Re: Does God needs people to defend HIM?
Dear ajazali, you are right that coexistence is impossible but that is only because we have not yet discovered the way of life that could unite us on basis of blissful, dignified and secure existence as a proper human community which ensure well being of all its members. So long as people continue living on the basis of make beliefs and try to look at things from that angle bad things will keep happening but as bad things keep happening we keep moving each other towards better and better position. This readjustment of our positions keeps us going in the right direction. It is a slow process for change but only because we are not bothered with learning and teaching sense to each other as we should. Instead we are busy trying to dominate each other by undermining each other. So we have a ten steps forward and nine steps backwards situation but if we all helped each other in educating each other then all ten of our steps could be going forward so the process for change for the better could be speeded up many folds.
Our main problem is accepting islam as a religion rather than accepting it as a deen or a way of life which can lead mankind to unity, peace, progress and prosperity. If we accept islam as a religion then we are accepting it as a system of unfounded beliefs and therefore we are bound by blind faith. If all had blind faith then who can convince anyone to anything else because blind faith means having no need for proper explanation and evidences for knowing anything at all. On the contrary if we accept islam as a deen from Allah for the well being of humanity then we have no choice but to accept it as a set of goals for humanity to accomplish according to provided guidelines. We all who have some sense know that goals and guidelines have ability to unite people whom they suit. So if a set of goals and guidelines is such that it suits humanity as a proper human community then such goals and guidelines most definitely are capable of producing the proper human community the quran talks about. The problem is, in order to adopt goals and guidelines based approach we have no choice but to leave religion/s or make beliefs and useless rituals or ways of doing things. That is something we are not willing to do due to our ignorance till we become educated enough. The question is, are we willing to educate ourselves and each other out of our ignorance about things?
regards and all the best.