M.I.A the difference between science and religion is that there is foolproof backing to it based on math and other areas. There is no backing to relgion except "somebody said so". Now I am not saying do not listen to anything the quran says. There may be a lot of things in that book that could be used to the betterment of society and the human race. But believing that he is GOD who created the universe when all he is a human being. Why does god have to be in a human form? Couldn't he have been a snake, dog, or a space alien? We are a microscopic fragment of this universe (the earth, even more so human beings) in the big picture we are absolutely meaningless to a degree. People have gone through hard times in history and have tried to find peace and comfort as some sort of a comfort blanket. Just like drug users find comfort and bliss in heroin you find it in religion. Just because he was smart enough to write a book about "morals" of society doesn't make him a prophet to "God". You think if God really wanted everyone to believe in him they would actually give us a sign. And religious people argue there is a time and a place where god will show himself or he wants you to repent him and wait for him in the afterlife.. But that is just an illogical cop out based on delusional rationalization.
maths is naturally occurring in life before any equation or observation.
..nonsense? your not a hardcore mathematician i take it.. those guys can look at flowers and see maths.
you would not know anything of science if it had not been related to you by some scientist, sure you may have a natural inclination to ask scientific questions but how far would you have got without the knowledge of others?
some scientist somewhere said for every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction, if you applied that to any part of your life maybe that would make you a more careful person.
maybe if somebody said its an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth every word would be twice thought about before being uttered.
jesus pbuh apparently.
maybe a man said that there losses would be similar to yours and all of a sudden the burden of leadership and value of life is established.
the quran.
i may be clutching at straws to make these connections but maybe they fit into place easily within my universe. gods laws are never changing... its like they were set in the very heavens and the earth.
you miss the point when you say for the betterment of society, every man is his own man.. so he wishes to believe..
if you have ever tried to better society then maybe you would understand that it does not work like that.
you cannot better society.. it has to want to better itself.. individually.
freedom of choice.
i dont think god has ever been in human form. prophets have declared themselves as such and some have been the most humble in doing so..
prophet muhammed pbuh messenger and servant of allah swt.
dogs and cats and snakes and aliens.. well if they cross your path i guess a response is needed.. i doubt its god but it wouldnt have been there unless it was allowed to be there..
you missed out spiders.. they scare the hell outta me.
dunno bout aliens but they are harder to spot than ninja's.. somethings are better unseen i guess.
i have heard Neil deGrasse Tyson state the same about the universe that in its vastness and inhospitable nature at large there is no possibility of intelligent design.
i would say if you look at engineering at its forefront.. nanotechnology and robotics, what they hope to achieve in the future would very much resemble organic life.
..the robot of the future would be the human of today. the nanotechnology of tomorrow would be the blood cells of today.
i agree we are like ants in the cosmos, but there aint many ants out there as you know.
as for signs of god, the world is divided by war, oppression, hunger and apathy in equal parts.. if anybody thinks that god will bale the place out they are probably wrong.
in my eyes we are at least 1400 years to late for that bus.. that was the last sign in my eyes.. dont think we are getting another one until the very end.
yeah not much of a comfort blanket but religion was a wakeup call for me, peace in life can be achieved but if you go out looking for it.. it only ever seems like war.
as in your opening post, people will go to the ends of the earth to protect there religion.. but it was meant to protect them.
from a position of weakness comes strength.. just dont lose your heads while the knives are out.
we are all internet heroes but vastly unequipped to spread a religion other than peace.. so let it be peace.
asalaam alaikum.
maybe then there will be a sign and proof of god..
Confucius say, do unto others as they do unto you.
maybe they cant do until you do.. never thought about it like that.
dont transgress bounds, allah swt does not like those that transgress bounds... paraphrased.
whatever joboman 24 i can ramble all day its just opinion.
