06-30-2004, 01:58 PM
Hi amikula
first off welcome to the boards
I know u r waiting for Safayat's opinion but can I just pop in.
<b>"It doesn't mean that God became weak and fallible and lost his abilities - he simply decided not to use them"</b>
why under any circumstances I would woship a god who decided for a fraction of a second not to use his powers through which supposedly this universe is running. While he was not using them, who functioned, who kept the skies erect not to fall on earth, who kept mountains pinned so that earth would not bend under our feet, who commanded day and night to alternate, who commanded angle of death to work rather than messing up taking souls of those who are not supposed to die, who sent down rain O I can go on forever.
I will simply for the sake of this conversation agree with u on the love part of god, but why a god would want to humiliate himself, demean himself, become powerless, just to bring his own creation and servant back to him? wouldnt a god have a better way of doing it. Besides the sacrifice was even in vain, since remained those who didnt come back as we Muslims and Jews.
I can say more but let us take it point by point
Insh aAllah I wish that your stay with us will be as beneficial as possible for u