The Great Jihad ?

"Why the entire world should witness it at that particular time? Was there a Hubble Telescope or a space center, zooming on the moon all the time? Or you think ALL people on the earth had to be staring at moon at the very same moment? However, Islam left an evidence for the entire world forever: Quran."

Hmmmmmmmmm. I did not say all people. But perhaps the hemisphere in semi or complete darkness. But you are correct. Unless people were actually looking - they'd have missed seeing the event. It still does not explain why we are still here, if the moon actually split.

"......unless only a few among them for intellectual people to understand something?"  What are 'intellectual' people meant to understand and why only 'intellectual' people ?

How do you know God prevents millions of tsunamis and earthquakes ? If God prevents that many - then God should prevent them all. It's unfair and inconsistent.   And why not the 'intellectual' people wiped out by the 'few'. Nearly always the poor and starving in the world who are most often afflicted with these disasters. Some would have claimed that 'God' punished certain people, mostly Muslims/Hindus with the tsunami, for not believing in Christ. Does Islam believe similarly. If there is a tsumami or hurricane or earthquake that hits a certain population - it's 'God's punishmnent' for whatever.

"Although for everybody specific convincing evidences exist, but as I said before, today the entire world can witness Quran, a book with proved accuracy. In twenty first century (when human being is proud of science and intellect) it is the most consistent miracle, isn�t it? "

This is the belief of Muslims. The truth of it I don't know.

".......Quran, a book with proved accuracy."   Can you clarify this ? So I can look at that for myself.

"The prophet of Islam was illiterate. Thus, he did not read any book (including NT or OT) nor did anybody train him."

What about oral tradition ? Hearing. Muhammad was a man deeply troubled by the society of his time, and his ponderings/musings about God's role in everything. Why he goes to the cave to contemplate - seeking answers. (That's the impression I have to date Myaha, though may be wrong. Am still learning.)  I am sure he asked questions of others long before he decided to head to the hills. He may have been illiterate, but he wasn't st**id, and I doubt very much if he were completely ignorant of what others believed or did not believe at that time. He would not have decided, wished to get rid of idols etc if he were not sure what these things meant - and that they were, for him, contradictory to a belief in one Creator.

 

Regarding signs etc. Jesus did say that it was an 'adulterous generation' that looked for 'signs and wonders'.

God bless

 

 

Gulliver wrote: Hmmmmmmmmm. I did not say all people. But perhaps the hemisphere in semi or complete darkness. But you are correct. Unless people were actually looking - they'd have missed seeing the event.

Is it reasonable that out of the millions of people in the world, NONE of them happened to glance up at the moon?  Remember, these were pre-modern societies, before electric lighting or indoor plumbing or urban sprawl.  The moon was an important aspect of their lives -- their only source of outdoor light at night, their calendar, not to mention an object of beauty and wonder and sometimes even worship.  Nobody got up that night to walk to the biffy, and noticed that he was casting two shadows instead of one?  And having noticed, you don't think he would wake up the family, run to the neighbours, summon the wise men of the community to witness and interpret, or at least to document, this amazing event?

If there is a miracle here, it is that nobody outside of Muhammad's little band of followers seems to have observed it.

Edited by Ron Webb - 24 October 2008 at 7:55pm

Everyone,

Gulliver wrote: What's a 'biffy' ?  lol  :-)