Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Quote:That's not clever reasoning, Wael I'm not a mother but that doesn't mean I'll never be a mother! God has all the power in the world!
And are you calling “<i>God-man thing</i>” is a smart reasoning? Ok let’s see.
God Almighty, “<i>The Father</i>” had a human son, <b>who was also God </b>Himself, incarnate. God’s son later died on a cross as a sacrifice for all humankind <b>to God Himself</b>. The son, <b>who is God</b>, Himself, was later resurrected and currently sits on the right side of <b>God’s throne </b> waiting to judge humankind at the end of this world.
Are you calling this clever reasoning? Absolutely it is not. The concept of God becoming man contradicts the basic meaning of the term “God.”
Quote:He can do anything at anytime in anyway for any reason!
Really? Can He lie? Can He be unjust? Can he forget, sleep, make mistakes etc…? Yeah He can choose to do all these things of He wish, but the moment He does such things, <b>he ceases to be God</b>. God is an eternal being without beginning or end. If on the basis that God is able to do all things, and it was asked whether God could die, <b>what would be your answer?</b> Since dying is part of “<i>all things</i>,” and "<i>anything</i>" can it be said, “If He wants to?” Of course this cannot be said.
Therefore, the term “<i>all things</i>” excludes the absurdities. It cannot include things that contradict His divine attributes; things that would make Him less than God, like, forgetting, sleeping, repenting, growing, eating, etc. Instead, it includes only “<i>all things</i>” that are consistent with Him being God. and so, the claim that God became man is also an absurdity. It is not befitting of God to take on human characteristics because it means that <b>the Creator has become His creation</b>, and that’s why in your Bible He declared that <b>He is NOT A MAN, and so he will never be</b>.
Quote:I think it's important to mention that the Catholic understanding of God is very different to Islam's, therefore, I doubt you'll ever comprehend the Incarnation.
Yes, and I doubt that you will be able one day to explain this concept of God becoming a man, I am sure that you too do not fully understand it, unlike in Islam, the concept of God is crystal clear without any confusion, because “<i>God is not the creator of confusion</i>”
Salam
Wael.