RE: “The Problem of Evil” in atheism and in Islam
February 9, 2015 at 1:41 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2015 at 2:26 am by paulpablo.)
Quote:Brain of an elephant is the largest contained by any living land-dwelling mammal. The adult male elephant's brain can grow to be a whopping 12 pounds (5.44 Kg). Now compare it with the normal human brain 3.1 pounds (1.4 Kg). Elephant’s brain is 400% more in mass than the brain of human or take the brain of adult sperm whale which is 8,000 cubic centimetres whereas human brain is about 1,300 cubic centimetres. Yet poor elephant and poor whale cannot have fun by watching a documentary on wildlife. The intellect that humans have does not depend on size of brain. Size is not a point of reference for human intellect. Human intellect is by no means a match with the intellect of any living organism on the planet earth. Bigger is not always better.
The main question is why humans have a matchless intellect why elephant and whale do not have the similar intellect when they have much bigger brains than human.
The answer lies in the understanding of intellect, consciousness, and power of will, which are not properties of physical bodies. In my previous responses, I had given you logical details on how these qualities transcend physical states of human bodies.
I don't know what you mean by properties of physical bodies but they are all related to physical things, as in things that exist and we can see.
The Brain, drugs, chemicals, disease. These are all things which effect consciousness, personality, will power, intelligence.
Brain size is not a definite indicator of intelligence but that doesn't mean intelligence doesn't come from the brain.
Like a supercomputer from the 80s is much much larger than the computers of today but it isn't more powerful, but that doesn't mean the computing is being done by a mystical non physical force outside of the computers.
If someone has brain damage their intelligence and consciousness are often effected and people who have dementia or things of that nature will have personality changes and memory defects.
I'm not an expert on the topic but I'm fairly certain it's a well known fact that it's been established which parts of the brain are used for certain thought processes.
Quote:In other words, you should first give proper scientific definition of natural selection then you should explain how natural selection knows what to select and why then you should give mechanics how that selection is made and how that elimination process took place. You cannot simply say that survival in nature will be for the strongest and the fittest. Without scientific details and supporting evidences, Natural Selection is not a science it is a myth a blind god.
Why should I explain how natural selection knows anything when I explicitly said that natural selection is not a being or entity that knows anything.
It's not normal for me to try and explain why a point is correct that I believe is totally incorrect.
Quote:A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or as imposing excessive control over members
A system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object:
This is the definition of a cult, so no atheism has no religious beliefs or practices since it's a disbelief in god also no religious veneration or devotion directed towards anything.
Quote:A person is a Muslim if he/she performs five basic acts (The Five Pillars of Islam) which are mandatory to be a Muslim. They are:
1. SHAHADAH: declaring there is no god except Allah, and Muhammad is Allah's Messenger
2. SALAT: ritual prayer five times a day
3. ZAKAT: giving 2.5% of one’s savings to the poor and needy
4. SAWM: fasting and self-control during the holy month of Ramadan
5. HAJJ: pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime
If anyone rejects even one of these acts then he/she is not considered as a Muslim.
You may find many Muslims who are not punctual in performing these obligatory acts but because they do not reject them, therefore they are considered as Muslims (not good ones). These type of Muslims may sometimes use reasoning for the justification of their laziness and that reasoning usually is not compatible with the principles of Islamic laws.
If one Muslim perform SALAT by putting a cap over his head and other without then this is not a principle difference.
So then an atheist could be a muslim if he does the 5 things you mentioned?
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