God's existence according to Khawar Nehal and tips on how to fight like a warrior.
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Occam's razor is right.
According to wikipedia : "Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor[1]), often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae, translating to law of parsimony, law of economy or law of succinctness, is a principle that generally recommends selecting the competing hypothesis that makes the fewest new assumptions, when the hypotheses are equal in other respects.[2] For instance, they must both sufficiently explain available data in the first place."
First the observed facts
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The universe exists.
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We exist
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The Universe has an apparent structure and a design
I am calling these observed facts because if we live in some kind of simulation then all the observed facts shall not physically exist.
Now to exist, something has to be created. To create something has to be the creator.
Idea 1 : An all knowing, all capable and forgiving God exists who created the Universe.
The reason for the qualities are as follows :
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God is all knowing because he needs to know what and how to create the Universe.
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God is all capable. After all he needs to have the power to create the Universe.
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God is kind. Because an all powerful and all knowing God who knows that the created life forms have the guts to deny the creator's existence after they have been provided the freedom to do so might just as well delete the creation.
Idea 2 : God does not exist.
God fearing people agree with idea 1 because they want to keep things simple and do not want their buts kicked in hell.
Atheists exist to try to refute the idea 1 in favor of idea number 2. Here are the reasons why they do it in vain.
They argue that based on arguments for simplicity, God's existence defines a very complex existence.
Now they have to understand the Occam's razor is not a law which states that everything that is simpler is true but a suggestion that the simpler idea is usually true.
If you assume that the simpler idea is better then the God's existence idea is simpler. The reason for this is that you shall need to come up with an idea that explains the existence of the Universe without God as a creator. So far no one has come up with such an idea even.
Now suppose you add the complexity of a simulation. If we are in a simulation, then the simulation needs to be controlled by a computer which is controlled by another computer creator. Now this idea is more complex but still does not explain the creation of the computer that is driving the simulation. This idea is more complex than a single God creating the universe and dealing with the life forms in is directly. Instead of an indirect communication of having to create a computer to run a game with a set of rules like Physics, psychology, maths, chemistry and other rules.
Firstly occam's razor is a suggestion so existence of a complex God does not contradict it. The non existence of a God is an idea so beyond the human capability of though that no theory has been proposed. The simulation (matrix) type ideas end up contradicting the occam's razor by requiring another entity to create the simulation. So stating that God does not exist makes a human or a jinn look like an illiterate fool making a statement. That is all it is, a statement. A statement that an illiterate fool can make because God is kind enough to allow them to make it while they are alive.
Here are some more facts for people to think about.
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There are many life forms which are created and finished during your own lifetime.
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They are created, they live for a period of time.
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They die.
Based on these you can infer that you were created, you shall live for a certain period of time and you shall die.
Now if the die hard athiests wish to use occam's razor to deny God, they cannot because it is a suggestion for simplicity. There is nothing in the observed Universe which suggests the fact that Occam's razor is a fact.
Also there are many signs based on Maths, science, psychology, logic and many other subjects that suggest near completely that there is a God. But none prove it.
If God wanted to, he could have deprived humans the capability of free thought. However, he provided free thought to humans so they could prove to the devil that having free thought is more powerful than an Angel which does not have free thought. He also created animals which have some freedom to make decisions however they were not provided the capability of vision and ability to come up with names for ideas. The angels also have not been provided with the capability of putting names on things.
Now an explanation of Islam.
The word Islam means submission. Here are the points. Facts if you are a believer and assumptions if you do not believe.
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There is no God except the one true God
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God created everything
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God created you with a soul and provided a body
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God created shaitan the devil to test you
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Shaitan has been provided the power to whisper in your heart. Not in your mind
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Shaitan argues with God that humans can be turned into worse than animals if they have free thought. God, who knows better does thinks shaitan is too arrogant and egotistic to understand.
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God created the Universe for demonstrating his theory in practice to Shaitan
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Shaitan has been permitted and allowed to mess around in the hearts of humans
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If a human becomes a man very close to God then God protects the human from shaitan inside the Universe
Solution :
The best book I have found which explains the conflict between a good God fearing human and the shaitan is in the book self discipline in 10 days by Mr. Theodore Bryant. He explains Hyde as a person or ego to be controlled. When I read this it made me feel that Hyde was a description of the shaitan inside us and how hard it is for a human to control it. There is always a constant struggle between the shaitan and the mind to do the right thing. Usually if we let go, shaitan wins. There seems to be no way to beat such an enemy. The only way which I feel is to give up and submit (Islam) to God for help.
That way a feedback loop is created. You work for God over your own interests that he finally provides his protection from the shaitan and the conflict ends. But remember, if you relax your work then God returns you out of his protection and the conflicts with shaitan start again.
The bad people want freedom and do not wish to submit to the extreme that God wants. When they do this, they are easily controlled by shaitan and shaitan gets them to go against what God has written in the book for humans to follow. Ok so you may now be thinking this is easy. I would like to tell you from my experience. I am 40 years old and have been dealing with this enemy inside all my life. You need to learn and fight like a warrior to keep it under control. I do not know of any way to win. The only thing I have learned to do is do good enough to get God's protection and then there is some sanity and calm to be enjoyed. When you are protected, it is like being under a cool shade but you always have to keep your guard. This because if you become too relaxed and start doing what you feel like doing, then God places you back in the war zone and the next thing you know is the shaitan is whispering in your heart like the Hyde described in the self discipline book. The tough part is the rules you have to follow. They are described in the book. You cannot commit suicide because that means a straight failing and you shall end up in hell. So the whole objective is to fight all your life. Now most people shall be thinking : “what a crock to waste his life on just one concept.”
Well that is what I am talking about. That is not you, it is shaitan (like hyde) speaking inside your heart.
Here it is in points.
If you do not believe in God then you can believe anything you want and it won't matter what you do in life because you are worthless.
If you want to believe in God then you need to believe that he exists.
If so then you are created by him and you shall return.
If you return then there is a day of judgement. This is the day that shaitan shall always make sure you do not believe in so that he can make you feel that you are a believer in God. However belief without accountability is good for shaitan because he can make you a worse person by getting you to practically do bad deeds while KNOWING that there is a God. And therefore KNOWING that God is the one providing the freedom to do as you want while you are alive.
The real belief in the day of judgement is what gets serious God believers to get off their buts and break their backs in the fight against shaitans whisperings and doing good things for themselves and others during whatever life they have left. Remember today is the first day of the rest of your life so get off you butt and collect some goodie points to reduce your chances of ending up in hell. Inshallah hope we all meet in heaven. (Pray for this). Inshallah means God willing. We have to say this because saying that something shall happen because of us is like undermining God's persistent control and God does not like that. In many cases he forgives but in some cases we get into real deep trouble for thinking we can do something because of us alone without God's permission.
Ok now you can thank me for creating hell on earth for you all. I have told you a bit of what I have learned. Now to summarize for you.
Good things first :
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You can increase your chances to go to heaven by doing good. (The reason I say increase is that if you knew you have passed you shall stop the fight)
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You can ask and get God's protection during your lifetime if God accepts your request.
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What you want is similar to what God wants. It it the God given whispering power in your heart that causes you to confuse what shaitan wants as something you want.
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It is possible to control your heart and make it cleaner by using your brain. However never expect to do it alone without God's help.
Tough (not bad) things next :
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If you listen to shaitan's whispering and follow them by being lax in life you increase your chances of doing bad things and ending up in hell.
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This universe has not been made as a playground to satify the human's basic needs, wants and desires but to be a Man and fight for what God wants over what shaitan wants.
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The ego management is the toughest issue to manage.
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