God does not exist. Here's why: the physical world is entirely predictable and every subatomic particle acts in strict accordance with natural laws. By extension, everything in the universe adheres to strict laws, leaving no room for any free will whatsoever, including any interference in events by a God. Therefore, any God that does exist can have no influence on the natural world by the very structure of the universe. Therefore, any God is in no way connected to our universe and by definition does not exist in our universe.
Q.E.D.
2006-09-23 01:01:11 · 8 answers · asked by gee_whillickers 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. You still make quantum jumps in UNreason.
Bad form.
2006-09-23 01:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i disagree with you. do u really believe that? u saying that if he is not in front of me he is not there,well let me give u this example:
i believe that u are there in front of ur PC coz i've seen ur Q and ur name therefore u exist. God exist eventhough we can not see him but we can see his signs and crations.
let me ask u this question: "What is the definition of God?" For a person to say there is no God, u should know what is the meaning of God.If I hold a book and say that ‘this is a pen’, for the opposite person to say, ‘it is not a pen’, he should know what is the definition of a pen, even if he does not know nor is able to recognise or identify the object I am holding in my hand. For him to say this is not a pen, he should at least know what a pen means. Similarly for an atheist to say ‘there is no God’, he should at least know the concept of God. His concept of God would be derived from the surroundings in which he lives. The god that a large number of people worship has got human qualities - therefore he does not believe in such a god. Similarly a Muslim too does not and should not believe in such false gods.
let me cofuse u more, u know about THEORY OF PROBABILITY:
In mathematics there is a theory known as ‘Theory of Probability’. If you have two options, out of which one is right, and one is wrong, the chances that you will chose the right one is half, i.e. one out of the two will be correct. You have 50% chances of being correct. Similarly if you toss a coin the chances that your guess will be correct is 50% (1 out of 2) i.e. 1/2. If you toss a coin the second time, the chances that you will be correct in the second toss is again 50% i.e. half. But the chances that you will be correct in both the tosses is half multiplied by half (1/2 x 1/2) which is equal to 1/4 i.e. 50% of 50% which is equal to 25%. If you toss a coin the third time, chances that you will be correct all three times is (1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2) that is 1/8 or 50% of 50% of 50% that is 12½%.
A dice has got six sides. If you throw a dice and guess any number between 1 to 6, the chances that your guess will be correct is 1/6. If you throw the dice the second time, the chances that your guess will be correct in both the throws is (1/6 x 1/6) which is equal to 1/36. If you throw the dice the third time, the chances that all your three guesses are correct is (1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6) is equal to 1/216 that is less than 0.5 %.
Let us apply this theory of probability to the Qur’an, and assume that a person has guessed all the information that is mentioned in the Qur’an which was unknown at that time. Let us discuss the probability of all the guesses being simultaneously correct.
At the time when the Qur’an was revealed, people thought the world was flat, there are several other options for the shape of the earth. It could be triangular, it could be quadrangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, spherical, etc. Lets assume there are about 30 different options for the shape of the earth. The Qur’an rightly says it is spherical, if it was a guess the chances of the guess being correct is 1/30.
The light of the moon can be its own light or a reflected light. The Qur’an rightly says it is a reflected light. If it is a guess, the chances that it will be correct is 1/2 and the probability that both the guesses i.e the earth is spherical and the light of the moon is reflected light is 1/30 x 1/2 = 1/60.
Further, the Qur’an also mentions every living thing is made of water. Every living thing can be made up of either wood, stone, copper, aluminum, steel, silver, gold, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, oil, water, cement, concrete, etc. The options are say about 10,000. The Qur’an rightly says that everything is made up of water. If it is a guess, the chances that it will be correct is 1/10,000 and the probability of all the three guesses i.e. the earth is spherical, light of moon is reflected light and everything is created from water being correct is 1/30 x 1/2 x 1/10,000 = 1/60,000 which is equal to about .0017%.
