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Atheism and the existence of God

13 segments in 9 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · 0 verified · 11 checked positions · belief/atheism-and-the-existence-of-god · Feed

Most recent statement · 13 Apr 2021How can I be sure my reason is not wrong?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 13 Apr 2021

13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestHow can I be sure my reason is not wrong? Mufti Abu Layth says al-Ghazali answered his doubt by relying on God; today, he says, the very existence of a consciousness that can doubt is itself the sign of God. Question from live chatposition checkedal-Ghazalial-Munqidh min al-Dalal (Deliverance from Error)Rene Descartes machine5 min 13 s2:52:58on YouTube

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2021 · 4

13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is the pursuit of knowledge a deeper drive than sex? Yes for the conscious mind, Mufti Abu Layth says, which is driven by curiosity; and the fact that being is intelligible, as DNA shows, points to a creator. Question from live chatposition checked machine2 min 37 s2:59:31on YouTube
16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can atheism explain consciousness? Mufti Abu Layth says atheists have strong points, but their case collapses at consciousness and quantum physics; atheism only works against Newtonian, institutional religion. Question from live chatposition checkedProfessor Mir Faizal [?]Lawrence Krauss machine4 min 28 s1:42:23on YouTube
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth How do I explain to someone why believing in God matters? Mufti Abu Layth believes consciousness is the modern gateway back to God, and that following it will lead there. Question written questionposition checked machine1 min 21 s2:33:07on YouTube
5 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can a Christian really speak with God? Anyone can have a direct line to God whatever they call Him; he says the atheist one-god-further argument is a fallacy. Question from live chatposition checkedRichard Dawkins machine5 min 22 s1:52:12on YouTube

2020 · 4

11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Where does morality come from if not from God? The guest says a theist can ground moral realism in God while an atheist who relies on evolution alone cannot, and that traditionalist debaters exploit opponents who know little philosophy. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Mohammed HijabApostate Prophet [?] (YouTuber)Joe Rogan machine5 min 49 s34:45on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is morality an instinct God put in us? Mufti Abu Layth holds that the fitrah is a hardwired moral instinct of recognising harm and feeling empathy, built on by environment and a collective consciousness; the guest adds that morality can be confidently grounded in God. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)fitrahNoam Chomskymoral realism machine3 min 30 s39:47on YouTube
27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why do you believe in God and that the Quran is from God? Mufti Abu Layth says consciousness points to the transcendent divine, and that among world religions only Islam passes the test of reason for him. Question from live chatposition checked machine1 min 17 s2:51:27on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video If human reason is limited, why rely on it in religion? Reason has limits, but it is the best tool humans have for any shared dialogue, and a God who calls people through reason would not then demand belief in the irrational. Discussionposition checkedghayb (the unseen) machine7 min 02 s57:31on YouTube

2018 · 4

9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam How do Muslims know Islam is true and other religions are not? Muslims reject Hinduism and the Trinity by reason, relying on a shared human intersubjectivity that judges by practical facts; Mufti Abu Layth says the same standard of reason must therefore be applied to Islam. Lessonposition checkedone set of standards: judge Islam's claims by the same test applied to other religions machine6 min 34 s9:20on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam Why are so many Muslims and scholars opposed to using reason in religion? Opposition to reason comes from insecurity, Mufti Abu Layth says; God is not unreasonable and would not give people reason and then command what clashes with it, and Muslims have ceded reason, once called hikmah, to atheists and scientists. Lessonposition checkedhikmah (wisdom) machine5 min 04 s23:41on YouTube
9 Apr 2018The Voice of Reason in Islam How do we know the Quran is the word of God, if not by reason? Arguments that the Quran is true because it says so, is unlike other books, is eloquent or flawless, or speaks of rain and fruit are no stronger than a spiderweb, Mufti Abu Layth says; without reason one only believes Islam is true because one was told. Lessonposition checkedSherman JacksonQuran 29:41 (the weakest of homes is the spider's; verse not numbered by him) [?] machine7 min 48 s28:45on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Calling to the Quran and Sunnah, not hadith; the winged horse on national television Mufti Abu Layth calls people to the Quran and Sunnah rather than to hadith as such, since hadith must be sifted; the Dawkins and Mehdi Hasan exchange shows why religion must withstand reason. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikAbu HanifaSunnahMehdi Hasan and Richard Dawkins debate (Oxford) machine3 min 51 s25:32on YouTube