The fitrah can then examine everything around and the proofs for the existence of Allah are the very fact that we exist and the creation exists. The famous Western philosopher said, "I think, therefore I am. " We as Muslims, this is of course Descartes speaking, "Cogito, ergo sum. " We as Muslims can modify that and say, "I think, therefore God is. " The very fact that we exist and the creation exists is enough of an indication that there is someone who created and designed this. Now, this argument is called the teleological argument, it's called the watchmaker's argument. It is a standard argument of philosophy. It is also dismissed by modern philosophers in a very, very dismissive and contemptuous way but the fact of the matter is we are ingrained to know that every single effect must have had a cause that caused it. This is the way we work our lives, everything around our lives centers around the fact that we understand the causal relationships between things that take place around us.
To suggest that everything around us simply came to be without any predetermination, without any knowledgeable, powerful entity that was able to create it is so ludicrous that it is literally like Ibn Taymiyyah said, the famous scholar of medieval Islam, like Ibn Taymiyyah said, "How do you expect me to go around finding the proofs of God when each and every thing around me is screaming His existence? What do you want me to find out that Allah exists? What logical and rational proof that you need that is more than the fact that you are a logical, irrational creation? That you can see, you can hear, that the creation around you is there? " Allah says in the Qur'an, "We will continue to show them our miracles and signs in the creation around and even in themselves. " So the creation and ourselves are all evidences that there is a Creator. In fact, Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) says, "How many are the miracles and signs; they keep on passing by them and they do not pay heed to them. They do not acknowledge those signs. "
There are a couple things I can appreciate about the "Who designed the Designer? " argument. Although it is rooted in a caricature of the Kalam cosmological argument's first premise ("Whatever begins to exist has a cause"), it is a positive argument for atheism, and it does attempt to deal with the God hypothesis in the only arena where God's existence may be decisively confirmed or refuted: the arena of philosophy. The God defended by Christian theists is a transcendent, eternal, and spiritual being. He is the one creator of all physical reality and existed before all of time, space, matter, and energy. Being "outside" the natural world, God cannot be discovered nor refuted by science alone. For this reason the arguments for and against God's existence must be, in the end, philosophical. For instance, if the skeptic could expose an error in the formulation of the popular Kalam argument—say, that its major premise "Whatever begins to exist has a cause" is false—then this would force one of theism's most compelling arguments to the chopping block.
While the odds of the universe coming into existence are not very good, given enough time, it could happen. - This option is a sleight of hand that, like "survival of the fittest, " amounts to nothing, because it implies that "chance" itself has quantitative causal power. The word "chance" is used to describe possibilities. It does not have the power to cause those possibilities. It is nonsense to speak of chance being the agent of creation of anything, since chance is not an agent. "What are the real chances of the universe created by chance? Not a chance. Chance is incapable of creating a single molecule, let alone an entire universe. Why not? Chance is no thing. It is not an entity. It has no being, no power, no force. It can effect nothing because it has no causal power within it. It is a word which describes mathematical possibilities which, by the curious flip of the fallacy of ambiguity, slips into the discussion as if it were a real entity with real power, the power of creativity. "
Indeed, such a refutation has been attempted by astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss, for example, who tried to claim in his book A Universe from Nothing that the universe indeed can and did arise from nothing. Krauss was critically rebuked in the New York Times by fellow atheist David Albert for equivocating on the word nothing. Of course, even if Krauss had been successful and the validity of the Kalam argument had been seriously maligned, this would still not prove definitively that atheism is true; it would only disprove one theistic argument. How then can the atheist go the full distance and prove theism false? He can show that a divine attribute (e. g., omniscience) is internally contradictory in itself; he can show that two or more of the divine attributes contradict one another; or he can show that God's attributes contradict a known fact about the world we live in. Let's consider three of God's best-known divine attributes: his omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence. First, let's work out our definition of God a bit more.
