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Abdul Rafay vs. Ali Sina
The Absurdity of Allah
2006/09/05
Date:
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:52:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Abdul Rafay"
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Subject: A simple
observation... and a simple challenge
To Ali Sina
I read your challenge.
I read debates. I read the way you are after it.
I smiled.
I come up with a
totally new resolution that might not interest you because it is based on
simple logics and obvious truth. Yet, it is my duty to stimulate you
whether or not you respond.
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Dear Mr. Abdur Rafay:
I read your messages in this
thread. I am sorry that I did not read your email. Doubtless kindly responds
to all the emails sent to FFI and if he thinks there is one that I should see he
tags it for me. Your email was not tagged and so I did not notice it. Anyway,
you seem to be a knowledgeable Muslim and I will be glad to debate with you. You
wrote:
| 1.
Your so-called challenge is based on RANDOM PICKS aimed to irritate
Muslims only (a game you seem to intend to play with human psychology only
and not to actually try to reach the truth) This is your first failure on
claiming yourself to be based on strong logical grounds. I mean, youwould
actually be logical if your first challenge was against the existance of
God. (You rather target Muhammad (pbuh)) proving yourself more IRRITATED
than HAVING FOUND THE TRUTH. For example, if Mr.A says "The fish in
the Atlantic are dying!!! the water is polluted!!!" the claim is lame
as Mr.A did not go for testing the water of the Atlantic. Sounds far
fetched? Ok... go for this one... Mr.B enters a house and tries to drag
someone out of the house and on resistance, he beats him severely. Mr.A
says B was a criminal and intruder.... Mr.A is fool if Mr.B is from FBI
and holds the authority.... Therefore the point is in finding out if Mr.B
is actually from FBI and is obeying the law and not what Mr.B is doing. So
when you say "Muhammad did this... Muhammad did that..." I can
see no point against the concept of the existance of God ... just some
frustration in the tone of the speaker... This is because it was not only
Muhammad (pbuh) who identified God. The existance of God remains
unaffected regardless of what Muhammad or anyone else does. What I want to
say is, "If your target is Muhammad only, you are illogical when to
talk against the existance of God. If your target is God only, Talking
about Muhammad pulls you down to such a low level (Muhammad is just a
prophet). If your target is BOTH... come on in the right order. Once the
existance of God has been proven, proving the status of Muhammad (pbuh)
will be the very next step." SO... your present challenge is not a
challenge at all (if you surpass the debate on the existance of God |
Our goal in FFI is not to prove that God does not exist. Of
course we talk about many subjects and I have spoken about God as well. However,
this is not the objective of our site. The objective of FFI is to prove that
Muhammad was a liar and not a prophet of any god, whatever that god may be.
| 2.
Most of the the stuff you have collected in your ATTEMPT to prove Islam
wrong is EXAMPLES of unfaithful Muslims (While surfing through your sight,
I clearly observed that your primary target it Muslims and not Islam...
Don't tell me that 'it is Muslims who make up Islam'... You don't sound
like a child. I hope you understand that Muslims' actions do not affect
the authenticity of Islam... Like the Americans' wrongdoings don't mean
that the legislature is wrong). Movie clips, news about Muslims, blah blah
blah... Sounds like you are rather scared of Islam and want to show it
down one way or the other... by hooks or by crooks... Sorry, not that
easy! Challenge Islam and not the Muslims to get a good refutation..... |
I am afraid you did not pay enough attention to the real
message of this site. Here we are attacking Muhammad and not Muslims. We quote
the Quran, the Hadith and the Sira to prove our case against Muhammad and Islam.
Of course, Muslims commit these crimes against humanity because they are
inspired by sunna and the Quran. So the evil comes from them but this evil
originates from Muhammad.
| 3.
You challenged Dr. Zakir Naik? Are you telling me that you would call a
surgeon busy in an operation theater from behind and say, "So is that
your mastery? Scissors and foreceps and the ailment is out? If you really
dare, come to my pharmacy, use my medicine and show me how you tug that
tumor out!!!" I'm still smiling... To challenge a surgeon, you need
to go to his circumstances.... But if you want to call him to yours, wait
for his challenge and stop beating your chest in a fools' victory... You
will need a CPR later when you talk to me... not now. |
As far as Dr. Naik is concerned I have
already proven that he is wrong on every account. If you disagree, please
show my errors. Please remember that this is not about Dr. Naik but about Islam.
It is every Muslim’s duty to respond and show that I am mistaken. Dr. Naik is
not going to respond. He knows that he has been caught with “his pants down”
and his tricks are fully revealed. He is not going to humiliate himself trying
to refute the irrefutable. However, I invite you or any Muslim to refute what I
said.
I am
not defending Islam.... I want to reach the TRUTH... wherever it is.
