From the practice of ‘tawaf’ — going around the Kaaba — to ‘umrah’ — the pilgrimage of which ‘tawaf’ is a part — everything has been stopped in Mecca. Pilgrimage to Muhammad’s burial site in Medina has also been halted. Quite possibly, they will stop the Hajj as well. Numerous mosques have cancelled Friday prayers. In Kuwait, new azaan can be heard asking the people to stay at home for prayers. Clerics are no longer claiming they will go to the mosques and pray before Allah to save people from the virus.
That is because the businessmen of religion know very well that Allah will not save us from the novel coronavirus. If anyone can, it’s the scientists, who are busy finding a vaccine, a cure.
The ones who should be truly surprised by such a turn of event, the ones who should have a lot of questions, are the idiots who believe in religion. The ones who flock together like sheep and follow the herd without asking where or why. Neither do they ever seek proof of god’s existence, nor do they have any faith in rational and free thought. Are they not curious today as to why their religious institutions, the ones that are supposed to help them find refuge against disease, have shut their doors? Is serving the common people not the actual purpose of these religious institutions?
Gods are saviours for many, the ones they pray to throughout the year for protection. But when humanity is in peril, it is usually the gods who flee first.
Also read: Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimage to Mecca, Medina amid coronavirus fears
From Vatican to temples, gods are fleeing
Coronavirus has been detected in the Vatican too, the holiest of all places for Catholics. Apparently, the Pope can communicate with god. But why is he not doing that now? Even he has not been able to lead us to any wonder drug revealed to him by divine intervention. Instead, the Vatican is reeling from fears of a viral outbreak and the Pope is not appearing in front of people. Numerous Christian religious festivals are held there. Holy Week, Good Friday, Easter, and all other upcoming events stand cancelled and congregations have been prohibited.
Brahmin priests in Hindu temples are moving around wearing masks. In fact, in some temples, they have put masks on the idols of gods and goddesses too. The Hindu Mahasabha has organised a cow urine party because the outfit believes gaumutra will prevent COVID-19. Some have chosen to cover, even bathe, themselves in cow dung because apparently cow dung acts as a shield against the virus. Religions and superstitions are usually complementary. The Tarapith temple is shut, there are no long queues of people seeking flowers, blessings or holy water. Tirupati temple and Shirdi Sai Baba temple have also put in restrictions. The evening puja and the aarti are being projected on a big screen at Kolkata’s Belur Math.
Isn’t that incredible? Where is god then? Do religious people not have this question?
Also read: Despite coronavirus, lakhs to gather in Ayodhya because this ‘Ram Navami is different’
What’s the point of religious places?
Governments everywhere should stop all grants and subsidies that are guaranteed to religious institutions. The popes, priests, clerics and sundry religious heads of the world are feeding off people’s hard-earned money but come to no actual use to them in times of need. Instead, they are force-feeding people untruths and unscientific facts, sexually abusing children and pronouncing misogynous judgements from time to time. What is the use of such institutions? What have all these religions done over the centuries other than causing harm? Other than perpetuating abuse of women, riots, partitions, bloodshed and pervasive hate?
Religious structures should be repurposed for the betterment of people as museums, science academies, laboratories and art schools. Nature has demonstrated again and again, science has proved again and again, that there is no god and religion is a fairytale. Although many people have managed to extricate themselves from the jaws of religion, especially in the more developed parts of the world, one can find a hyper-reliance on gods and worship wherever poverty, social inequalities, misogyny and barbarism are acutely present.
Also read: 10-year-old US firm with Harvard and MIT brains begins first COVID-19 vaccine trials
Science, for god’s sake
It’s been nearly 160 years since Charles Darwin disproved the existence of god by his theory of evolution. Humans were not made by a Creator, they evolved from apes. Long before Darwin, 16th-century figures such as Galileo and his predecessor Copernicus had shown that the biblical notions of space and cosmos were wrong. Despite this, most people in the world have continued to believe in the divine. Their invisible gods have remained invisible, no proof of their existence has been found to date, but blind faith has persisted.
And now with the coronavirus pandemic spreading from one person to another, country after country, most religious gatherings and congregations are shut. People who would otherwise run to their nearby temples, mosques, churches and other places of worship to seek protection from illnesses and diseases have nowhere to go — except hospitals and isolation centres.
So, the facts as they stand now are clear: diseases are not cured by Allah, God or Bhagwan; diseases are cured by scientists. Human beings are not saved by supernatural powers but by other human beings. Religious people are no longer waiting for benevolence from their respective gods; they are waiting for a vaccine.
