Robots of Flesh
May the peace of Allah be upon you!
In Islam, one of the innate
elements instilled by the Creator
in humans, is the feeling of free will
in the actions within his choice
This free will is Divine Justice
because each human bears
the consequences of his choices
then Allah rewards him for good
deeds and punishes him for the bad
Atheism tells us that
there is no creator, no innate nature
and no soul. Rather, we are
pure matter; a group of atoms
Atheists were asked,
"How then do you explain the fact
that the human finds in himself
the freedom to choose his actions?
He can choose to buy or not,
speak or not, write or not?
While atoms
from which the human is made
have no awareness or choice;
they simply follow
known biochemical laws
So, if we are governed by
the material nature of these atoms
and our actions are simply the result
of genes and nerve impulses
produced by chance;
then we are nothing more than
robots programmed to do specific tasks
Have you ever seen a robot choosing
to do a task it was not programmed for?!
Thus, we are —according to your
materialism— robots of flesh
just like the metal robots!
So, how do you explain
free will, given all of this?"
Such questions elicit confused
and muddled answers from atheists
as in this meeting
with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
when Dawkins admits that this question
scares him, and that his rational
and materialist convictions about
the non-existence of a free will clash
with his strong personal impression
of its existence!
As usual, atheists evade such dilemmas
by denying obvious facts and
contradicting intuitive mental axioms
Hence, many of them denied
the existence of free will
just as they denied
necessary truths,
moral values, religiosity
and sense of purpose for life
Dawkins, in his book,
"River out of Eden", says,
“DNA neither cares nor knows.
DNA just is. And we dance to its music.”
In other words,
we are robots controlled by genes!
And the atheist neuroscientist
Sam Harris,
at the start of his book,
"Free Will", says,
"Free will is an illusion."
He also describes the human being
as a "biochemical puppet"
A biochemical puppet!
This idea is also depicted in
the cover page image of his book
Yet, on the same cover, he prides
himself on authoring the best-seller,
"The End of Faith"
This is the 'great' achievement
of the 'enlightened' atheists:
Convincing their followers that there is
no god and that they are mere puppets!
Furthermore, Ecology and Evolution
Genetics Professor, Jerry Coyne,
writes an article titled,
"You Don't Have Free Will!"
This view is harmonious
with atheism and materialism:
That there must be no free will!
However...
Did atheists escape this dilemma
by simply denying it?
Or did they fall into an ocean
of contradictions and endless questions?
If the human truly has no choice;
what is the justification
for punishing him if he commits a crime,
kills, robs, rapes, tortures
and commits every atrocity?
Why punish him when he is a victim
of genes which steer him against his will?
Also, if a generous, altruistic
and self-sacrificing person
is compelled to be thus;
why praise him?
Is it not strange that Sam Harris,
—who describes people as
biochemical puppets—
is the very same person
who suggested throwing a nuclear bomb
on Muslims to get rid of their evil?!
Isn't it also strange how atheists are
so keen to abolish what they call
the 'delusion of God' from existence;
yet show a lack of zeal
in abolishing the other 'delusion':
—in their view—
the delusion of human free will?
Even though this 'delusion'
punishes poor criminals who are
genetically forced to be criminals!
Moreover, If there is no free will and
a believer is compelled to believe while
an atheist is compelled to atheism;
why do atheists zealously
invite others to atheism;
if humans have no free will
to change their belief system?
Isn't it funny how atheists write
books to convince us
that there is no free will
when this means that their writings
are not rational intentional acts
but simply letters
placed randomly
by biochemical reactions
Moreover, it goes without saying
that such reactions have no urge
to seek the truth
let alone find it!
What's the value of learning
if a person lacks free will
through which he filters
true knowledge from falsehood?
If he is driven involuntarily
to specific results,
regardless of whether
they are true or not?
Is it not a fact that the root of
the word 'mind' in the Arabic language
is derived from 'restraint'?
Our human mind restrains us
from being led around like beasts
Doesn't this make atheists mindless;
because —by denying free will—
they are compelled to do what they do,
without any restraint??
Isn't it hilarious that, after all this,
atheists call themselves:
"Free Thinkers"
while their denial of free will
and necessary truths
—as discussed in Episode 5—
means a human can neither be
a 'thinker' nor 'free'!
Isn't it comical that atheists talk
about human dignity
while their atheism means
a human with no mind, no morals,
no purpose and no free will;
just 'chemical scum' steered
by chance; like a puppet?
Such endless questions
slap atheists in the face
as they deny the existence
of free will and the soul
and claim that we are abstract matter
driven by genes
However, there is another
very important question:
When atheists failed to explain
immaterial innate phenomena,
(such as religiosity, moral tendency
and free will)
ignored their indication
of the existence of a Creator,
and attributed them to genes;
Did they provide any scientific evidence
for their alternative explanation?
Or was it just blind faith in something
'Unseen' without evidence?
A delusion to fill their knowledge gaps?
Are atheist scientists being 'scientific'
with such interpretations?
Or are they fooling themselves and others?
This is what we will find out
next episode, Allah willing
May the peace of Allah be upon you all