(January 17, 2020 at 5:49 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(January 17, 2020 at 5:34 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: I have a problem with the third premise. Speech is well known to the production of both the tongue and the mouth. Even ancients used to take away the ability to speak by simply cutting the tongue or even burn the mouth altogether.
Why would Mohammed -peace be upon him- attribute something like that to God -explicitly and directly-?
I don't understand your objection. #3 is a fact, you've said so throughout this thread. Many cultures do indeed attribute the ability to speak as a gift from the gods.
Boru
God "taught" people how to speak; parrots for example can mimic human voice, but I would never call them "taught" how to speak: rather "taught how to mimic".
The objection is why did Mohammed -peace be upon him- attribute such "simple human ability" to God? Obviously we weren't taught like parrots.
