Originally Posted by
thebesttrees
This is a very good question. I am not here to convince you as you should not also ask me to prove to you the existence of the sun as its existence is self-evident unless one chooses to stay in the cave all his life and never venture out to see the sun.
In order to answer you properly though, may I ask you a questions please?
Do you believe that human beings are not merely physical beings? In other words, do you believe that we are more than flesh and bones? That we possess a soul. Your father who is a Muslim certainly believes so as Islam teaches the existence of a soul, and your mother who is a Christian (I do not know what denomination) most possibly believes the same also.
I am happy to see that you believe that human beings have unique souls (some people call it the spirit of man). Now let us look at some of the powers of the soul of man:
1. For instance, FREE WILL is possessed only by humans. As an example, you can decide to eat what you want. By contrast all other creatures are subject to the law of instinct. This power of FREE WILL has to do with the soul of man and not his brain as a lion or an elephant have brains also but do not possess FREE WILL. FREE WILL does not exist in nature either, as there was a time when man was not here on earth and therefore we cannot possibly get free will from nature. It is like you ask me to give you a car although I do not have a car. I can only give you what I have. Nature can only give us what it has. So the soul and its powers have to have another source.
2. Man can design and create and as a consequence subdue nature. We are the masters of nature. For instance, nature has not given us wings but we can fly. Nature does not have any memory yet we can record pictures and this way preserve our memory. How can nature be superior to us when we dominate nature?
There are many many other powers in man that do not come from nature. These powers do not emanate from a physical world.
Do you see my points? Please share any thoughts or questions.