Isn’t it time people cast aside their religious madness and embrace reason?
The author is a writer and commentator. Views are personal.
“COVID” is a fantasy flu. It is a man-made psychological operation, which requires a man-made solution. So of course God is not going to intervene.
Corrupt atheists like the author of this article have been invading the churches and temples for decades and taking up leadership positions to enable them to destroy the churches and temples from within. There are faithful among us who trust and believe in God but the demons as usual are trying to destroy religion and now they are stealing and shutting down our churches and trying to silence us into masking up avoiding each other and hiding at home while filthy self appointed authorities take over in every corner. Shame shame same on these devilish liars and shame on the sheep who fall for it. God is good and we serve God and trust in God. Amen. Hare Krishna Praise Jesus
Ohh….pick the term Humanity here. Can’t we all humans follow a common religion called “Humanity?” No one is superior than our Nature.
Ohh…pick the term Humanity here. Can’t we all humans follow a common religion called “Humanity?” No one is superior than our Nature.
What about those that see God as Father, not what Abraham explains to us? To have rest during movement.
O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man. Bagavad gita chapter 7.8
The scientists whom you mentioned gets their intellect and skills from God as he himself said to Arjuna.
O son of Pṛthā, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men. 7.10
This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again. Bagavad gita 9.10
These are events that are bound to happen and God knows this it is nature which is acting under him does this.
Article is well written.
But You are joking …haha…
This article will go into dust bin
Once the Lock down is relaxed.
People will run to temples and churches.
More or less 60% Scientists are practicing their religion. 40% Scientists do not believe in God and never invented anything except their empty talks and opinions.
CORONA PROVES THAT RELIGIOUS SERVICES (AS WELL AS A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS) ARE NOT REALLY NECESSARY – AND THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT.
IN THIS SENSE, CORONA IS A GOOD EVIL – ALLOWED HUMANITY TO SEE WHICH THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND WHICH ARE FLUFF.
NO GODS ANYWHERE SHOW UP IN THE CORONA CRISIS, NOR DID THEY COME TO OFFER ANY HELP.
one may kiss god’s ass as much as one wants, but at the end of the day there are no real facts to VERIFY any divine interventions except for wishful thinking- see the ABC news: did you ever hear of any miracles?
assalam alaykum brother,
Calling out those who believe in God idiots or herds who follow shepherds. Believe me brother in Islam we believe that any thing doesn’t proceed without the permission of Allah (I’m a Muslim, please this is my religion and I have my beliefs and I put my beliefs to you. It’s up to you consider me fool or a idiot but you have no right to Call me an idiot). Alhamdulliah brother the prayers (muslims) around the world had stopped to prevent the virus not to say that There is No GOd, and he will not come to help us. The fact is disasters are from Allah (my beliefs), and if he is the one who permits the disasters then why would he erase it, we have seen in the Quran, thousands of disasters have been occurred/ wrath of Allah on disbelievers and those mocked the him, but Allah is merciful and I make Dua that sooner this pandemic would end inshaallah, jazakallah khairan.
This article is mistaken in so many ways. Firstly, when you say, “Clerics are no longer claiming they will go to the mosques and pray before Allah to save people from the virus.”
Islam gives us the flexibility to pray from home, and we can pray for the safety of the muslims and non muslims. And so we utilized the opportunity.
Secondly, When a place is afflicted with plague. As per the instructions we should avoid going there or coming out of that place.
Thirdly, Prophet instructed to separate the sick from the healthy ones.
Fourthly, “…the sanctity of the believer is greater to Allah than your sanctity, in his wealth, his life, and to assume nothing of him but good.”
So we stopped some of our activities during the crisis because of Quranic instructions and not because we were scared or because god has fleed. Those statements are just an example of atheistic ignorance who are incapable of explaining whether the egg came first or the hen.
Subhan Allah well structured answer to the misguided. Allah himself does not guide the misguided and let’s them wonder the earth.. deaf dumb and blinded. A seal on their hearts Allah himself has placed thereIn. May Allah grant us all complete Shiffa from all that harms us and may he Almighty Allah reopen all our facilities of Islam to their full capacity. Aameen.
Finally someone is saying the Emporer is not wearing any clothes. God is only
in our imaginations! Been preaching this for years and the Coronavirus is a
reminder man is merely a product of evolution. God is bullshit!
