@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan 🧵 This is a well-known objection
Atheists say, ‘The theists’ answer to the question “What is the cause for the emergence of the world?” with Allah(God Almighty) is ignorance of causality. It is as if theists are filling in the gaps of their ignorance with such an answer….
Atheists say, ‘The theists’ answer to the question “What is the cause for the emergence of the world?” with Allah(God Almighty) is ignorance of causality. It is as if theists are filling in the gaps of their ignorance with such an answer….
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan … Theists emphasise this ignorant stance of theirs by appealing to ignorance, and thus use as evidence the opponent’s inability to dismantle it – nothing more. They fail to offer any proof for the evidentiary veracity of their statement.’
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan [ The Answer 👇]:
Our affirmation of the existence of the Creator is not based on our inability to explain the ultimate cause of the universe, nor is it merely a blind leap of faith in which we shoved in the concept of God to solve a problem for which we have no answer…
Our affirmation of the existence of the Creator is not based on our inability to explain the ultimate cause of the universe, nor is it merely a blind leap of faith in which we shoved in the concept of God to solve a problem for which we have no answer…
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan .. Rather, our belief is a result of a set of rational and instinctive propositions that offers this conclusion.
Our belief of Allah being the cause for the existence of the universe is based on knowledge, not ignorance.
Our belief of Allah being the cause for the existence of the universe is based on knowledge, not ignorance.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan the universe is temporal
therefore either temporal with a cause behind it, or without a cause; the latter is impossible as temporal entities must have a cause.
therefore either temporal with a cause behind it, or without a cause; the latter is impossible as temporal entities must have a cause.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan A cause would be either the temporal entity itself or something different; the former is impossible as it would have been non-existent before emergence – something that does not possess existence for itself cannot confer existence onto something else.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan Therefore, as it emerged from a separate cause, that cause must in itself be temporal or atemporal; if the former, this series must end at an atemporal cause, as infinite causality is impossible.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan Therefore, it becomes clear that our position is not merely the desire to fill in the gap left by ignorance, but is rather a considered and rational answer that relies on self-evident propositions.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan The atheists protracted leveraging of this objection is a reaction to old-age human haste in explaining many of the natural phenomena through direct divine intervention.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan These explanations did not realise that almost all of Allah’s actions in His creation are through a set of laws and rules governing the system of the universe, as predetermined by Allah Himself.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan Atheists unjustly generalise this errant judgement across all reasoning processes used by believers of Allah
That Allah acts in His universe and is the existence of causes is not strange to Islamic discourse
That Allah acts in His universe and is the existence of causes is not strange to Islamic discourse
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan in fact, it is a point that is explicitly mentioned in the Qur’an through the mention of many causes within natural phenomena.
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan Ibn al-Qayyim said, ‘Were we to list the total number of places from the Qur’an and the prophetic tradition that affirm causes, they would surpass 10,000 places without exaggeration.’
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan I conclude this with some important words by Richard Swinburne in his book Is There a God?, where he critiqued this objection: ‘Note that I am not postulating a “God of the gaps”, a god merely to explain the things which science has not yet explained.…
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan .. I am postulating a God to explain what science explains; I do not deny that science explains, but I postulate God to explain why science explains…
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan .. The very success of science in showing us how deeply orderly the natural world is provides strong grounds for believing that there is an even deeper cause of that order.’
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan 🧵end of the quote .
from the excellent book
📚 (THE INCOHERENCE OF ATHEISM) page 96
-by Sheikh Abdullāh al-ʿUjayrī
This is a PDF Link (free):
sapienceinstitute.org
from the excellent book
📚 (THE INCOHERENCE OF ATHEISM) page 96
-by Sheikh Abdullāh al-ʿUjayrī
This is a PDF Link (free):
sapienceinstitute.org
@ThatEbrahim @SameeraKhan 👍👍 And for more, just watch this video and explain the idea in a very excellent way, and you will find that the atheists are the ones who fill in the gaps with their unprovable beliefs
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