Maybe. I'm a Muslim and the more I learn of science, the more convinced I get of the authenticity of the Quran. Hence, when I read about the purpose of this life and the hereafter, I do take it very seriously.
Samiya Sent from my iPhone On 02-Dec-2013, at 4:54 PM, [email protected] wrote: > We're just guessing on this Samiya, or our ancestors, really. What God may > be, is may not exactly fit the Omni,characterizations. Moreover, being a > practical, American, we have to know, in a self-interested way, what > good/benefit does knowing about God do for us. A ridiculous statement, and > yet, We the Who in Whoville, to quote Dr. Suess-Geisel, need to know. > -----Original Message----- > From: Samiya Illias <[email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Dec 2, 2013 12:13 am > Subject: Re: How can a grown man be an atheist ? > > This is strange! What 'theism' it is if it limits God? We believe that God is > the Reality, the Prime Originator, the Sustainer, and the Final Goal. > Everything is as God wills and allows it to be. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 02-Dec-2013, at 4:13 AM, Jesse Mazer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Most theistic philosophers and theologians who have considered the issue >> agree that God did not create the laws of math and logic, and does not have >> the power to alter them (or any other "necessary" truths, which for theists >> might include things like moral rules, or qualities of God such as >> omnipotence). Do you think the Mandelbrot set, or any other piece of pure >> mathematics, functions without a government, or are mathematical rules >> themselves a form of government even if God didn't create them? Certainly >> most atheists now think the universe follows mathematical laws, and one >> could even adopt Max Tegmark's idea and speculate that our universe is just >> another part of the uncreated Platonic realm of mathematical forms. >> >> >> On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Roger Clough wrote: >>> How can a grown man be an atheist ? >>> >>> An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can >>> function without some form of government. >>> >>> How silly. >>> >>> >>> Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] >>> See my Leibniz site at >>> http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough >>> >>> >>> >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >>> protection is active. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
