Videos: Collection of Peter Van Inwagen — Science and Atheism
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The Crown Verse of the Holy Quran and the Limits of Human Knowledge
Epigraph Allah — there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and […]
Could additional dimensions defeat atheism without defeating physicalism?
Comments by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times What if God’s Providence, our freewill, our consciousness, our soul, our continued personal identity, heaven and hell belong […]
Is Freewill a Defeater for Physicalism or Atheism?
Epigraph: And if your Lord had enforced His will, surely, all who are on the earth would have believed together. Will you, then, force men to become believers? (Al Quran 10:99) And […]
Book Release: Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will
By Kevin J. Mitchell (Author) An evolutionary case for the existence of free will Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency—or free will—is […]
The Quranic Verses about Math and Is It Discovered or Invented?
Epigraph: هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَ ۚ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۚ يُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّ فِي اخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ […]
Videos: Epistemology: How Do We Know?
… Is Revelation also a Source of Knowledge? Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Modern philosophers often do not mention revelation, intuitions and eureka […]
What are abstract objects and do they make God necessary?
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Free Will or Original Sin: We Can’t have Both!
Written and Collected by Zia H Shah MD Ignatius of Antioch was one of the Pioneers of Contradictory belief system of Trinitarian Christianity. In logical terms Jesus cannot be man and God at the same time. Like a man cannot be a rock or an apple, at the same time; […]
The Problem of Free Will: Is There a Problem?
Epigraph: Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity. It shall have the reward it earns, and it shall get the punishment it incurs. Our Lord, do not punish us, if we forget or […]
Video: Limitations and Philosophy of Science
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The best proof against atheism is to imagine what they profess: What if nothing exists, no God a total blank!
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Video: Is God Necessary or Who Made God?
Epigraph اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ […]
Video: Finding God by Imagining Absolute Nothingness
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
The Primordial Covenant of the Prophets: Did it Literally Happen?
Epigraph: And [remember] when God made the covenant of the prophets: “By that which I have given you of a Book and Wisdom, should a messenger then come to you […]
The path to salvation: Insights from ‘The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam’
22nd March 2024 Iftekhar Ahmed, Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre Three stages of spiritual progression In 1896, the Promised Messiahas unveiled his seminal work, The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, at a […]
Video: Are There Things Not Material? Do Jinns or Demons Exist
Epigraph “And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do.” (Al Quran 10:36) “But they have […]
Videos: Science and Religion, Friends or Foe?
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Gathering Philosophers and Scientists Who Believe in Free Will
Epigraph: And if your Lord had enforced His will, surely, all who are on the earth would have believed together. Will you, then, force men to become believers? (Al Quran 10:99) And […]