sense. Okay, let's look at another
category. The other category is the
category of the man god. There are many
religions throughout history who have
believed that some human being is
actually
God. Now the example the Quran uses is
the example of Christianity.
There are Christians who claim that
Jesus is
Allah, that he is not just a son of
Allah, but he is
Allah. He is one and part and the same
as God. And the Quran appeals to such
beautiful common sensical things. The
Quran says, "Didn't Jesus and his
mother because some people also worship
Mary?" And there were some Christians
who used to believe also Mary was God.
Even Catholics say that Mary is the
mother of God. The mother of God. God
had a
mommy. And so God, mama, mama,
right? Changing God's nappy.
Yeah. Cleaning God's bum when he's done
a poo. This is what that mother of
God. Huh? Feeding God.
What is
this to say that some human being is
equal with
God? Didn't he walk on the earth and
breathe air and eat food and they went
to the marketplace? You know, they
needed to buy things. They went to the
marketplace. See how Allah makes things
clear. See how people are deluded away
from the
truth. What is this? Allah asks us in
the Quran, if God wanted to destroy
Jesus and Mary and everything in the
whole earth, who could stop him? Of
course, no one. That means that Allah
has power over Jesus and Mary. If God
has power over them and they are under
the authority of God, they can't be the
same as God. They can't be. And what
does that mean anyway? to say that
something is man and God at the same
time. It's an impossibility to say that
something by definition God is infinite,
self-sufficient, and eternal. Human
beings by definition are temporary,
mortal, and needy. How can something be
eternal and temporary both at the same
time? How can something be
self-sufficient and needy both at the
same time? How can something be eternal
and finite both at the same
time? It's an it's not a paradox. A
paradox means something that seems
impossible, but it's not. No, it is an
impossibility by definition.
Now there are things that Christians
say. God can do
anything. Well, I mean this raises a
whole load of
questions. God can do anything. I always
say, well, do you believe God can do
something evil? Either they will say,
"No, God can't do something evil." Or
they will say, "Well, he can if he
wanted to, but he would never do
something
evil." I say, "Why not?" They say
because God is good. God only does good
things. I say exactly. It is the nature
of God. The nature of God is that God is
good and a good God does not do evil
things. It is also the nature of God
that God is eternal. So an eternal God
doesn't become temporary. It's the
nature of God that he is
self-sufficient, free of any wants and
needs. So God does not become
needy because that contradicts the
nature of
God. It's that
simple. Doesn't that make sense? Isn't
that just common
sense? Now you know the whole idea that
God becomes a man. Okay. You see the
problem is this. If you have a piece of
string Yeah. And the piece of string is
in the shape of a
square. Yeah. Let's say the square
represents the the the attributes of
God. All right. I'm not saying that God
is like a square. I'm just saying it
represents. So the square we replace
infinite,
eternal,
self-sufficient, and we just instead of
all of those words, we just have a
square. Yeah. And the circle
represents the qualities of a human
being. Needy, temporary, finite, mortal.
You know, we're born, we die, we forget,
we need to eat, we need to breathe. So
these are al and let's say all of these,
we forget those words and we just use it
as a circle. Now, just theoretically,
what we could do perhaps is we could get
the piece of string and change the shape
of the piece of string from a square to
a circle.
So perhaps you could make the square
into a circle and you could make the
circle into a square, but what you can't
do is make the square into a circle and
it's still a square at the same time,
right? Something can't be blue and red
and still be blue. It can't. You can't
make blue red and it's still
blue. The circle can't be made a square
and still be a circle. But that's what
they're trying to say. God became a man
but was still
God. Doesn't make any sense. This is an
impossibility. And wait a minute. These
Christians are telling everybody in the
world that you're going to go to hell
forever. If you don't believe something
impossible. If you God is telling us
according to their religion, if we don't
believe something absolutely impossible,
you'll go to hell forever. So I have to
believe something impossible without any
proof. Because by definition, you can
never prove an impossibility. How can
you prove something impossible? You
can't. So I have to believe something
impossible without
proof. It's simple. I tell you
something, and this is what I always say
to every Christian. I say, "You're
telling me that on the day of judgment,
I stand in front of God and God says to
me, why didn't you believe that I became
a man? I will say, "How could I believe
that you, Allah, the eternal
self-sufficient creator of the heavens
and the earth, was a temporary mortal,
needy man? How could I believe such a
thing? You are far above that. If God
then puts me in hell forever, I will
never feel for one moment of eternity
that God has treated me fairly or
justly." But if a Christian is asked by
God, how did you could you say that I
was equal? that this human being was me.
