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I grew up a very messed up kid. I relate to Chris Chan in a lot of ways. Looking at my pre-conversion life, you'd think I was 100% destined for prison or suicide. You'd think I was gonna become a serial killer or the next Elliot Rodger or something. Then on a day in 2021, just when I was about to lose all hope, God intervened and saved my life.
I had always struggled with existential questions. Why does this reality exist? Why are we conscious and not just biological robots? Is love real, or just a chemical reaction in the brain that compels us to breed? Is this universe just a meaningless joke of needless suffering and unfairness? What's the point of accomplishing anything if it's all gonna be gone when I die, and when the universe dies?
Well, everything you do has eternal value. If you do good deeds, you increase the odds of getting an eternity in heaven, where you can play with cute girls forever. If you learn science, it doesn't just go away when you die. You transcend to the afterlife and remember everything you did in this world.
you might say, heaven and hell are just fairy tales because we're scared of death and we want to believe evil rich people don't just get away with exploiting us with with no hell to punish them.
No, there's actually plenty of evidence that Islam is true. There's much evidence for it, and no proof against it. Some things might even be proof.
For example, the Quran has the speed of light in it. I don't feel like explaining it, just go to Dr. Google to find it.
I know a lot about science and nothing in the Quran is in opposition to recent scientific discoveries. it all agrees with modern science.
tell me, why do humans think hamsters are cute? Why are we the only animal that regularly takes care of other species?
You might say, "because animals look like babies so we're hardwired to think they're cute."
then pray tell, why do many people think hamsters are hundreds of times cuter than ACTUAL human babies? If I think a hamster is unbearably cute because it looks LIKE a human baby, why don't ACTUAL human babies make me literally die from cuteness overload?
Also, if you think a hamster looks like a human baby, i'd hate to see the babies you've been looking at. human babies don't even have fur, so why would we be hardwired to think fur is cute?
hamsters aren't even the best comparison, because they are genetically close to humans. Why do people think CHICKENS are cute, of all things? A chicken looks like an alien from outer space compared to a human baby.
The answer to why we think animals are so cute... Is because God made animals visually pleasing to us, and he made us perceive them as visually pleasing.
Your atheism will never be able to answer why we are conscious and experiencing, and not just biological robots. How can a collection of atoms become conscious on its own?
I had always struggled with existential questions. Why does this reality exist? Why are we conscious and not just biological robots? Is love real, or just a chemical reaction in the brain that compels us to breed? Is this universe just a meaningless joke of needless suffering and unfairness? What's the point of accomplishing anything if it's all gonna be gone when I die, and when the universe dies?
Well, everything you do has eternal value. If you do good deeds, you increase the odds of getting an eternity in heaven, where you can play with cute girls forever. If you learn science, it doesn't just go away when you die. You transcend to the afterlife and remember everything you did in this world.
you might say, heaven and hell are just fairy tales because we're scared of death and we want to believe evil rich people don't just get away with exploiting us with with no hell to punish them.
No, there's actually plenty of evidence that Islam is true. There's much evidence for it, and no proof against it. Some things might even be proof.
For example, the Quran has the speed of light in it. I don't feel like explaining it, just go to Dr. Google to find it.
I know a lot about science and nothing in the Quran is in opposition to recent scientific discoveries. it all agrees with modern science.
tell me, why do humans think hamsters are cute? Why are we the only animal that regularly takes care of other species?
You might say, "because animals look like babies so we're hardwired to think they're cute."
then pray tell, why do many people think hamsters are hundreds of times cuter than ACTUAL human babies? If I think a hamster is unbearably cute because it looks LIKE a human baby, why don't ACTUAL human babies make me literally die from cuteness overload?
Also, if you think a hamster looks like a human baby, i'd hate to see the babies you've been looking at. human babies don't even have fur, so why would we be hardwired to think fur is cute?
hamsters aren't even the best comparison, because they are genetically close to humans. Why do people think CHICKENS are cute, of all things? A chicken looks like an alien from outer space compared to a human baby.
The answer to why we think animals are so cute... Is because God made animals visually pleasing to us, and he made us perceive them as visually pleasing.
Your atheism will never be able to answer why we are conscious and experiencing, and not just biological robots. How can a collection of atoms become conscious on its own?
