RE: Shia Islamic Argument for the existence of God
May 13, 2016 at 9:14 am
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2016 at 9:14 am by LostLocke.)
(May 13, 2016 at 9:04 am)TheMuslim Wrote: The Imam, peace be with him, gives one of them a rhetorical (jadalī) answer and the other a demonstrative one. In response to the first inquisitor, the Imam, peace be with him, says “Open your eyes, do not you see the expansive heavens and the earth? How God has placed something which is bigger than the earth in your eyes which are smaller than an egg.” This answer was sufficient to satisfy the inquisitorIf that's all it took to satisfy the inquisitor, then that inquisitor has very, very, very low standards.
Seeing the entire expanse of the heavens and the earth is not even remotely the same as actually having the entire expanse of the heavens and earth inside our eyes.
So that was a great non-answer on the Imam's part.
(May 13, 2016 at 9:04 am)TheMuslim Wrote: In his answer to the second individual, while stressing that by His infinite power, God can do everything, the Imam says “What you have asked is impossible and nothing (lā shai’).” That is, although God is powerful to do everything, however, you have not asked about a “thing”...If the earth inside an eggshell is not a "thing", then the entire expanse of heaven and earth in our eyes is not a "thing" either. Which now also makes the Imam two faced for using it as an example in the first question.
And, PS... yes, the earth inside an eggshell is a "thing".