What a stupid, ridiculous piece of rubbish. The first thing I noticed was how immature the writer appears to be in her insistence to refer to God in lower case. If she knew anything about the God of the Bible and the Book of Revelation in particular, she would know that what is happening around the world today with climate catastrophes, earthquakes, droughts, locust plagues, wars, fires, floods, disease…etc was foretold to St John 2000 years ago. Any true Christian should know this and find huge solace in this fact during these troubled times. We don’t need the fake, liberal Pope in Rome to speak to God because God was very clear when He spoke 2000 years ago.
There is no point arguing with her. She just decided to close her mind to what the religious organizations have achieved through various programs and activities. Beside, God does not abandon His own, most of those scientists are religious people who pray to God for divine direction and inspiration.. In due time, there will be solution. I pray that God will appear to her before departing this earth.
For the faithful all these well dressed arguments do not matter. Darwin is not against God. The entire creation works according to Gods and the Divine mother’s law. Just an appeal to the faithful don’t waste your energy arguing with the atheism. Lead a good life keep your faith and your honesty.
God does not serve the humans. Humans serve God. All religions have for centuries advised humans to not sin against GOd. They did not listen. So they have to pay the price for the consequences. Just like the one who wrote this article.
The religous house God will be closed until the reward of sin has passed. This is a warning and reminder to the unrepentent.
Commercial benefit does not overide human rights and the rights of mother nature.
Earth has its own anti-bodies to fight against this virus of the earth called “HUMANS”!!!
So God is supposed to come down and heal and dispel the virus and hand over the vaccine to the Pope, Mullahs, Pandits & Priests?
I find it strange that those don’t believe in miracles and yet you seek and expect God to deliver one through religious leaders.
Irrelevant article. I’ll make only one comment. Doesn’t she believe all the nurses, doctors and his scientist struggling with convid 19 don’t believe in God alike?
Will she use a vaccine produced by a Christian Scientist?
Irrelevant article. I’ll make only one comment. Doesn’t she believe all the nurses, doctors and his scientist struggling with convid 19 don’t believe in God alike?
Will she use a vaccine produced by a Christian Scientist?
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Relegion is targeted because no one is presenting originality in there relegion.
In the name of relegion there is loot(in all relegion).
In muslims all the rules are given in Quran and hadith .
New azan is not developed to” to pray in your home” but is indicated in hadith 1400nyears ago.
Blog writers must study complete relegion first then critisice
Sir, typically you are going into technicalities.
Please just say whether you agree or disagree.
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Dear writer to each their own. Right?
Why are the so called scientist have not yet been able to find a cure?
Because they will WHEN GOD WILLS.
The prayers of billions of people may not be offered at the holy sites, but, it’s not because God has abandoned us, but because there are bans on visiting these places in light of the events. If the ban was to be lifted, you would see that people wouldn’t fear anything in worshipping the Almighty.
Infact people had become so ignorant and self absorbed, believing anything can be cured through science and money. But, if you actually see now, many have turned back to God, even if it is in the four walls of their homes.
So yes, there will be help,. And, surely,the help will vome from My Lord.
The Bible Said that fool say there is no God so I am not surprise of the stand of the Writer.
Hard-hitting and a bold article. Not seen such an article in our mainstream media. But a caution – avoid direct references to certain religions. Adherents of these religions are generally on a short fuse. Also, our IPC still has British Raj enacted sections 295A, B and C.
Hit ’em hard, but should show no scars.
My apologies! Didn’t notice the name of the writer – TASLIMA NASREEN!! Indeed. You are fearless and bold. My comments are meant for lesser mortals like us.
No, the author is mistaken and is trying to fool the world by her words..
we do not circumambulate the kaaba (Tawaf) to do some favour to Allah, or with the aim of attaining safety from diseases. No. We serve Allah and live by His commandments as He is our Creator and we have to appear ultimately before Him. This world is a temporary abode and doesn’t matter much, the real abode is the hereafter. Any way this approach to life can’t be appreciated by everyone. And many people disregard it simply because they do not want to live a disciplined life, otherwise they know what the truth is.
Regarding the point that we have given up assembly at religious places, it is not because we don’t have trust in God. But in fact in doing so we are following the very commandments of Allah. We have been directed to stay away from the places where an epidemic has appeared or not to go out if it breaks in our area i.e. we have been commanded to observe quarantine. We have been commanded “And do not kill yourselves. Surely, God is Most Merciful to you.” (Quran 4:29).
And how do you think that we have no proof of God’s existence.
