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Most Atheist arguments challenge the compatibility of an all-loving God with the perceived injustices of life.\u00a0 The religious identify such challenges as reflecting an arrogance of intellect — being the assumption that we as mankind, an element of creation ourselves, know better than God how His creation should be ordered — coupled with the failure to appreciate a larger design.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The fact that many of mankind fail to make sense of certain aspects of this life should not dissuade from belief in God.\u00a0 The duty of man is not to question or deny the attributes or presence of God, and not to incline to arrogance through professing to be able to do a better job, but rather to accept human station in this life and do the best that can be done with what we\u2019ve been given.\u00a0 By analogy, the fact that a person does not like the way the boss does things at work, and fails to understand the decisions he makes, does not negate his existence.\u00a0 Rather, each person\u2019s duty is to fulfill a job description in order to be paid and promoted.\u00a0 Similarly, failure to grasp or approve of the way God orders creation does not negate His existence.\u00a0 Rather, humankind should recognize with humility that, unlike the workplace boss, who may<\/em> be wrong, God by definition is of absolute perfection, always<\/em> right and never<\/em> wrong.\u00a0 Humankind should bow down to Him in willing submission and in recognition that failure to understand His design on our part does not reflect error on His part.\u00a0 Rather, He is The Lord and Master of Creation and we are not, He knows all and we do not, He orders all affairs according to His perfect attributes, and we simply remain His subjects, along for the ride of our lives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The confused and sensitive souls who encounter difficulty reconciling God\u2019s existence with a harsh and often painful life deserve sympathy and explanation.\u00a0 If a person accepts the fact that God knows what He is doing and we don\u2019t, he or she should rest comfortable with the understanding that deep down things may not be what they at first seem.\u00a0 Perhaps the wretched amongst humankind deserve their lot in life for reasons unforeseen, and perhaps they suffer only a short worldly existence to receive an eternal reward in the next life.\u00a0 Lest a person forget, God granted the favorites of His creation (i.e. the prophets) the greatest worldly gift of certainty, guidance and revelation; however, they suffered greatly in worldly terms.\u00a0 In fact, the trials and tribulations of most people pale in comparison to those of the prophets.\u00a0 So although many people do suffer terribly, the message of hope is that the archetypes of God\u2019s favorites, namely the prophets, were deprived of the pleasures of this world in exchange for the rewards of the hereafter.\u00a0 A person might well expect a comparable reward for those who endure the trials and hardships of this life, while remaining steadfast upon true belief.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Similarly, a person cannot be faulted for expecting the disbelieving tyrants and oppressors to have all the enjoyments of this world, but none of the hereafter.\u00a0 Some of the known inmates of Hell spring to mind.\u00a0 Pharaoh, for example, lived a life of posh magnificence to the point that he proclaimed himself to be the supreme god.\u00a0 Most likely opinions changed when he broke wind.\u00a0 In any case, a person can reasonably expect him to be somewhat dissatisfied with his toasty abode of the moment, and the memories of his plush carpets, fine foods and scented handmaidens to have lost their charm of consolation given the heat of the moment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Most people have had the experience of ending a great<\/em> day in a bad<\/em> mood due to some sour event at the conclusion of events.\u00a0 Nobody values a fine meal that ends in divorce, a romantic interlude rewarded with AIDS, or a night of revelry capped off by a brutal mugging or crippling car crash.\u00a0 How good could it have been?\u00a0 Similarly, there is no joy in this life, no matter how great the ecstasy or how long the duration, which is not instantly erased from memory by a 100% full body burn.\u00a0 One side of one hand represents 1% of the total body surface area of a human being, making a kitchen burn of a fraction of a fingertip count for less than a thousandth of the total body surface area.\u00a0 Nonetheless, who doesn\u2019t forget absolutely every little, every big, everything<\/em><\/strong> during that moment of painful thermal affliction?\u00a0 The agony of a whole-body burn, especially if there is no relief — no jumping back, no pulling away — is beyond the capacity of human imagination.\u00a0 The few who have survived such burns agree.\u00a0 Not only does the torture of a total burn exceed the boundaries of human imagination, but the agony of the experience surpasses the limits of language.\u00a0 The horror can neither be adequately conveyed by the unfortunate of experience, nor fully understood by those blessed to have escaped initiation.\u00a0 Certainly one looooooong, eternal, full-body bath in fire can be expected to erase any pleasant memories of the past, consistent with the conclusion that<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c\u2026the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment.\u201d<\/span><\/strong> (Quran 13:26)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n With regard to the subject of the present appendix[1], two elements of guiding consciousness deserve consideration, the first being that deep down all people have an innate knowledge of the presence of the Creator.\u00a0 Humankind may intellectualize this awareness away in search of the conveniences and pleasures of this world, but deep down, all mankind know the truth.\u00a0 What is more, God knows<\/em> that we know, and He alone can calculate the level of individual rebellion and\/or submission to Him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The second element of dawning spiritual awareness is simply to understand that there is seldom a free lunch.\u00a0 Rarely does anybody get something for nothing.\u00a0 Should a man work for a boss whom he does not understand or with whom he does not agree, in the end he still has to do his job in order to get paid.\u00a0 Nobody goes to work (for long, anyway) and does nothing more than saying, \u201cI\u2019m at work,\u201d expecting a paycheck to follow based on nothing more than unproductive attendance.\u00a0 Similarly, humankind must satisfy a duty of servitude and worship to God if hoping to receive His reward.\u00a0 After all, that is not only the purpose of life, it is our job description.\u00a0 For that matter, Muslims claim that such is the job description for both men and Jinn (plural for \u2018spirits;\u2019 singular \u2018Jinn\u2019ee,\u2019 from which the Western word \u2018genie\u2019 is derived), for God conveys in the Holy Quran:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd I have not created Jinns and men, except that they should serve (worship) Me.\u201d <\/span><\/strong>(Quran 51:56)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Many people question the purpose of life, but the position of the faithful of many religions is exactly that stated above \u2013 mankind exists for no other reason than to serve and worship God.\u00a0 The proposal is that each and every element of creation exists to either support or test mankind in the fulfillment of that duty.\u00a0 Unlike worldly employment, a person can duck his or her responsibilities to God and be granted a grace period.\u00a0 However, at the end of this probationary period called life, accounts become due and payable, and such is certainly not the best time to find one\u2019s account \u2018in the red.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Francis Bacon provided a wonderful closure to the topic of this appendix, stating, \u201cThey that deny a God destroy man\u2019s nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.\u201d[2] Should a person believe that after a few million years something worthy of the barbecue will emerge from the froth of Stanley Miller and Harold Urey\u2019s primordial bouillabaisse, humankind still has to account for that which we all feel within us\u2014the soul or spirit.\u00a0 Each and every element of mankind has one, and here is the metaphysical keystone which separates man from animal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Again, those who doubt that which cannot be directly experienced may find excuse for denial of the soul, but they will most likely find themselves to have scant company.\u00a0 Furthermore, the discussion then moves into one of the nature of truth, knowledge, and proof, which logically springboards into the next section, on agnosticism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Footnotes:<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n [1] This article is originally an appendix to the book \u201cThe First and Final Commandment\u201d by the same author.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [2] Bacon, Francis.\u00a0 Atheism<\/em>.\u00a0 p. 16.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ref. www.islamreligion.com \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Most Atheist arguments challenge the compatibility of an all-loving God with the perceived injustices of life.\u00a0 The religious identify such challenges as reflecting an arrogance of intellect… 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