My challenge is that on
the basis of logic, I can prove the existance of God.
Waiting for your
response. |
Suppose you prove the existence of God, this does not prove
that Muhammad was his prophet. However, since you seem to have such a big
interest on this subject, let us start with God.
Let us go over what you wrote on this subject in the forum.
Theodore
M. Drange charges God of claiming to have a certain qualities at the same
time, which according to him are opposite to each other and no one can
have them all together.
He writes:
10.
The Justice-vs.-Mercy Argument
The last argument to be
considered in this survey pits property (j) against property (k). It may
be formulated as follows:
1. If God exists, then
he is an all-just judge.
2. If God exists, then
he is an all-merciful judge.
3. An all-just judge
treats every offender with exactly the severity that he/she deserves.
4. An all-merciful
judge treats every offender with less severity than he/she deserves.
5. It is impossible to
treat an offender both with exactly the severity that he/she deserves and
also with less severity than he/she deserves.
6. Hence, it is
impossible for an all-just judge to be an all-merciful judge (from 3-5).
7. Therefore, it is
impossible for God to exist (from 1, 2, and 6).
I say:
Theodore M. Drange has
clearly formed a DEFENSIVE point by misstating that God is all-merciful
and all-just at the same time. The Arabic word "ArRahman" does
not mean all-merciful, but "the merciful one" and the word
"AlAdl" means, "the just one". One might say "All
the same...". Not exactly. There is no element of entirety in these
meanings allowing both the qualities to be present in One at the same
time. Now the remaining question is "How can someone be both just and
merciful at the same time?". Simple. Just means according to
Dictionary.Com:
1. guided by truth,
reason, justice, and fairness: We hope to be just in our understanding of
such difficult situations.
2. done or made
according to principle; equitable; proper: a just reply.
3. based on right;
rightful; lawful: a just claim.
4. in keeping with
truth or fact; true; correct: a just analysis.
5. given or awarded
rightly; deserved, as a sentence, punishment, or reward: a just penalty.
6. in accordance with
standards or requirements; proper or right: just proportions.
7. (esp. in Biblical
use) righteous.
8. actual, real, or
genuine.
Meaning #5, 6 and 7
apply to the current case to define the Arabic version of the word
precisely. This combination refers to the quality of GIVING in right
proportions, to the righteous and deserving. Now for example, A is a good
man and B is a bad man. A has done mistakes and has shown redemption while
B has been stubborn. Now the principle of justice requires both to be
punished at various degrees. Suppose A deserves 10% punishment while B
deserves 20% punishment. Now mercy forces the judge to punish A at only
05%, but at the same time, B gets a 20% punishment which is against the
principle of justice. So "the just one" and "the merciful
one" has the option to punish B by only 10% maintaining a ratio of
1:2 by the principle of justice and reducing the punishment of both by the
principle of mercy.
There may now be a
question that if B deserved 20% punishment, why was it reduced? Is it not
against the principle of justice? The answer is no. Because the Arabic
word "Adl" refers to justice that distributes something in two
halves which includes at least two people. So it is relative, not
independent.
If there is any answer
to this explanation, I welcome, otherwise, the charge must be removed.
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Your response to Theodore makes sense. You say since God
reduces the punishment of all the sinners in equal proportion, there is no
injustice done to anyone. Since everyone benefits from his mercy equally, no one
is unfairly treated and this is justice.
Very well. However, according to Islam sins are of two
kinds: Sins committed against God, such as disbelieving in him, not worshipping
him, escaping from the battlefield during Jihad, etc. and sins committed against
fellow humans such as murder, theft, abuse, etc.
My first question is about sins committed against other
humans. Does God have the right to forgive those who committed sins against
other humans? Certainly not! That would be injustice to the victims. Suppose I
kill you. Justice demands that I should be punished accordingly. Only you are
entitled to decide whether I should be forgiven or not or whether there should
be a reduction in my punishment. If God reduces my punishment or forgives me
without your consent, it is injustice to you. So in this case God cannot be
just and merciful at the same time. To the degree that he is merciful to the
offender, he is unjust to the victim.
The second question is about sins committed against God.
The Quran says that Allah will forgive all sins except the sin of associating
partners to him. (4:48)
This is unjust. First of all how can he forgive mass murderers who brought so
much pain to countless people and not forgive one who simply thinks Muhammad was
a nutcase? Where is the justice here? Secondly, no human should be punished for
disbelief. Why? Because we never agreed to believe in God and worship him when
we were given life. As far as I know everyone cries when he comes to the world.
