Interfaith Dialogue - Islam and Christianity

[The_Old_Man]

Re: Interfaith Dialogue - Islam and Christianity

@SlaveofAllaah

First I confirm with armughal and I mentioned do not take it as Figurative here, you have mentioned God moulded Adam with mud. But my refutation is since God is omnipresent is God even present in mud too and other dirty elements of earth. That consists excreted stuff too.

That brings up the question whether anything can exist without God. I understand that one does not want to equate God with filth and human perceived unclean items but, wasn’t everything made by God, even the filth and unclean? Surely nothing can make God unclean or unholy?

I’m just philosophying here…trying to understand why Islam doesn’t agree with the Jewish/Christian thought on God Almighty.

Back to Omnipresence, the difference between Jewish/Christian theology and Islam: How can God “know” what is happening all over the universe if He is not omnipresent? Does He need to rely on a host of messengers to transmit images and other data to Him? Is there then a time lag? If not Omnipresent, then no Omniscient. It’s either both or none - logically.

@armughal

Allah is indeed present everywhere, but not in a physical manner…

I am sorry but initially did not respond to your post. Can you elaborate how God can be present but not in a physical manner? Just a simple example, please.

In Christianity we understand that God’s Holy Spirit is everywhere and that is what is referred to as God’s Presence. A Christian will therefor read the quoted verse from the Qur’an and understand the Presence referred to as the Holy Spirit.