The Qur’an speaks about hundreds of things that were not known to men at the time of its revelation. Only in three options the result is .0017%. I leave it upto you, to work out the probability if all the hundreds of the unknown facts were guesses, the chances of all of them being correct guesses simultaneously and there being not a single wrong guess. It is beyond human capacity to make all correct guesses without a single mistake, which itself is sufficient to prove to a logical person that the origin of the Qur’an is Divine.
CREATOR IS THE AUTHOR OF THE QUR’AN:
The only logical answer to the question as to who could have mentioned all these scientific facts 1400 years ago before they were discovered, is exactly the same answer initially given by the atheist or any person, to the question who will be the first person who will be able to tell the mechanism of the unknown object. It is the ‘CREATOR’, the producer, the Manufacturer of the whole universe and its contents. In the English language He is ‘God’, or more appropriate in the Arabic language, ‘ALLAH’.
QUR’AN IS A BOOK OF SIGNS AND NOT SCIENCE:
Let me remind you that the Qur’an is not a book of Science, ‘S-C-I-E-N-C-E’ but a book of Signs ‘S-I-G-N-S’ i.e. a book of ayaats. The Qur’an contains more than 6,000 ayaats, i.e. ‘signs’, out of which more than a thousand speak about Science. I am not trying to prove that the Qur’an is the word of God using scientific knowledge as a yard stick because any yardstick is supposed to be more superior than what is being checked or verified. For us Muslims the Qur’an is the Furqan i.e. criteria to judge right from wrong and the ultimate yardstick which is more superior to scientific knowledge.
But for an educated man who is an atheist, scientific knowledge is the ultimate test which he believes in. We do know that science many a times takes ‘U’ turns, therefore I have restricted the examples only to scientific facts which have sufficient proof and evidence and not scientific theories based on assumptions. Using the ultimate yardstick of the atheist, I am trying to prove to him that the Qur’an is the word of God and it contains the scientific knowledge which is his yardstick which was discovered recently, while the Qur’an was revealed 1400 year ago. At the end of the discussion, we both come to the same conclusion that God though superior to science, is not incompatible with it.
SCIENCE IS ELIMINATING MODELS OF GOD BUT NOT GOD:
Francis Bacon, the famous philosopher, has rightly said that a little knowledge of science makes man an atheist, but an in-depth study of science makes him a believer in God. Scientists today are eliminating models of God, but they are not eliminating God. If you translate this into Arabic, it is La illaha illal la, There is no god, (god with a small ‘g’ that is fake god) but God (with a capital ‘G’).
Surah Fussilat:
"Soon We will show them our signs in the (farthest) 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?"
[Al-Quran 41:53]
2006-09-23 08:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by FreeVoice 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
certainly everything in the universe adheres to strict laws. however predictable the laws of nature are we also can bend these laws of nature by using the free will, knowledge and wisdom we were given by GOD. there are products in nature which have been changed because of mankind changing these laws.
2006-09-23 08:29:48 · answer #3 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And how did those particles appear? All of sudden?!?
Can you make stars and planets and asteroids and give them colour and make them move...And can you make one single bacteria from aminoacids and the aminoacids from minerals ?!? Do you know how complex a single cell bacteria is?!? and can you make the cells grow togethor into tissues?!? and match the tissues and form an organ, like a muscle, or a bone, or a lung, or, most important, the brain?!?!?And can you form animals and plants from those tissues?!? and can you make strict laws amoung the living beings, to resist for millions of years?!? You can't, but God can...
Really don't you see?You start by telling us about the laws of physics ...and particles...but why don't you start by telling us about the way those particles formed?!?!?
If you can demonstrate how the atoms formed from nothing, i will agree with you, but not in this case.
P.S.:"As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe. "(Holy Qur'an,Surat Al-Bakarah->verse 6)
2006-09-23 08:20:53 · answer #4 · answered by anonyckname 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell me good sir what keeps an atom together, and stops it from flying apart? Don't give me the theory of what could be holding it together, anyways God bless!!
2006-09-23 08:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by Sky_blue 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, and in quantum physics / the M theory, than are dreamed of in your philosophy.
2006-09-23 08:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow. You sure convinced me. Great reasoning.
2006-09-23 08:18:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would Jesus say?
2006-09-23 08:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