The first proof is the universe itself. Our own life, our existence. What about that. Big bang doesn’t prove its existence; it only says how it might have come into being. Stephan hawking who declared that the universe created itself because of gravitational forces; the fool failed to account far as to where the gravitational forces came into existence when nothing existed. Though he knew that gravitational waves occur only between masses and when there was no mass, he hypothetically tried to account for it. He knew the reality and hollowness of his claim but he tried to be-fool people. But any wise man – anyone who has an iota of brains can realize that it was all a hoax. Simply words, mathematical formulae to deceive people. Satan usually hypnotizes people with such thoughts, Those who can’t understand these things.
The existence of life too is a Proof of the existence of God. The consciousness of human beings, the emotional state of humans. Can these things happen by itself? Science has not been able to prove the emergence of life on earth. It has not been able to account for even for the emergence of a single celled organism, or for that matter science can’t even account for the emergence of a single protein, which is the building block of the life. A protein is so complex that science with all the modern technology can’t account for the emergence of one protein. And then joining together of these proteins to account for the formation of a single cell and then cells joining together to give rise to organs like kidneys or eyes. Eyes are so complex that Darwin himself said that if any organ is found which appears not to have emerged by evolution, My (Darwin’s) theory would fail. Evolution can’t account for the appearance of eye, because all components of the eye must be present at the same time. That is eye didn’t evolve slowly. It must be present all it once. So must be the part of the brain present which interprets the message of the eyes. So can “evolution” decide all this of its own?
And then the transmitting of this information from one generation to another through genetic material and how did that message got encoded in genetic material and how delicate is that message and how accurate and you think the arrangement for this transmission and preservation of message thought genetic material came about by itself.? Perhaps the writer is unaware about what Darwin did. He simply suggested that the animals evolved from one another. But he couldn’t prove it. Nor is science in a position to account for all the loopholes in the theory of evolution. There are so many missing links between the species. [I.e. the species which the scientists claim to have evolved from one another, but on analysis it is found that there must be some other few species in between as the transition could not take place directly. Those species in between the two claimed, are called missing links. But none of the missing link has been found so far, it is hypothetical species]. When science failed to convince its own fraternity about the emergence of life, they came up with a new idea that the proteins were formed somewhere else in the universe and then transported to earth, because the life span of earth proved to be too short for the evolution to have taken place. And recently some American Ellis Silver came up with the proposition that the humans came into existence outside earth as the earth is not suitable for them and then were transported to earth. He has written a lengthy treaty – Humans are not from Earth: a scientific evaluation of the evidence.
So what did Darwin disprove. He proved nothing. He disprove nothing. He simply provided a pretext for people to become atheists. Atheists, people without knowledge , who do not know and understand the biggest truth of this world and life: that the life was created.
Anyway,for augments’ sake if it is proved that evolution occurred, how does that disprove God. It is not known to us as to how Allah brought various species of animals (excluding humans) into existence. If at all evolution has occurred, the scientific knowledge available at present at the most point to the proposition that the evolution occurred under the guidance and interference from some external power and it didn’t happen by itself. The scientists can’t even create a Virus…in biological weapons only the mutations are carried out in the genetic material so that they become more lethal and transmittable.
Anyway, the diseases we suffer like the spreading of Carono virus in the world is because of the ingratitude shown by people to Allah.
Let us repent from atheistic thoughts.
If God/ Allah exist would have not allowed Mecca/Vatican to be closed. It’s a big shame for him and a victory to non believers. Why pray if no answer?who do you pray to? Accounting on something that is not existing . Pray and take your money to scientists. Science promise and deliver. Now Pop and everyone including you and Allah are anticipating for a cure or vaccine from scientists and not from house of worship or God.
If he really wanna win in that way, then there would not be any disbeliever, he left on once will, and everything is in his power. And many people like this author and other have come and gone, and no scientist can really discover the cure if god doesn’t will . so pls stop ridiculing yourself by being a moron
God stays in our heart. He never told to construct temples. Our body is his temple. Worship Him. He just showed world what he is. Even if you deny it wont save you. Only one way is there you can be saved. REPENT.
He is not in need of being worshiped. we worshi Him, because it is we who need to worship him.
Very well said!
Hassan. You tried hard to defend the existence of God…..more so your God…Allah. By the way, the universe is full of different faiths and various Gods. And Allah can only punish the ingratitude of Muslims …not Hindus, Christians and Buddhists. Allah cannot take the responsibility other faiths so let him not take consider him as the Big Boss of the World. The vaccine will certainly come from a hospital, not from the places of worship. It is a fact that the business of Gods has taken a severe beating. Instead of building mashids, churches and temples more number of hospitals and research units should be established.
I do not need to defend God. He is self evident and His signs are everywhere, we just need to open our eyes and the signs are up there.
