WHY I THOUGHT MATT DILAHUNTY was wrong!!
THE ATHEIST, MATT DILAHUNTY GIVES US AN EXAMPLE WHICH FAILS ON A BASIC LEVEL FOR ANY REASONABLY INTELLIGENT PERSON... WHY DONT ATHEISTS SEE THAT, OR WHY DONT THEY CALL HIM OUT FOR HIS COMPARISON?
HE SAYS SAND DUNES LOOK ORDERED, BUT THEY ARE JUST NATURALLY OCCURING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD SAY THAT SAND DUNES ARE INDEED BEAUTIFUL BUT NOT ORDERED, AND THEY ARE NOT
THE PRODUCT OF A MIND BUT OF NATURE, EG. THE FORCE OF NATURE CALLED WIND.
THEREFORE, IT IS ONLY WINDS, WHICH DON'T INTENTIONALLY "ORDER" THINGS LIKE SNAD DUNES, OR PLASTIC BAGS THROWN AWAY IN THE STREETS FOR THAT MATTER,
BUT WINDS ARE "SENT" BY GOD sometimes. AND USUALLY, WINDS BLOW BECAUSE THEY DO THAT, AND THEY CAUSE AN EFFECT ON OTHER NATURAL OBJECTS OR SAND DUNES, OR EVEN MAN MADE OBJECTS LIKE PLASTIC BAGS, OR EVEN CARS, BUILDINGS AND MORE.
ONLY A "CRAZY" PERSON WOULD BELIEVE THAT TRASH BAGS WERE ORDERED, OR SEE A PATTERN IN THE WAY TRASHBAGS ARE STREWN ABOUT IN A BIG CITY, AND SAME WOULD BE SAID OF A PERSON WHO SEES A PATTERN OR SOME MESSAGE
IN THINGS WHICH ARE JUST AWE INSPIRING NATURAL PHENOMENON, LIKE A FOREST OF TREES IN AUTUMN, OR A RIVERBED OF SMOOTH STONES.
BUT, THERE ARE PROOFS IN NATURE FOR GOD. ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE SPOKEN OF IN AYAAT OF THE QURAN, SUCH AS THE BARRIER BETWEEN TWO SEAS (IN THE ANCIENT ARABIC, 'BAHRAIN' COULD MEAN TWO SEAS, OR AN OCEAN AND A SEA, MAYBE EVEN A SEA AND A LARGE RIVER OR IN OTHER WORDS, ANY TWO LARGE BODIES OF WATER; WHEN THEY MEET THEY ARE THE HALOGENES OR OTHER PHENOMENON WE CAN OBSERVE WITH INSTRUMENTS, ARE ALSO CALLED 'BAHRAINI')
GOING BACK TO THE POINT MATT WAS MAKING, THAT SAND DUNES ARE NOT ORDERED BY ANY LIVING OR THINKING BEING, IS TRUE, AND WE DON'T ARGUE OTHERWISE.
BUT TO COMPARE THAT TO AN 'ORDERED UNIVERSE' IS NOT CONVINCING, BECAUSE THE UNIVERSE, OR OUR SOLAR SYSTEM ALONE, HAS PLANETS AND STARS WITH VERY INTRICATE AND MEASUREABLE PATTERNS THE WAY THEY TRAVEL, FOR EXAMPLE.
IT'S NOT A GREAT LEAP OF FAITH, OR EVEN INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST TO SAY THAT THE MOVEMENT OF PLANETS, THE ORBITS OF PLANETS, STARS OR COMETS,
THE COURSE OF THE MOON AND SUN (AND OUR EARTH'S POSITION IN THIS SCHEME OF THINGS) SPECIFICALLY DO POINT TO A CREATOR WHO ORDERED THEM SO WE COULD LIVE ON THIS PLANET OF OURS AND EXPERIENCE NIGHT AND DAY, THE PATTERNS OF STARS AND COUNT THE MONTHS, OR TRAVEL TO DESTINATIONS ON THE SEAS BY LOOKING AT THE CONSTELLATIONS AND LOCATING SPECIFIC STARS, LIKE THE NORTH STAR (SIRIUS) OR OTHERS. THE SUN INTSELF IS A NECESSARY SOURCE OF ENERGY AND LIGHT, WARMTH AND BRINGS US GLADNESS!
WE NEED THE SUN, AND IT DOESNT NEED US, BUT IT DOES SERVE US, WHICH IS A BLESSING FROM GOD WE CAN NEVER EVER REPAY, EVEN IF WE HAD A HUNDRED LIFETIMES!
BUT HUMAN BEINGS ARE PRONE TO BE UNGRATEFUL!
IT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE TO SAY AS AN ATHEIST, "WE DON'T KNOW" WITHOUT SUCH COMPARISONS WHICH LACK REASON AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE THEISTS OPINION ACTUALLY MORE ATTRACTIVE.
THEN IT'S UP TO THOSE WHO WANT TO BELIEVE IN GOD, WHO DO HAVE FAITH IN A CREATOR TO STUDY ALL THE WORLD RELIGIONS TO FIND WHICH ONE OF THOSE IS THE MOST
LOGICAL AND CONVINCING, WHICH PROVES TO FURNISH MORE EVIDENCE THAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY OR AT LEAST INTELLECTUALLY MORE SOUND, AND EMBRACE THAT. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE CONVERTING TO ISLAM. IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE NUMBERS BUT ABOUT THE FIRMNESS OF BELIEF IN THE HOLY BOOK AND ISLAMIC TEACHINGS WHICH TELLS US THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE IS BEYOND HUMAN EXPLANATION ONLY.
MUSLIMS KNOW THE QURAN WAS REVEALED BY GOD TO HIS MESSENGER MUHAMMAD, PEACE BE UPON HIM.
IT CAN'T BE, THEY SAY, THAT IT WAS OTHER THAN A DIVINE MESSAGE FOR HUMANITY.
Ray Comfort Interview On The Atheist Experience (2011)
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WHETHER EVERY MUSLIM CAN ARGUE LOGICALLY OR NOT, DOESN'T DISPROVE THE TRUTH OF THIS BELIEF OR A REASONABLE JUSTIFICATION FOR PROPAGATING THIS FAITH (ISLAM) WITH KIND AND OPEN PREACHING, OTHERTIMES WITH FIRM EXAMPLES AND PROOFS, TO LEAD OTHERS TO THE BELIEF IN AN ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIFE, WE CALL GOD OR ALLAH.
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EXAMINE THE QURAN FOR YOURELF, TO KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS FROM YOU BECAUSE IT IS A MATTER OF YOUR ETERNAL PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
"A THEORY IS THE BEST CURRENT EXPLANATION POSSIBLE" ATHEIST MATT DILAHUNTY
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