(January 16, 2016 at 7:24 pm)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: What you said is fair enough, but I think the Quran does a pretty good job of "putting Allah on a human level". For example, love is a human emotion. We can even quantify love by examining hormones involved in love. Take Quran 3:31, for example,
"Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."
Anger is another human emotion/reaction. There are several verses that mention the anger of Allah. For example, Quran 3:162:
Is the man who follows the good pleasure of Allah Like the man who draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and whose abode is in Hell?- A woeful refuge!
I can contribute with an opinion; if you care.
It's not a human emotion; rather it is an "emotion". It happens differently, when God express love, he does it in a fashion so different than what people think it's like.
So and so with anger.
These are the emotions that he chose, to embed logic into the universe. These standards of communication which we understand, are the way God is using in the Quran to teach us.
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Quote:[url=http://quranx.com/38.27]Quran 38:27claims Allah created creation with a purpose in mind:
Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between! that were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!
However, it does not tell us what this purpose is. So we are left wondering: What is the point of existence? Is it necessary? If humans were created only to serve Allah then that would make Allah extremely egotistical. People with big egos demand reverence.
It is mentioned :
( Sura 51 Verse 56 ) And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
( 57 ) I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.
( 58 ) Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength.
Though, worshiping him is :
( Sura 8 Verse 24 ) O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered.
So worshiping God is living. That's what we're created for.
All of us admire the world, nobody hates nature. Lots of people love pets. All of that is considered "worshiping God" since his world is being admired, and his blessing being realized.
Who doesn't enjoy food ? drink ?