Vaccine will work too when it is His wish and He allows it to work.
Let us look at the diseases and the cures? is it coincidence? that we have diseases and that we have then cures. We have viruses and then vaccines for them. No sir, it is not coincidence. It is all the Plan of God.
Mubashir hassan You made a far better article than the nonesense written by the writer above, clearly she wasn’t thinking while writing, very detailed explanations that if somebody disregards it he’s clearly just closing his eyes before the shinning light of the truth. Wanted to add that as you said the existence of evolution was never something Atheists should take for an argument, a developper can create an Artificial intelligence that evolves itself and multiplies, yet he still can come and create a second one that is far more developped, but it still creation, up to now humans haven’t been able to create a simple protein yet the propaganda behind the theory of evolution makes it sound as if it’s a given how life started on earth. There are rule in the universe and as for humanity, if humans didn’t create laws and rules they wouldn’t have popped out of nowhere, it is the same for the universe. Finally to those who complain that God doesn’t show himself or that he doesn’t make direct moves, well sorry to break it for you but you wouldn’t be a disbeliever if you saw a miracle nobody would, but that’s like leaving a class of students to take a test, if they see cameras nobody would cheat, but if they don’t see any and the teachers only tell one student that there are cameras and he should tell the others not to cheat, some will listen to him but others will cheat as if nobody is watching.
One day will come when the author of this article and all who believe it will confess to the Creator that He exists. Lastly the FOOL had said bin their heart there is NO GOD. I didn’t say it, the Holy Scriptures did.
Humans are destroying everything on planet earth and has not slowed down the destruction even with climate change, pollution, destruction of forests et cetera giving all sorts of warnings.
God has been saying to us to SLOW DOWN. And we have not. Covid-19 could well be His loving way of saying, practice.
‘My flock knows my voice. …,,And there are many flocks.’
In His time and in His plans. Stay blessed, all ye who believes.
Nicely written…
What an atheistically sanctimonious drivel!
The nerve of this woman to call those people who “flock as sheep” as idiots. Didn’t she even think for just a minute before writing this trash that these religious leaders did what they have to do to save lives not flee as she calls it? They’re following what’s imposed by the government and that’s what God wants them to do too. To give to the authorities what’s due them.
Religion is the root cause of all current conflicts in the world and for other problems such covid-19 it offers no solutions. its time we stop wasting blood, sweat, money and time on religion and divert it to development and saving the environment
Who stopped you. Hahaha
You do realise that you will die one day. Have you ever given a thought as to what you want after you die. We only live on this earth for a short instant in time. For you to think that humans have control of this planet is very pompus of you.
The PRC tried eliminating religion. They’ve been relatively successful; by replacing Religions with the CCP … which in itself is a sort of religion.
Xi Jinping is analogous to the Pope. It is likely that PRC Scientists will develop a Covid-19 Vaccine before any on else. The Chinese Scientists can test their concoctions on Uygur prisoners.
This article was trash. I’ve heard more logical arguments from a 3rd grader.
Wake up Tasleema Nasreen, do you think people have stopped praying because they’ve stopped going to the Vatican or mosques???
Only he is the protector, savior, forgiver, nourisher & sustainer. This is a test on all Mankind. No scientist can find a cure until Allah wills, remember that. So instead of cursing Allah, maybe if you also bowed down to him and ask for his mercy who knows your prayer may be accepted. It’s never ever too late to repent & ask for forgiveness my sister.
Science and spirituality can go together as long as we do not believe in quackery and superstition. God has given humans the ability to reason, to learn from experience and experiments and to evolve, thereby helping them become the most intelligent beings on this planet. Nurturing the scientific temper is one of the best ways to understand the infinite power of God.
Institutional worshiping of God through religions often promotes the need of middlemen, rituals and rules. But spirituality can be practised without conforming to any religion.
This article is not offensive. It is just sadly littered by bare and unsubstantiated allegations, statements the author expects the reader will accept on blind faith. Sadly, the author’s logic is utterly flawed. He asks if God must have known how bad humans will be and thus create problems for themselves, it does not does follow that he will never decide to create humans. The fact is that man has the power of free choice between good and evil. If there is indeed a God who so created man, he then created man free. Having so created man, He must respect that freedom, lest he reduce us to robots. In a perfect world of robots, there will be no evil and suffering. But that is also a world, where love, heroism, bravery, self-sacrifice, kindness we find in our health workers who are risking their lives for others would not be possible at all. WOULD YOU RATHER CHOOSE TO BE ROBOT IN A WORLD POPULATED BY ROBOTS?
