"Therefore, you are a little off about concept of God as per Islam but I do understand where you are coming from."-----QR
That is very true. "God" (as a concept) being a mental construct in the realm of religion/philosophy/metaphysics is abslutely subjective. I will say that there are innumerable concepts of God. Each individual concept is characterized by it's own defintions of what God can do, does, and what He does not do, although the common belief is that He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
From: QR <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Questions of God and Eternity
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Questions of God and Eternity
In the beginning - the belief was that everything happens at God's will, so wise men would somehow bring God into all those explanations to make them believable. Then came science, and started to reveal reality behind some of those unknowns, and many of the previous concepts were revised. We now know most of the things happen around us due to natural cause and effect, meaning God is not micro-managing them. Unfortunately, some of those believers still subscribe to the concept that – even a leaf cannot move without God's instruction. These people forget - God needs to manage billions of other planets and galaxies also; He cannot pay attention to a particular leaf. What are you going to do?
The misunderstood popular Bangladeshi belief about concept of God created many misunderstanding about religion in general. For example a thief does not take Allah's permission to steal. Every person was empowered by our Maker to make positive and negative contributions and we cannot blame God for bad actors. In every religious instructions, God told us to be righteous and make positive contribution to humanity.
-----Original Message----- From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 6, 2013 5:00 pm Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Questions of God and Eternity
In the beginning - the belief was that everything happens at God's will, so wise men would somehow bring God into all those explanations to make them believable. Then came science, and started to reveal reality behind some of those unknowns, and many of the previous concepts were revised. We now know most of the things happen around us due to natural cause and effect, meaning God is not micro-managing them. Unfortunately, some of those believers still subscribe to the concept that – even a leaf cannot move without God's instruction. These people forget - God needs to manage billions of other planets and galaxies also; He cannot pay attention to a particular leaf. What are you going to do? Anyway, Newton was a believer, but knew how to separate religion and science, not like many blind-believers of this forum, who are not learning anything also, unfortunately. May God show them 7 shades of light! Jiten Roy
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