Most people have the mindset that God is unknowable, sort of like this conversation:
Person A: "I believe the moon is made of cheese."
Person B: "I believe the moon is made of rock."
Person A: (shrugs shoulders).
Person A: "You have your belief, I have mine."
This is the sentiment of Surah 109.
And yet there is a lot you can know about God just with your hands in your pockets, and once you bring in religious texts you can know a lot more.
For example there are many lines of reasoning to show that God exists. Basically with the discovery of the 'Big Bang' we know the universe is not in a steady state, but rather had a beginning. Nobody has been able to explain how we got something from nothing. This makes atheism as much of a religion as believing in God, and so it is just as plausible or implausible.
Since the fact the universe appeared out of nothing, (no explanation has yet been found for it within science), it is plausible that God created the universe. Now, what about life?
No people-group has ever been found that did not have significant religious beliefs. So here we are, intelligent, self-aware, all God-seeking, and not finding.
Notice how we, have gone from knowing nothing to seeking an explanation for an apparent God-forsaken humanity situation.
What sort of religion could possibly explain how God created humans God-aware but not knowing who that God is who created them is?
Please understand this point: We know a lot about who God is from the fact that God is not openly revealed to us. If you wanted to invent a new religion, the first thing you would have to do is think of why we should worship an unseen God.
Wouldn't it be nice if there were a religion that would start out explain what is going on, for example by chapter 3?
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