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To all those people who thought this article is so offensive and that the author has made unnecessary inflammatory comments, please answer the following questions first systematically. I am not on any one side of the aisle yet since I just don’t know which side I should be on – only for want of answers to these questions.
1) If humans are the ones who have been creating problems for themselves, God a.k.a the creator must have known by now how bad humans are and never decide to create them again. According to religion (at least the Hindu one that I know of), God has been involved with the process of creation and destruction every 4,320,000,000 years. Poor God must have known how erratic the behavior of his creations is. Why create then? What’s the point?
2) According to the Hindu ‘Karma’ philosophy, your good and bad actions today will have an impact on your life in the future. If that is true, then, what happened to the humans in the very first life? How come (as per religion) some of them became bad and some good? I ask because those first humans did not even have a previous life! So, why did god choose some of them to be good and some bad? Just to get the creation and the human race going?? The answer that I hear most frequently from religious folks is that God has given free will to people so they can live their lives. If that is true, again, God must have known by now how bad his decision to give humans the free will has turned out to be since they all cannot just be good??
3) Let’s step back a bit and think…why should there be any existence in the first place? God could simply stop creation altogether – let nothing exist – no humans, no planets, no starts – let there be absolute vacuum. Now, please don’t tell that this is all a figment of my imagination and is my “midhya”. Maybe that is true, but, if a poisonous snake or a lion attacks me this moment, I can’t stop and wait for them to kill me thinking that it is “midhya”, isn’t it?
4) Let’s step back a little bit more and think…If God exists, who created it/him/her in the first place?? If you tell me who did that, I will ask you this question again. Who created the creator of the creator? So on and so forth..
Basically, we don’t know the answers to many such questions. At the same, I am among the first set of people who believe that Science can also NOT answer many many many things that are happening. Basically, I am just saying that there is nothing black or white here. Then, why take offense to this article and be a strong proponent of one side? The author has expressed his opinion which I think is as valid as the opinions expressed by many others in the “comments” section.
Author hasn’t grow yet, if he has enough hurdles, experiences, challenges in life then you would have changed your opinion about God. Ofcourse what you have written is true and some mature school children talk like that. You don’t know what the term ‘God’ means. It’s not what you have written, you will know it for sure. Shame for accepting this article on the print, there are so many platforms or he can create his own blog an dkeep his unmatured opinions and thoughts. First learn, that you don’t know nothing about world.
dear Taslima Nasreen
you are refreshing, pioneering, courageous, profound and simply spot on, and i cannot add on to your articulate article but just to say you have put into simple words my personal suspicion of the divine. what a splendid write SYABAS … you, are my God
see you need to research on the topic first. how can you say such things about religion? The temples, mosques, churches are not shut down. The government had taken precautionary measures to save people from deadly coronavirus. Do you even know what is science? Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Even for some questions science does not have a perfect answer. I am a science lover and I follow my religion too. Religion is beyond the understandings of science. Science is just for exploring new things
We don’t have to visit a holy place to worship .god is within us around us above us and never leaves us and know journalist or news reporter the uneducated haters or government can take that away from us . Everything god does he does for a reason and u shall find out pretty soon and God knows best .god bless and hope you start to see hear and believe
u r absolutely right God does everything for a reason
The article is absolutely un waranted,idiotic expression by a faceless writer and comments from Ayesha are in same category.
All Knowledge and Wisdom Comes Direct From God
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Aug 28, 2018 · The first verse will tell us that all the “treasures” of wisdom and knowledge are “hidden” in God the Father and Jesus Christ. Notice that God is comparing knowledge and wisdom with “treasures,” and that this treasure is hidden within Himself.
Allamal insana malam ya’lam’, (God teaches man what he does not know) a verse from the Holy Quran
Propagation of education and service to humanity will lead humanity to a better world and a better Hereafter.
The author and Ayesha both are imbacile,birdbrains, blockheads,mislead the people.
The God of the bible is not fleeing. Because he is the one that sent the Corona Dragon. China’s dragon worship has not gone unnoticed. God is not mocked.
I am very sad that so many people are away from God”s abaundance love. No matter what happened in this world and around us it is human that made dissaster and plaque happened. Religion is a path to God. Instead of realizing the fragile life we have and repent and ask for God forgiveness, humans are becoming more and more boastful and untruth to themselves that God do exist. There will be no humans existence without God ‘ creations. Please Forgive us God for we do not have the humble hearts and making God as the center of our lives. As Jesus said on the cross forgive them as they do not know what they have done. Thank you God for everything in hope and in sorrowful moments. I am always great full for every breath that I take and all the experiences of Life we have to endures to be stronger and faithful to you and your Church and I pray for all the people who are sick or have died due to the virus. Life and death is in Your hands and please forgives their sins and give them rest in peace with you Amin.
