Shadee Elmasry – Standard Atheist Riddle and Its Response

			So, let's take the first one right
away, can Allah create an object
		

			that cannot stop him? This is the
same idea of kennela Create a rock
		

			that he can't lift?
		

			Can he create an object that he
can stop, etc? Like that? And
		

			these types of questions is also
similar to a question like, kind
		

			of like create a square circle, or
a rectangular triangle. All right?
		

			So what do we say about this
question? The definition of Allah
		

			subhanaw taala is he can create
all things that definition of
		

			Allah is that he can he's All
Powerful Over All Things. So what
		

			the person what this question
which is a riddle, a type of
		

			riddle that's taught in
philosophy? 101, I remember my
		

			philosophy class, I was told
you're going to be shown this
		

			question literally, it was
philosophy 101 at Rutgers
		

			University and the on the overhead
back in the day, they had overhead
		

			projectors before there were smart
boards. Literally, that was the
		

			first thing on the on the screen.
All right, can God create a rock
		

			that he can't lift? And the lady,
the teacher, the professor, she
		

			didn't even answer it, she just
had it there. And she kept it
		

			there all class long, she never
addressed it. So she The idea is
		

			to create this doubt in a person
and deconstruct belief in God,
		

			because the philosophy classes at
universities, especially the
		

			largest state run schools, they
they know that they're gonna get a
		

			lot of Christians. Now a lot of
Muslims, right, and they need to
		

			get this idea out of people's
minds right away.
		

			The so the question is asking, Can
God not be God? That's really what
		

			the question is. All right? Can
God is if his attributes is all
		

			powerful, and his attributes that
he can create all things, right.
		

			So can he create something that he
doesn't have power over? You're
		

			asking Can God effectively not be
God, and likewise, so we call this
		

			a rational impossibility.
Likewise, there is no such thing
		

			as a square circle. Okay, there's
no such thing as a triangle with
		

			four sides. So when we talk about
things, the first thing, the
		

			creation, we talk about, and the
automa, Solusi and the ultimate of
		

			RP that have all discussed this in
their books and once a Kalamoon
		

			that, when we talk about a thing,
we're talking about a rationally
		

			possible thing, all things are
divided into three categories,
		

			rationally, possible, rationally
impossible and rationally
		

			obligatory, like rationally
required, okay?
		

			So for example, what is a
rationally impossible thing is two
		

			mutually exclusive opposites
coming together? opposites are of
		

			two types mutually exclusive, and
what they call the dead which is
		

			the corollary. There are
complementary opposites. That's
		

			the term complementary opposites.
And then when the key, okay, the
		

			bid is complementary opposites,
like black and white, you can have
		

			black and white in the same
garment, right? Black and white,
		

			just because black exists doesn't
mean white doesn't have to exist,
		

			it can both exist in the same
garment right. But you cannot have
		

			pregnant and not pregnant in the
same woman, right? You cannot have
		

			existing and not existing in the
same thing. So mutually exclusive
		

			opposites, which are called Nokia.
Okay, just like saying no Alcatel
		

			will do the things that nullify,
right? So the Nikita is that which
		

			nullifies the other thing. So once
you have a hot cup of tea, it
		

			can't be cold at the same time,
right? You can't say on something
		

			that's hot, that's cold. So this
question, I think that every high
		

			schooler and I gave that thing to
Muslim matters for a while back
		

			that
		

			there are certain things every
high school should be studying. So
		

			in this case, the idea and concept
of rationally possible rationally
		

			required and rationally impossible
should be studied because when we
		

			talk about The Quadra of Allah
subhanaw taala, we're talking
		

			about The Quadra on rationally
possible things. Everything that
		

			is not a Nucky Okay, so you don't
bring a riddle like a square
		

			circle or a triangle with four
sides. Okay. Do all
		

			of us