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Deism
- Revelation
Mr. Feroz Karmally,
Your effort to prove “God Exists”, is
based on two different Beliefs. The one that you call the “Scientific
approach” is nothing but “Deism”. The other part is the use of
the Truth of the verses of the Holy Book. This Truth is based
on “Revelation”.
“Deism is a religious and
philosophical belief that a supreme natural God exists and created the
physical universe, and that religious truths can be arrived at by the
application of reason and observation of the natural world. Deists
generally reject the notion of supernatural revelation as a basis of truth
or religious dogma. These views contrast with the dependence on divine revelation found in Judaic, Christian and
Islamic teachings.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism)
Following Deism, you
have considered one example of Physics (Atom) and one of Metaphysics
(Cosmology). These examples are used to point out the perpetual movements of
atoms and heavenly bodies in orbits and rotation (spin) at a fixed axis.
You talk of “Millions of Atoms”, “Billions of Stars” and “Trillion of
Galaxies”. These big numbers sound exact but they do not convey your correct
knowledge of these objects. You could have simply said that they are so
many that one can not count and thus would have accepted the limitation of human physical power and
his intellectual capacities.
In your posts, you
talk of a “fixed orbit”. Now
what is a fixed orbit? Does it mean that an electron in an atom of hydrogen
is perpetually tracing the same path around the nucleus? It is not true. We
simply know that the electron will be moving around a spherical constant
energy surface. The circular orbit that it will trace is “Unknown” and it can not be
predetermined.
The rotational
movement on a fixed axis (spin) is not the same of all heavenly bodies. The
earth has a spin of one rotation per 24 hours whereas the moon makes one
spin rotation in 27.32 days! The earth makes its one day rotation in front
of the sun whereas the moon makes a complete spin rotation because of its
orbital movement around the earth in 27.32 days.
The moon-like spin
we make every time we go around a circle. The earth-like spin is common in
dances like waltz and Turning Durwaish. In spite
of this simplicity of spin we do not understand what are all the
gravitational forces acting on a given planet or star because our knowledge
beyond our own universe is very limited and alas limited it will remain.
It is entirely
possible that the man-made satellites moving around the earth and the changing
of the earth surface itself will affect the earth spin. The recent studies
show that the earth rotation has slowed down and it takes more that 24 hours
to complete its rotation. So, for spin movement nothing is sure or
predetermined and remains “Unknown”
These two examples are certainly the Proof
of a limited physical and mental capacity of a human but not the existence
of the Creator Himself.
An individual is
free to extend this limit of the “Unknown”
towards infinity (God) and claim
He exists. This God is the
personal God of the person who claims “He
is”. In this case the question asked by Khalid :
“Do
you BELIEVE IN HIM like other believers do or you KNOW HIM like many
mystics or prophets claim after they have spiritual encounters?”,
becomes interesting and
pertinent. I will further add “scientific” just after the “spiritual”.
Prof. Albert Einstein did not practice any religion or bothered of
God till the age of 50, Around this age he settled into a deism based on what he
called the "spirit manifest in the laws of the universe" and a
sincere belief in a "God who reveals Himself in the harmony of all
that exists."
As far as I know, he
never claimed that “God Exists” nor he did any calculation nor wrote any
equation to prove the existence of God. His relation with the Creator was
limited to a sincere “Belief”. A
“belief” (no matter how sincere) in something is not the proof of its
existence.
For the use of Quranic verses in an argument, I have not much to say.
In my opinion if a statement is true (false) on the basis of arguments then
any citation will not make it more true (false) or change it into false
(true).
Sincerely,
Strasbourg (France)
ahsan@noos.fr
April
06, 2009
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