This is such an angry and callous article, sorry you feel abandoned by God. Plagues are natural and a part of life. When the Black Plague hit the world, the Middle East quarantined their sick and went on with their day. We all die one way or another, everything serves a purpose. Also who says that evolution disproves the existence of our Creator? I have no problem believing in both and that evolution is a catalyst used by God. Science and religion do not need to be separate. Science is just a method of exploring the world we’ve been given. Go eat a snickers and relax please
correct you have given the correct answer
thank you!!!!!
God never asked anyone to eat bats and other wild animals
The author of this article derides religious adherents for failing to question their doctrines and convictions and yet, most ironically, does the same with her blind faith in secular science. She displays no willingness to investigate (let alone question) the motives and so-called ‘truths’ peddled by secular scientists, and little to no understanding of those who follow a different set of beliefs.
With that said, let me start with this gem of a quote: “Neither do they ever seek proof of god’s existence, nor do they have any faith in rational and free thought. ”
There is a raft of evidence that points to a creator; more so than would justify belief in purely naturalistic origins.
The following are, in my opinion, some of the more compelling arguments in favour of a creator God:
1. Morality. That we have objective morals is evidence for God. That is not to be construed that atheists and agnostics cannot be good people, but that without an objective ‘law giver’, there is no basis in naturalism for objective morality.
2. The cosmological argument. A basic principle of science and rationality is that nothing comes into being without a cause, with the laws of thermodynamics providing powerful evidence for this.
3. The contingency argument; why there is something rather than nothing.
4. The existence and usefulness of math in science.
5. The ontological argument
6. Human consciousness and our innate need for love
7. The coded information in DNA
There are others, but as I said, these are among the most compelling. There is an abundance of evidence; it’s just a matter of whether you choose to attribute our existence and the universe that sustains us to purely naturalistic causes.
Furthermore, on the issue of “rationality” and “free thought”, on what basis does the author trust the reliability and trustworthiness of her own thoughts if she is the result of unguided evolutionary processes? If the naturalist account of origins was correct, we would be the offshoots of blind forces with no intention or capacity to produce rational creatures.
From the mouth of Darwin himself, “With me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey’s mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?”
All our thoughts and subsequent actions would be the result of our atoms obeying the laws of physics (as claimed by the likes of Hawking), shaped by prior physical states with no basis for independent thought or reasoning.
But as evolutionist J.B.S Haldane admitted, “If my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain, I have no reason to suppose my beliefs are true…and hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms.”
In the interest of keeping this to less than a novella in length I’ll address the next few quotes briefly.
“It’s been nearly 160 years since Charles Darwin disproved the existence of god by his theory of evolution.”
Firstly, Darwinism is not concerned in any way with the issue of a supernatural being. It focuses solely on (attempting to) explain the rise of ‘simple’ organisms through natural selection to the more complex phyla we see today; or molecule to man evolution. That’s it. At no point did Darwin attempt to “disprove” the existence of God.
Secondly, the ‘theory’ of evolution amounts to no more than a hypothesis. There is absolutely nothing in the way of empirical evidence to support its many grandiose claims. Natural selection eliminates, but it never creates.
In the words of evolutionist John Endler, “Natural selection is common enough in natural populations to have been detected in a wide variety of organisms…However, natural selection does not explain the origin of new variants, only the process of changes in their frequency.”
Mutations never give rise to function-gaining information. Not once has there been an observed instance. As Dawkins once said, “Evolution has been observed, it just hasn’t been observed while it’s happening.”
Evolution, like creationism, is historical science – in that neither can be subjected to the scientific method. Unlike operational science, which is governed by the scientific method, historical science concerns once-off events that no human has ever witnessed and which cannot be replicated.
“Long before Darwin, 16th century figures such as Galileo and his predecessor Copernicus had shown that the biblical notions of space and cosmos were wrong.”
About the only thing the author bothered to research here was the dates for which Galileo and Copernicus lived. Had she delved deeper in her research (as in, do any research at all), she’d have realised just how woefully wrong this claim is. It should also be noted that nowhere does she give examples; merely throwing names and dates about as though that constitutes an argument.
Firstly, nowhere in the Bible was the geocentric model mentioned. In fact, the Bible mentioned the likes of a spherical earth (Isaiah 40:22) long before the Greeks made such a discovery.
