06-05-2003, 05:07 PM
i try to be open-minded here, and considered your posts.
i think you're saying that Allah doesn't discriminate. he treats Muslims and nonMuslims alike. He sends rain to Iraq, he sends one also in US.
He sustains everyone's very basic needs, even if we don't believe in him. because of that, he deserves to be worshipped. but why does he sustain our needs? because he loves us, cares for us, or just playing around?
i know you can't answer these questions, since you're definitely not Allah. you don't know what's going on in his mind and you don't know the reason for him doing these things.
but it seems to me as if he does that because he cares and loves us. if he doesn't love nonbelievers, he could just let it rain on most of Middle East more often and let the USA suffer from drought. but he doesn't do that, does he?(it's even the other way around!) is it safe to conclude that he loves us?
if he does, then that'll be contradicting Quran - a supposedly infallible book. if he doesn't, i don't know of any reason why he does amazing things for me. like how our group won 1st place at some contest, even for the fact that I asked the triune God for help. and mind you, no one expected that. our performance wasn't the best, i perceived that the audience were even bored. (i considered winning that contest a miracle!)
but then i guess, Allah isn't held accountable for what human's free will causes.
note: [i:c5cda70a91]us[/i:c5cda70a91] is mostly referred to nonbelievers in the post above.
Quote:When Allah decided to create mankind. He started with Adam who was made of mud,[/quote:c5cda70a91]very interesting. (copied and pasted from carm.org)
"Created man, out of a (mere) clot of [b:c5cda70a91][u:c5cda70a91]congealed blood[/b:c5cda70a91][/u:c5cda70a91]," (96:2).
"We created man from sounding clay, from [b:c5cda70a91][u:c5cda70a91]mud[/b:c5cda70a91][/u:c5cda70a91] moulded into shape," (15:26).
"The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created him from [b:c5cda70a91][u:c5cda70a91]dust[/b:c5cda70a91][/u:c5cda70a91], then said to him: "Be". And he was," (3:59).
"But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of [b:c5cda70a91][u:c5cda70a91]nothing?[/u:c5cda70a91][/b:c5cda70a91]" (19:67, Yusuf Ali). Also, 52:35).
"He has created man from a [b:c5cda70a91][u:c5cda70a91]sperm-drop[/b:c5cda70a91][/u:c5cda70a91]; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer!" (16:4).
no offense, but which is which? congealed blood/embryo, mud, dust, sperm-drop or nothing?(i double checked the verses with the quran i downloaded. just to let you know that i don't swallow everything written on Christian sites, and neither am i brainwashed.)
one more: what's with the [b:c5cda70a91]We[/b:c5cda70a91] thing? why does it seem as if Allah has someone who created humans with him? are there other creators(or gods)?
p.s.
if sometimes i sound blaspheming, sarcastic or insulting to you, i just want you to know that more often than not, i didn't mean to. (wow. i rhymed)