We are here without our will. God cannot impose on us obligations that we never
agreed to. This is like I drag you and force you into my house without your
consent while you are crying, then demand gratitude and payment from you for
staying in my home and torture you if you fail to pay. This is not justice. The
Mullahs in Iran did just that. They imprisoned and then executed their
detractors and made their families pay for the food they served them in jail and
even bullets used to kill them. This is not justice and not befitting for a real
God. Assuming this world is such a wonderful place to be, which many disagree,
no one must thank God for being here because we have been forced to live in this
prison called life. We did not ask for it and should not be required to thank
anyone for what we did not want to begin with.
Thanking God should be an entirely personal matter. Those
whose life is full of blessing and joy may choose to thank God and those who
don’t want to thank him should not be punished for it because they never asked
to be born in the first place. Therefore punishing people for disbelief is
patent injustice. To add insult to injury, if you become fed up of your life
and decide to end it, you will surely be sent to hell to burn for eternity. This is
the maximum form of abuse.
Thanking must always be voluntary. If it becomes obligatory
it is no longer heartfelt. A despot may enjoy seeing his subjects bow in front
of him, but do they really love him? Love can never be forced on people. To say
love me or I will torture you is sick. Is Allah a psychopath?
Again,
Theodore writes:
1.
The Perfection-vs.-Creation Argument
Consider the pair a-l,
which takes God to be perfect and also to be the creator of the universe.
It seems that those properties might be shown to be incompatible in two
different ways. The first way is as follows:
Version 1
1. If God exists, then
he is perfect.[2]
2. If God exists, then
he is the creator of the universe.
3. A perfect being can
have no needs or wants.
4. If any being created
the universe, then he must have had some need or want.
5. Therefore, it is
impossible for a perfect being to be the creator of the universe (from 3
and 4).
6. Hence, it is
impossible for God to exist (from 1, 2, and 5).
Premise 3 might be
challenged on the grounds that a perfect being, full of love, could desire
to share his love with others. Thus, a perfect being could have a want,
which would make premise 3 false. I suppose the only problem with this is
that, if a being wants something that he does not have, then he cannot be
perfect, for he would be in a certain way incomplete. Whether or not this
adequately defends premise 3 is hard to say. There is a certain unclarity,
and perhaps subjectivity, in the idea of "perfection" which
poses an obstacle to any sort of rigorous reasoning about the concept.[3]
Premise 4 might also be
challenged. Perhaps God created the universe accidentally. For example, he
"slipped and fell," thereby creating a mess, which turned out to
be our universe. In that case, God would not have had any need or want in
creating the universe, and premise 4 would be false. There are
difficulties with this, however. First, almost every theist who takes God
to have created the universe takes it to have been done deliberately, not
accidentally. And second, if the creation were accidental, then that in
itself would imply that God is imperfect (since perfect beings do not have
accidents), and that would be another basis for the Perfection-vs.-Creation
Argument. Thus, this sort of challenge to premise 4 itself runs into
problems.
I say:
God’s one other
attribute is that He is alive. According to Ali Sina, existances such as
love, hatred, anger, fear, want and so on are all the functions of life.
Therefore, God is supposed to be the resource of all of these being a
creator. The quality of God, Theodore is trying to highlight here, is
given by the Arabic term, “As-Samad”, which means “the one who needs
nothing” precisely, and not “desireless”. This is to say that God
needs nothing. And that God is perfectly powerful. So He can do anything
He wants. So want is inevitable as in Quraan, Allah says at various
instances, the phrases “illa maa shaa Allah” (But what Allah wants)
and “wa lau shaa Allahu” (And if Allah desires). Now the error in Mr.
Theodore’s analogy is that he has placed an open supposition. This means
that since the debate is whether there IS a God or NOT, the phrase
“perfect being” is wrong because there are two ends of perfection. For
example, in economics, you regard demand as either perfectly elastic or
perfectly inelastic or something in between. Similarly, when it comes to a
being, it is either perfectly alive or perfectly dead, or something in
between. Theodore’s supposition would be true for a god who was
perfectly dead…. No emotions, no wants, no love, no desires…. Simply
no god! But our claim is that God is perfectly alive. Therefore He is the
resource of all that alive beings can have… love, want, power to fulfill
His wants and do whatever he wills… Hence there is creation.
Please refute if you
can, or remove Theodore's article. |
You made good reasoning. However you overlooked the fact
that the god of Islam did not create the world out of love but out of need.
Allah in the Quran says: “I have only created Jinns and men, that they may
serve Me.” 51:56
Why Allah needs to be served if he is needless? It is very clear that
Allah is a needy god. In fact his needs are so intense that if someone does not
serve him he would punish that person for eternity in the cruelest way
imaginable. This is the highest form of abuse. Humans are brought to this world
without their will. Most of them suffer pains and sorrows most of their lives
and on top of that they have to thank, worship and serve the one who is
responsible for their miseries?
