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[quote][quote]Lastly, your view sounds very much like that of some famous scientists (i.e. that God created everything but then became careless about it). No, that is not what you are saying, yet there is a similarity. What you must understand is that when we say that God is behind certain phenomena of nature, we are not denying the natural processes that occur which bring about these natural phenomena. We are only saying that it is God Who does this. Had He pleased these things would never have happened. Hey, are we actually in agreement here perhaps, it almost sounds like it, come to think of it. Anyway, while we may say that God is doing a certain thing, it is beyond us to know “how” He does it. So, when God says that He is responsible for bringing rain from the sky, God knows how He does it and however He does do it, it does not negate the processes that enable rain drops to fall.

regards[/quote]

Aristotle? Plato? I've never really read any of their works on religion, but i do know that they are Deists (which is what you are referring to).  Yes, i do sound similar.  But not exactly the same (i'm by far not a deist).  I beleive that God is initially indirectly behind everything, but then at the end of the day, the real action is more related to natural circumstances rather than God directly intervening into our daily lives.  So i don't take it 100% metaphorically, just a bit more than a fellow Sunni or Shiia would.

Though i do agree with you on everything you said, the points which we are debating upon are very vague, and in order to have a real debate we'd have to get into too many details which would be useless.

We agree on the basic principles, take my word on that.  I apolagize if i'd given the impression of something else.

P.S. Your method of writing is very inspiring, i like it very much.  If you are as good of an orator as you are a writer, then i'm sure you could be a great leader very easily.

Edited by: amrbassiouny on Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:47 PM[/quote]

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