Galileo and Copernicus were not in opposition to the scriptures; rather, they bravely confronted the Papacy and its adherence to the geocentric teachings of Aristotle and Ptolemy. Ironically, the Church leaders clung to the ‘majority opinion’ concerning the universe and rejected the ‘minority views’ of Copernicus and Galileo.
It was the belief in an omnipotent and omniscient law-giver that led men like Copernicus, Galileo, Newton (regarded as the greatest scientist of all time and a creationist) etc to discover the laws that bind and govern this universe.
In the words of Copernicus, “To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power, to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful working of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more gratifying than knowledge.”
And finally, I will end with possibly the most uninformed quote this article has to offer (and that’s saying something): “Although many people have managed to extricate themselves from the jaws of religion, especially in the more developed parts of the world, one can find a hyper-reliance on gods and worship where poverty, social inequalities, misogyny and barbarism are acutely present.”
No belief system has triggered more death and suffering than that of atheism and its evolutionary teachings.
Nowhere is this better evidenced than the murderous regimes of Hitler and Stalin, both avowed evolutionists. Eugenics was touted as means to ensure that only the ‘fit’ among us reproduced.
As M Haller noted, books on eugenics were written by scientists arguing that the most humane method of preventing reproduction of the unworthy was a ‘gentle, painless death’. It was in Hitler’s Germany that the leaders of the eugenics movement used evolution to justify countless atrocities. Moreover, many evolutionists, including Darwin, taught that women were biologically and intellectually inferior to men – something the Bible directly refutes.
In atheism, our intrinsic worth amounts to little more than fertiliser. Human life has no particular meaning or purpose, and there is no basis for ethics, love and rational thought. Atheism provides no foundation for a just, caring and secure society.
If even a modicum of time was spent researching both the claims made by leading figures in the secular world, and the arguments against by the likes of apologists, the author might actually come to realise how deeply mired in ignorance her worldviews are. But, ironically, she has demonstrated herself to be a devout and dogmatic adherent to the religion of naturalism.
Stunning reply. This author hasn’t done any research at all.
The reason why people stopped going to church, temples, mosques isn’t because of a lack of faith but because government authorities have shut them down. Before the curfew, every religious organization was open in India. The religious places of worship are merely following government orders.
This writer clearly hasn’t studied Islam. Plagues is a sign and warning from God as Judgment Day is not far away. The leaders of Mecca have halted the pilgrims due to health reasons.
SO EVERYONE we can’t go on abusing him it’s his fundamental rights it’s ok
But man u can’t go on hurting people s religious sentiments.We trust in God to help and guide us and be with us like a family member or a friend and humanity knows that it’s God who will at last through the works of scientists will save us
RADHE RADHE
the simplest way to understand math’s is religion…subtract,add n divide the people in the name of religion. the writer has correctly portrays the ugly part of religion. I never believe in religion..although some time’s I take part in a religious ceremony since I being a human has to live with the community. For some I may v branded as an atheist since I never believe in religion which is a human creation not the creation of god..I mean let’s not pollutes god with the unholy religion.
Hello Taslima,
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. An encounter with the Almighty could happen sooner than later for you. That would change your outlook. For a start, try learning to pray from some one knows and loves to do so.
Regards and all the best.
It’s ok to hear another view from an atheist who is articulate and intelligent on her questioning God’s Providence and Existence. She’s just devoid of wisdom and Understanding.
To understand God is a gift from the Holy Spirit, without which your scientific existence is just limited to what you believe you achieved and will never find answer or will ever feel the full dignity of existence.
I practice my religion by asking not for material things as it’s all given already before I even open my eyes to this beautiful world, but asking for guidance and wisdom of choices in my personal mission and journey in this world. Science , is just one part of the entire process that gives meaning to ones existence, but not the fullness of it, for when you dig further you fell further from the truth you’re seeking, and feel mediocre and incomplete.
With all material blessings given, we ask for guidance how best we can use them and enjoy them for our meaningful Existence and journey in this world.
Im sure this writer doesn’t believe in soul and she sees a void life made up of cells and DNA and elements and series of unending theories that science find it hard our will never be able to answer. How science can explain her thoughts from what she feels and what she sees and how this works in tandem with the life before her, for sure it is still a question she finds an answer.
Would be interesting if she can write another article explaining the deeper meaning of her human existence and purpose in a scientific way and maybe she can find an answer which for sure she’s still chasing endlessly.
Glad to see somebody finally willing to state the obvious!