Justice dictates that punishment should be proportionate to
the offence. It is not justice to torture a person for life for stealing an
apple. Assuming that disbelief is a crime, which is absurd, why should such a
trivial offence be punished in such a sever way? Why is Allah hurt so much if we
do not worship him to the extent that he would heartlessly burn us in such a
sadistic way for eternity? This punishment outweighs the crime infinitely. How
can we call such a sadistic deity just?
If there are no other gods but Allah why is he so desperate
and jealous? I can be jealous if my wife looks at men better looking than me.
This would be sick but understandable. I may have low self esteem. However, if
we live in an island where there are no men at all, and still I am jealous, I
should be sent to a mental hospital at once. How can Allah be jealous of gods
that do not exist? Is Allah insane? No, the answer is that Muhammad was insane.
It is a tragedy that a billion people worship the figment of the imagination of
a mentally deranged man.
I am much kinder to my cat than God is to me. I feed my
cat, take care of him, take him to the vet if he gets sick, wash him and groom
him and I never think of punishing him if he does not pay attention to me. As a
matter of fact my cat thinks he owns the house and I am his servant. He owes his
entire existence to me. Without my care and protection he will not survive.
Despite that he never thanks me and I still love him. Let us say God created me.
But he does not take care of me. I am left in this world to fend for myself. I
have faced calamities that could have been avoided if God was looking over my
shoulders. I would die of hunger if I do not earn my own bread. Tens of
thousands of children die every day of hunger. Where is this loving god to come
to their rescue? He is nowhere to
be found when we are in need. Our prayers and supplications are never heard. I
am by all means kinder to my cat than God is to me. And yet I can love my cat
unconditionally without wanting him to worship me or thank me. God is incapable
of loving his creation unconditionally. He put us in this world without
consulting us. Here we have to face life with all its difficulties and pains on
our own. He takes away our loved ones and fills our hearts with great sorrow. He
shatters our hopes. He sends one calamity after another and kills innocent
people by thousands and despite all that he wants us to worship him and serve
him. Why should we thank such a god? What do we owe him? We owe him nothing! He
does not deserve our respect. Such a needy, petulant and abusive god deserves
our scorn. The god of Muhammad is sick. He is a psychopath.
The truth is that Allah is Muhammad’s own alter ego. He
is everything the narcissist Muhammad wanted to be. He does what he pleases and
he responds to no authority above him. He wants to be worshipped, obeyed and
feared. This is the wet dream of all narcissists. One must be naïve to believe
that the maker of this universe is this insane god described by Muhammad. Why
would one who owns this magnificent universe care if a bunch of evolved apes in
this tiny plant worship him or not? Can we really hurt the feelings of the maker
of this vast universe by simply disbelieving in him? There are many holes in the
concept of god as defined by the illiterate self-proclaimed prophet of Arabia.
This is not to say that God does not exist. I am not a
materialist. I believe God is the Principle underlying all things. God is a
non-being and this non-being is the mother all beings. God is an immutable
eternal law without which nothing can exist. All I want to prove is that
Muhammad was indeed an ignorant man who had no understanding of God whatsoever.
Attributing human qualities to God is utmost ignorance. To say God is just,
merciful or compassionate is stupid. How can an indefinable and incomprehensible
reality have human attributes? God is beyond good and bad. God is not a thing
and as such It can have no attributes. Only things have attributes. Principles
do not have attributes. God cannot be living because life is a function of beings.
God is not a being. It is not made of anything - not of matter and not of
spirit. It has no essence, no substance. God is HOW. How things are made, how
the universe works, how life comes to be and how it ends. God is HOW and
everything else is WHAT. That is all there is - HOW and WHAT.
Muhammad was an ignorant man. Allah was a Pagan deity,
invented by very primitive people. These people thought that the highest
expression of power is despotism. So the qualities that they attributed to their
gods were those of a despot. Muhammad, being a narcissist, loved to impersonate this
despot and become a god or his sole intermediary. Becoming godlike is the wet
dream of every narcissist. That is why Muhammad’s Allah is capricious,
arbitrary, willful and wanton. The concept of Allah is utterly stupid. It is not
befitting for rational people in this day and age to believe in such a primitive
deity.
God is not “he” but “it”. Attributing gender to God
is humanizing It and this is sheer ignorance of the nature of God. God is not
the creator of the universe but the law of creation. God does not love. It does
not create. It does nothing at all. Doing, subjects the doer to time. Without
time no action can take place. God can’t be subjected to time because It is
beyond time and space. It is a logical absurdity to say that God is the creator.
God is the law that gives order to the universe and makes it run. God is
manifest in every atom, in every minute particle forming this universe and
wherever there is order. And yet It is nowhere to be found.
God is not a person, not a being, not a thing. It is the Principle
underlying all things. It is a reality, the ultimate Reality.
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