I find it really interesting that he completely neglects philosophers as both the Mu'tazilah and Ash'ariyyah (especially the Ahs'ariyyah) are responding to them. The Ash'ari scholars themselves said that they would rather not engage in Kalam, but with the fasaad of philosophy, it became necessary to prove Islam and Islamic theology via rationalism. The Kalam schools didn't develop in a vacuum. They developed as a response to the pure heresy and semi-atheism of the falaasifa.
I have not come to the conclusion that there is a god because I have not seen any evidence for one. My conclusion that my great great great great great great great great great grandmother existed is based on a level of evidence and reason which makes it perfectly justifiable and logical for me to conclude that she existed. The same cannot be said for the existence of a god. I agree that creation requires a creator, but I do not believe that the universe or life was created.
I never said that chance doesn't exist in the univerese. I'm saying that evolution by natural selection is not chance. Why are you mixing up the big bang with evolution anyway? They're two completely different things. Evolution by natural selection is not chance. I suggest you educate yourself on the subject.
You're the one who obviously doesn't understand evolution by natural selection. Natural selection is the explanation for the apparent design, perfection, complexity and variation of life on earth. It is the exact opposite of chance. I suggest you educate yourself on the subject.
Why do you keep telling me to take biology? You do not need to take a course in biology to understand how evolution by natural selection works. I fully understand how evolution by natural selection works and it is not reliant on luck or chance.
Jazak Allah khair for uploading this interesting and scholarly lecture. Yasir Qadhi brings out the tensions between a desire to base one's religion on rational grounds and the danger that such an approach can actually undermine one's iman. May Allah the Exalted reward Shaykh Yasir in this world and the hereafter.
I'm not entitely sure what you're trying to say but seem to be taling about abilgenesis which is something quite different. I am specifically talking about evolution by natural selection. Natural selection is not relant on chance. It is reliant on the actions of living things.
We worship God and God alone. Jesus (as) is a but a creation. He had a beginning and he will have an end. He needed food, water, air and he did activities all other humans do like using the bathroom, etc. God is above and beyond such needs. He is Lord of the heavens and the earth and He does not need to beget a son to forgive humanity. He says be and it is.
I am well aware that natural selection is not the only mechanism for the complexity and diversity that we see in life. I never said it was the only mechanism. I said that natural selection is the exact opposite of chance, which is true.
It is now clear to me that you obviously have a huge misunderstanding of evolution by natural selection. It's not chance. To be clear explain to me what you think natural selection is and how it works.
Your comment was put across poorly which is why I had trouble understanding it. I do not want to argure about language. I simply want to understand what you're trying to put across.
The strongest will? What on earth are you talking about? By the sound of it you don't seem to understand what evoltion by natural selction is or how it works. It's not chance.
I agree Ahmed. God cannot be proved nor disproved. We cannot say for sure whether a god exists or not. The point is that due to the fact that there is no sufficient evidence for the existence of a god it is illogical to believe that one exists.
There are a variety of selection pressures on humans which would have come into play. Being killed by predators would have undoubtedly been one of them when we were hunter gatherers living on the african plains.
@blkmun86 That's strange... because when any human being on the face of the Earth today opens up a copy of the CHRISTIAN Bible... [♦ not an Arabian book ♦] - the Bible... "The Book of Genesis" !!! And go to The Very Beginning [Genesis 1:1], and read the first line - "In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth" -
umm i took bio as my lab in first year at high school. When my teacher started explaining evolution, LOL i realized its nothing but crap. Sounded like POKEMON more than it sounded like science...
If you're referring to a pressure such as climate then yes I agree that would be a random pressure. Another example could be the asteroid that supposedly killed of the dinosaurs. That is a completely random event. I am specifically talking about the predator/prey battle and the many other extraordinary ways that living things are reliant on one another.
Evolution isn't science. Its fairy tales. I've been to school and I've studied evolution and couldn't help but burst into laughter every few seconds. I love science and plan to make a career in it, but wait....IN USEFUL science like Physics. Haters gonna hate.
@ManifestationOfTruth Wsalam. Exactly as you said. But that part i couldn't make sense of is called "speciation" The notion that one animal "speciated" into another. Other than that most evolutionary theories are actually very close to what Islam says as the origin of life.
Precisely! As you've just said. It's "will", not chance. Animals feed on other animals and the animals which are best suited to their surroundings are more likely to survive and pass on their genes.
Have you ever read Abu Hasan Al Ashari book? A layman who's never read any book wants to debunk a scholar. The internet has really caused lots of disrespect
Very superb & profound lecture indeed -- may Allah reward Shaykh Yasir Qadhi for his great efforts and educating the Ummah on such critical subjects - Aameen
The later version of the kalam cosmological argument says: 1) Everything that begins to exist has a cause for it's existence 2) The universe began to exist 3) Therefore the universe has a cause for it's existence 4) This cause has to be an uncaused cause do to the absurdity of the infinite regress of causes.
How is it superficial? Can you refute some of his points? His main point was the kalam cosmological argument, which as far as I know, all Asharis believe in.
If you want to learn about Ashari/Maturidi 'aqeedah, go sit down the scholars of these schools and learn from them. No wahhabis will ever give you the truth including YQ since they didn't sit down with Ashari/Maturidi scholars and take knowledge from them. They only know spread the fasad of the deviant beliefs of Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhhab. Ashari/Maturidi are the majority for over a thousand year and Allah will not let majority go astray!
A Guide to Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief (Arabic: الإرشاد إلى قواطع الأدلة في أصول الاعتقاد, romanized: Al-Irshad 'ila Qawati' al-Adilla fi Usul al-I'tiqad), commonly known simply as Al-Irshad ("The Guide"), is a major classic of Islamic theology. Its author, Al-Juwayni,
