected faith in God and did wrong will go to Hell. The Quran says, "Surely those who have faith (in Islam) and the Jews and the Christians and the Sabaeans - whoever believes in God and the Last Day - their reward is with their Lord and they will neither fear nor grieve" (Quran 2:62 and 5:69).
Q: Will the good actions of the non-believers be wasted?
Ans: No. The Quran clearly says that, "anyone who has an atom's worth of goodness will see it and anyone who has done an atom's worth of evil will also see it" (Quran 99:7-8). By that it is meant that those who are non- believers but have done good will be rewarded in this world for their good deed. On the other hand, those who do good if they are Muslims, they will be rewarded not only in this world but also in the world hereafter. However, the final Judgment is up to God himself. (Quran 2:62)
Q: What is the relation of Islam to Judaism and Christianity?
Ans: Islam is the completion of both Judaism and Christianity. Muslims believe that God revealed the Torah to Moses and the Gospel to Jesus. However, over time these teachings have become lost or corrupted. God's purpose in revealing the Quran was to provide guidance in its complete and final form. Islam teaches that Judaism and Christianity both contain truth and are both based on revelation from God; however followers of these religions have mixed in man-made teachings and doctrines.
Q: Why do muslims hate Christians?
Ans: We don't! A Muslim cannot be a Muslim without believing in Jesus, in his immaculate conception within the womb of his mother, in his miracles, in the gospel (in its original and pure form) and in his complete submission to Allah's will.
Islam's point of departure from Christianity is that Muslims believe Jesus is a prophet of Allah, and not God or God's son. The Holy Quran reflects "... Christ (Son of Mary) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord...".(Quran 5:75-76).
There are many other references to Jesus which substantiate that Jesus was a prophet of God, in the Holy Quran.
Q: Why do muslims hate Jews?
Ans: We don't! A Muslim cannot be a Muslim without believing in Moses. Rather its the Jews that hate muslims.
Q: Why do muslims call non-muslims Infidels?
Ans: Muslims don't call non-muslims Infidels. In fact, "infidel" is a christian word, not a muslim word. look at the definition of the word, infidel:
Date: 15th century
one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity
an unbeliever with respect to a particular religion b : one who acknowledges no religious belief
a disbeliever in something specified or understood”. |
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[No Subject] (Score: 1)
by Mango on Monday, May 24 @ 14:33:09 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | but what that makes God (Allah) so angry with the non-believers?
Ans: but what that makes God so angry with non-believers?
Ans: but what that makes God so angry with non-believers?
Ans:but what that makes God so angry with non-believers?
Ans: people who received true and complete information about Islam and rejected it then died in that state will go to Hell because they don’t wanna believe in God and pay prayers for his graces it just like they bought something and then they don’t wanna pay for it in our human laws that person who bought something and didn’t pay for it goes to the prison so what so strange then if god said they will go to hell? In Fact (we owe God everything) becuz He's the Creator. |
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Re: Questions About God (Score: 1)
by kdawg5 on Sunday, June 13 @ 00:45:44 PDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | zealous, god is zealous not jealous. number 30
meaing filled with zeal |
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