QUOTE(thesupertramp @ Jan 7 2010, 09:01 PM)
1. If I am "shoving myself away from religion," I wouldn't be here. I am here to learn, but so far believers don't seem to be very good at teaching, as my stance against religion seems to be growing stronger.
If it is full of metaphor, who decides which interpretation is correct? Educate me. I have never read the Quran. But if you can make it seem worth my while, I will. By the way, if I went to a mosque to borrow a Quran, will they lend it to me (as a non-Muslim)? Is that offensive?
2.So you don't like the "fury of mother earth" too? But I thought it was God's doing? Isn't that blasphemy?
I wasn't referring to Islam specifically. I wouldn't do that as I have never read Islamic scriptures. There are plenty of religions around that have made those claim. (Spare me your "Islam is the only true religion" nonsense here. Thanks.)
This is majorly wrong. This is the epitome of ignorance.
3.I have already stated, and will state it again. If you want to ask who created the natural laws, you would have to ask who created God too. So, tell me, who is the creator of your creator? If natural laws are the basic of the basic, and God created them, wouldn't God be the most basic of them all?
"Science are there originally to prove the existence of God."
Prove please.
And does that mean, science not being able to prove God exist, God does not exist?
Science has definitely improved our understanding of things around us. Without science, we wouldn't have electricity, your fellow religious friends would not have bombs to use, there would not be a single cancer treatment out there. These things arise from our understanding of how electricity works, how chemical works, and how cancer kills. If man attributed everything to God, they wouldn't know any of these.
Now, I would like you to say it again, "science did not help our understanding of this world." Go ahead, please. Then proceed to go back into the jungle, stop using that computer, stop using that car to go to work (or train), and don't take the Quran. Paper came about from scientific discovery too. Naked, no tree leaves either. Using tree leaves was thanks to rationality.
Science does not have the explanation for natural laws does not mean it is created by God. Let me ask you again, since you ignored it previously, how sure are you that in the future science will not have the answer? Let me remind you 500 years ago humans think the sun revolves around the earth. Only 500 years.
Q&A Please use some common sense. Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, logic is not the strength of God's followers.
Refer above. Be honest. Don't use science's invention to ask that question. Makes you look stupid.
1. Try Masjid Negara, as to borrow the Quran, you might not be able to bring it away from the mosque due to ethic reason. you are not shoving away from religion, you are just being pure ignorance. You want education, being spoonfed into your mouth. You did not do research about religion, you just "hear" about them. and you been hearing wrong. be it Islam, Christianity, jew, Buddhist, Hindu or whatever kind of religion are there. You are not being convince, you just being pure ignorance. You are willing to study science but unwilling to study religion proved just that. Why am i able to do so but you can't?
2. In Islam, there are teaching called Qadq and Qadr. Which stated whatever happen in this world happen for a reason, and to never question the reason but to take it as an endurance from God. We can grieve over death, the "fury of mother nature" but we can't never question it and blame it. And i ask for your source not your reason. and you kept giving me reason, stated your source so i can overlook. neither of the three teaching (Islam, Christianity and Jew) that their prophet (Muhammad, jesus and Moses) stated the date of the end of the world and gave the "age" of the earth. in Islam, there are over 3000 human being "whisper by God", 724 of them is Prophet, and 25 of the Prophet gifted by god with their own testament. And Muhammad is the last prophet. Jesus and Moses is in the "25". and i ask you again,
please stated your source of claim about end of time and the age of the earth so i may overlook, or unless you want to confirm me that you made the claim yourself and agree that you are being ignorant.
3. Time for some prove aye? how about biology?
Sura - 23 The Believers (Al-Mu'minun); verse 14"Then we developed the drop (sperm) into a hanging (embryo), then developed the hanging (embryo) into a bite-size (fetus), then created the bite-size (fetus) into bones, then covered the bones with flesh. We thus produce a new creature. Most blessed is GOD, the best Creator."Source of translation:
http://www.submission.org/Mind you that Quran was brought down to earth during the year 6xx A.D. Thats around 1400 years ago. Also, in the quran stated how the earth is moving in its own system and rotating by the sun. Muslim have two part of guidance they would follow, The Quran; in which is God Word to the human. and Hadith; in which is God Whisper to Prophet Muhammad, in which he preach and being "recorded" in wording form by trusted resources. being his best followers during those time.
how do you explain in science (since you are being all great about it) that a mere "religious book" are able to state about phases of Human reproduction so early in 6xx A.D. When during those time, human only know how to "fcuk" " kill their baby because its blasphemy" and "trade goat for a bunch of vegetables with no currency". Science is the reason and brought me near to God, you who preach otherwise never took the chance to study religion in its whole, how can you convince yourself God is there when you can't even convince yourself in faith? Science is not faith, its knowledge, God's knowledge and the verse is my prove... whats yours?
Q&A: You sir, are indeed being ignorance. Why human of the western world (since you look so fond of them) come back to eating "organic" food, when deemed that bio-engineered food are indeed superior? and readily available? Why, since science has been blooming all this time, there are more disease than there are cure? with more and more of them emerging every moment? This is what backfired upon us for being ignorant that not to try and step foot into "God's region" and try to play God. like i said, people can't question basic of basics not because they can't... but because God didn't let them to.
This post has been edited by Yue: Jan 8 2010, 09:39 AM