Re: Allah strikes again!
Originally Posted by
Aspirant01
Philosoraptor,
Every man and woman has a soul - and each soul has a 'paramatma' quotient and a 'jeevatma' quotient (from my own understanding).
Each man and woman is a soul that happens to have a body of man/woman based on its previous karma. Within each soul there dwells the Paramatma.
Wouldn't it be the design of the divine to have a handle at each and every soul that walks on earth which means inherently everyone has a 'god' and it is only that, as Jainarayan said, that god has a different name?
Well, frankly speaking, no. There really is no reason to assume that God would create a religion to accomodate everyone, as there are plenty of people who want nothing to do with religion, while others want religion for reasons that have nothing to do with liberation (communal acceptance, peer-pressure, to give rationalization for one's darker tendencies, etc).
Really, Aspirant, it's quite a stretch to suggest that because Paramatma dwells in each soul, therefore there must be a religion for each soul to follow and Islam is one such religion.
I am open and agree to some extent to see the viewpoint of kaliyuga but it still does not seem quite right that the divine actually would create souls that is not under its control or a soul that cannot communicate with the creator even with great efforts...
Well first of all, God does not *create* souls. That concept of creation is of Judeo-Christian origin. In reality, souls are eternal and thus without beginning - hence nityo nityANAm chetanash chetaNANAm (kaThopaniShad). Secondly, a soul's decision to remain in association with matter and nescience is the cause of its inability to communicate with God. If the soul has a sincere desire to know Him, He will know about it and make the appropriate arrangements. But if he choses to remain in ignorance, then he will get a lower birth, such as a birth in a family of people following a false, mleccha religion.
The Islamic god teaches its followers to hate jews, to attack "polytheists" and "idol-worshippers" and to subjugate them in various ways. These are not the teachings of a compassionate, all-embracing Deity, now are they?
Philosoraptor
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