halimf@emirates.net.aeArgument for Existence of God
By Faisal Halim
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Dear Mr. Avijit Roy,
Yesterday, I had to go to a friend's house for a party, but I was delayed. As soon as I stepped out of my house, I saw heavy rain. The flood waters around my house looked like they were bent on preventing me from reaching my friend's house.
Then suddenly, a tree broke down. It fell into the water. It floated on the water, and went with it, hitting here and there on the edges of buildings. The repeated bumping into the buildings caused the wood of the tree trunk to be hacked away, and before my very eyes, the log of wood turned into a boat, which I rowed to my friend's house. Amazing, isn't it? I rowed a boat, a boat perfect in form, a boat the type normally used by the Majhis of Bangladesh, and this boat was created without any human effort.
"NONSENSE!" You might say. You're probably saying by now:
"How can a boat be created, when no one tries to build it?"
"How absurd the idea of a self creating boat is, it is as if a pot of ink was spilt, and it took the form of the Webster's Dictionary."
"How can an object take on a prevalent form, when no one trying to make it take that form?"
"How can a thing as complex as even a simple boat take form without prior planning?"
"How can an engineered commodity be produced by accident?"
Well then, Mr. Avijit, if even a small boat cannot be created by accident, how can a system the likes of our own bodies be created by accident?
How can a system as complex as the universe be produced without proper, prior planning?
It is known to Nuclear Physicists that if subatomic particles had lifespans longer than they do, the universe would have been too different for life, as we know it, to exist. They also know that if the lifespans of subatomic particles had been shorter than what they are, we would all be dying of radiation sickness. Then How can a system of components as balanced as the components of the universe exist without proper engineering?
How can the universe, which contains matter, be created, if there was no GOD (ALLAH) who created it?
How could the systems in the heavens have arranged themselves regularly, as strands of galaxies arranged in networks, had they been left to wander in space without any guiding principles?
How come the laws of Physics in our galaxy hold true light years away?
How come the birds and the bees know their ways of life, without being given any formal schooling?
All those questions obviously point to the fact that there is a GOD (ALLAH), Who has created, and Who sustains the universe, and Who wants obedience from the greatest of His creations: Human Beings.
I hope the questions I have raised point out that far from disproving the existence of ALLAH, science has re-affirmed His existence.
If you want to know more, please read the book, "God Arises: "Evidence of GOD in Nature and in Science", by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.
Please keep in mind, however, that I have only read half the book so far, and I have no knowledge of the author's social beliefs. I am saying that this book confirms the existence of ALLAH beyond doubt, but I may or may not agree with the opinions of the author in the implications of Islam.
As for my opinion on the implications of Islam, you might want to read my article, "Islam: A Perspective", which was posted on this forum some time ago. And yes, that article answers to Ms. Shabnam Nadiya's grievances about her society's misinterpretation of Islam.
Finally, if you want to criticize Islam, I would definitely appreciate it, because criticism creates acclaim. Just look at Richard Hart's book: "Hundred Greats". But do not criticize a religion when in fact, you are trying to criticize its claimed adherents, and do not criticize a religion's claimed adherents, when, in fact, you are criticizing a religion, because that way you will misguide a lot of people, and do tremendous disservice to society.
BTW, when a religious person told his atheist host a story similar to the one I told above, at a party, the atheist converted to Islam.
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