Is such causal liberty an illusion? Not at all. I can know my influenza-stricken, gagging child is about to vomit without causing her to vomit. Foreknowledge does not equal causality. Omnipotence This brings us to the claim of God's omnipotence. Is there any philosophical contradiction that can be drawn out of God's infinite power? As we have noted, God cannot sin because he is morally perfect, the perfect standard of what it means to be good. Thus God has the power to do all logically possible things—that is, he has the power to do all meaningful things. That is why he cannot create a four-sided triangle (which is really nothing at all). Nor can God create a rock that is too heavy for his all-powerful self to lift. Such a notion is meaningless, because it fails to acknowledge how God really is. A bachelor cannot forget his wife's birthday because he is a bachelor; God cannot be overpowered by any creature because he is omnipotent. Omnipresence Finally, what about God's omnipresence? How can this be so?
Hebrews 11:1 Human beings are masters of the senses. We trust what we can feel, hear, taste, smell and most importantly see. Usually, it is difficult for us to believe in something that we cannot prove with our senses. That's why so many people don't believe that God exists because they can't 'see' him with their eyes. We Christians are asked to have faith in the impossible ( the just shall live by faith); to believe in a God that can literally move mountains if we ask him to and to make the blind see. But sometimes it's difficult to trust God when we sense that he's pulling us in a particular direction. How exactly do you know that God is asking you to step out in faith? Our devotional text for today states: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. " Hebrews 11:1 We are all a 'work in progress'. When we surrender our lives to Christ, he begins a transforming work in our lives and we will see his hand moving and shifting things towards his divine will.
— Matthew 4:4. Detailed prophecies in the Bible were written centuries ahead of time and came true exactly as predicted. The accuracy and detail of those predictions strongly suggest that they came from a superhuman source. — 2 Peter 1:21. Bible writers had scientific knowledge that was beyond the understanding of their contemporaries. For example, in ancient times many peoples believed that the earth was supported by an animal, such as an elephant, a boar, or an ox. In contrast, the Bible says that God is "suspending the earth upon nothing. " ( Job 26:7) Similarly, the Bible correctly describes the shape of the earth as a "sphere, " or "globe. " ( Isaiah 40:22, footnote; Douay Version) Many people feel that the most reasonable explanation for such advanced understanding is that Bible writers received their information from God. The Bible answers many difficult questions, the type of questions that when not satisfactorily answered can lead a person to atheism. For example: If God is loving and all-powerful, why is there suffering and evil in the world?
Whether or not someone believes in God depends upon many things. In some cases, people are brought up in religious environments that are so oppressive, they are practically brainwashed into believing. In other cases, the opposite is the case, and people are raised believing that there is no God. Eventually, everyone will come to their own conclusions regarding the existence of God, even if they do not openly share their opinion for fear of being ridiculed, shunned, or worse. It may be safe to assume that more people believe in God than not, and here are some of the reasons that may compel them to do so. #1 Big Bang? Human beings love to figure things out, and there's no question that advancements in science are impressive. However, is it not more reasonable to believe that we, and everything around us was created and didn't just "pop" into existence one day from nothing as a result of something some scientists call the "Big Bang? " Surely, believing in God is as reasonable as believing in the "Big Bang. "
There are tens of proofs for God's existence. These have been recorded for centuries and are easy to look up. However, this subject is ultimately one of personal belief, since our possession of free-will mandates that it be possible to put forth arguments (fallacious or not) against every one of the proofs. Here are a few: 1) Teleological Argument: The universe has definite design, order, and arrangement which cannot be sufficiently explained outside a theistic worldview. From the complexities of the human eye to the order and arrangement of cosmology, the voice of God is heard. God's existence is the best explanation for such design. God is the designer. 2) Anthropic Principle: The laws of the universe seem to have been set in such a way that stars, planets and life can exist. Many constants of nature appear to be finely tuned for this, and the odds against this happening by chance are astronomical. 3) Sensus divinitatus: The innate sense of the divine exists within all people. People and cultures of all time have, by nature, sensed a need to worship something greater than themselves.