This human being that ate my food. This
human being that breathed my air. This
human that depended upon me for my
entire for his entire existence. You're
saying that this human being was equal
to me. If that person goes to hell
forever, they will know that they
deserve to be
there. They will know it. That's
justice. That is justice. There's one
other thing I want us to think about and
I like to give this as an example.
Right? Modern science has made us
appreciate something really remarkable.
And that remarkable thing is exactly how
minute we are.
Actually 1,400 years ago, the prophet
Muhammad, okay, was also in reflection
of the words of the Quran reminding us
of our humble origins. The Quran reminds
us that you came from a sperm drop, a
despised fluid. The Quran reminds us of
our base origins. The Prophet Muhammad
even mentioned that the universe
compared to the
And Allah's his pedestal extends over
the heavens and the earth. How the
prophet Muhammad said the universe is
like a ring in the desert compared to
the kuri. A ring in the desert. Think
about that. Think about a ring in the
desert. How big is the desert and how
small is the ring?
And the ki compared to the arsh and the
arsh means the throne of god is also
like a ring in the
desert. Our universe is like a
speck like a speck.
Now we are on a earth which is a speck
in a ga solar system which is a speck on
the outer spiral of our galaxy which
itself is a speck in the universe which
is a speck before the ky which is a
speck before the ash.
Now if I said to anyone, oi
speck, even if I said it nicely, oh
beloved
speck, oh noble speck, oh good
speck, but if I call you a speck, it
doesn't matter how many nice things I
put with it. Calling a person a speck is
not a nice thing. But you know
what? We are specks. I wouldn't be lying
if I called you a speck and you wouldn't
be lying if you called me a speck. But
still, we don't like it.
How about then if we said that
God is like a
speck whose kyi extends over the heavens
and the
earth which is like a ring before his
throne. So how about God? You say that
God is like a
speck. In fact, you said God became a
speck on a speck in a speck in a speck.
That's equal with
God. That is insulting God.
Common
sense. That is common
sense. Now, some people say, "No, we
don't believe that Jesus is God. We
believe he's the son of God." But that's
not any
better. That's not any better. Saying
that God has a son is not much better.
That's still insulting God. That's still
saying that the child of God, the son of
God is what? Some insignificant
creature, some speck on the earth. And I
don't mean here to belittle Jesus.
Alisam, okay? Of course with Allah, he
is an honored slave, but that's what we
are. We are creatures of God. We are the
creation of God. We are the slaves of
God. The only difference is what sort of
person are you? Do you believe in God?
Do you insult God or do you honor God?
Do you obey God or do you disobey God?
That is the only difference between the
human beings. Not your cast, not your
color, not whether you're middle class,
upper class, lower
class. Okay? None of those things matter
to Allah at all. What matters is are you
faithful? Do you honor God? Do you
praise God? Do you obey God? That's it.
If you do that, God loves you. If you
don't, he doesn't. It's that simple.
It's that
simple. So, you're either one or the
other. All the other things are
artificial and of no concern to
God. So, this is what is
important. So, we are all creatures of
God. But what does it mean son of God?
Think about
that. I mean I remember there was a
Anglican priest who came to the same
conclusion. He was saying what on earth
is this supposed to mean son of God? He
he thought about it himself and he
realized that what is that supposed to
mean? You see when we use the term son
what do we mean by that? My son right?
So first meaning is the literal meaning
begotten son. The word begotten means
born of the act of sexual
intercourse. Are we saying that God had
sex with a woman and had
sons? Allah does not God does not have
sons and daughters. God does not have
intimate relations with and and this is
why the Quran asks if God had a son who
is God's wife cuz presumably God would
not make fornication and adultery
illegal for us and then practice it
himself does God. But of course the even
the concept of God having intercourse is
absurd. So obviously God did not have a
literal son. God did not have begget a
son. All right? Cuz my son is human like
me. By the way, if you have any doubts,
you can study early Christian theology.
Some early Christians, one of the
evidences they actually bought to claim
that Jesus was God is exactly this
argument. They said, "My son is human
like me. Therefore, God's son must be
divine like God. That's exactly the
argument they bought.
Meaning they actually had this idea that
God must have literally begotten
literally begotten a
son which is ascribing a calamity.