OK guys so Logan Paul has released a. video in which he's discussing religion.
I'm not overly religious I do believe in. a creator.
I think he's made some very valid arguments or points or questions
which Mohammed Hijab job has answered
Imran Hussain has answered Subboor Ahmad has also answered
I'll put their links in the description. and I'm gonna try come at it from a
different angle, reason being because I. think these sorts of questions get
brought up a lot by the modern-day. teenagers and it's kind of put forward a
lot by the likes of the Russell Brands,. the Jim Carreys, the Deepak Chopras, so
I definitely think it's something that's. worth discussing let's roll it mate
Some sort of unimaginable thing that made us and this universe and everything around us
okay so we begin with Logan's. definition of God: Something which is unimaginable
That's a brilliant definition so far of God.
I'm not sure I can fully wrap my head around so many people telling me different things about "their God"
because he goes on to say:. because there's so many people pulling
him in different directions and giving. different definitions of God it becomes
confusing. All right cool, let's just. stick with your definition of God
"someone who is unimaginable" if you just stick with this definition of God, you
know what? You'll actually be able to. eliminate a lot of the other confusing
religions that you speak of. That means you can't have a Godman, you can't have a God animal
you can't have somebody that's. LIKE a human being, that wrestles
and that gets tired; you know the Old. Testament depiction of God. So like that
you are then left with Islam; the only. mass-ly followed monotheistic faith.
Religion/faith whatever you want to call. it has led to the deaths of too many
people has led to the the trauma of too. many children.
Then he talks about religion and violence,
okay this is a very popular. (kind of) subject matter that gets brought up
Let's deal with it yeah. So you've got. people that have looked into this
question; you have someone . called Robert Pape who's written
an entire book and compiled statistics. from 1980s looking at suicide attacks
that have happened and of course you've. got the likes of Karen Armstrong who's
also written a book and some studies on. this as well, and they come to the
conclusion that it's mostly political. and in particular it's to do with
removing the occupying forces that have. come into your country. If that's not all
you've got leaders like Obama, Trump. and Hillary Clinton that have also agreed
this particular point as well.
ISIL is a direct outgrowth of al Qaeda
in Iraq that grew out of our invasion. -that grew out of our invasion
which is an example of unintended consequences
We have totally destabilized the Middle East it's a disaster.
We had this brilliant idea that we were going to
come to Pakistan and create a force of. Mujahideen, equip them with Stinger
missiles and everything else to go after. the Soviets inside Afghanistan.
Number two: to claim that violence is only. associated and affiliated with the
religions that's not very fair. because that means you're not taking
into account. Stalin yeah, Mao, Pol Pot, who were very
atheistic in their way of thinking. And. (you know) to scapegoat
violence only on religion; that's not. fair. And of course number three you
judge the religion on its ideal and. merits not by the people that are
following it, because people by their. nature are (you know) they fight about
everything yeah, there's wars going on about
everything (you know I'm saying?). I mean look nowadays what's going on
it's not to do the religion- you know the. issue between China and America, and
Russia and America, it's mostly. economy based, what are you gonna say there?
I think the universally accepted. definition of good is like you know
right and wrong, you know and something's right
Alright then Logan talks about
something in Islam that we call fitrah. or you guys call Core morality or
the Innate Disposition, but then the. question is mate, how do you separate
between Nature and Nurture; which. means what is actually your innate
disposition your Nature:. and what you picked up from society and
culture your Nurture . (Society)
How do you distinguish between the two? I mean we
know loads of things that have prevailed. in our cultures. If you look in the
Middle Ages in Europe where a sign of. beauty was plucking out your eyelashes
I'm cringing just thinking about it. Or in the 18th century in Japan
where a sign of beauty was blackening. your teeth. If you were alive at that time
you probably would have been doing those exact same things.
Having sex before marriage isn't in my opinion wrong but. according to religion it is
And then you go further by saying, you personally. don't think that sex before marriage is
wrong. But I mean who cares what you and I think? That surely is not the right
criteria to live one's life, by making. yourself God or being a slave to
your desires and your intellect, which. clearly by nature is flawed. I mean
let me just take something that you did. a couple of years ago, you went to a
suicide forest in Japan and you started. doing a vlog there and naturally that
affected your career in a really bad and. negative way, but I'm sure at that time I
mean you had people around you, I'm sure. at that time you didn't think you were
doing anything wrong. So that's why for. us to rely on our subjective
understanding of morals is not wise,. you need an objective understanding,
somebody that's created us that knows us better than we know ourselves
This is where I get confused like like who's right and who's wrong or are Muslims
wrong because they're Muslim? Are. Christians wrong because they're Christian?
That leads me on to the next. point how do you know? How do you know
and how can you decipher which religion. is the right religion? Okay number one
you said yourself mate intuition yeah. What does your heart say what does your
understanding say? Number two: logic.. Number three: scripture, you're going to
have to look into the different. scriptures and of course ask
ask God, "God if you're there mate guide me, yeah please I want guidance", if you're
asking for guidance. why on earth would God not guide you
And has led to so many disagreements and confusion and death.
And then he goes on. to talk about disagreements. I mean just
because there's disagreements or. something, it does that mean that you
reject it totally. There's disagreements I'm sure that happen in your family, what does
that mean? You're gonna pack your bags. and go on the next train to Bangkok.
I don't think there is a train that goes. from America to...
I mean these disagreements in philosophy, there's disagreements in psychology
there's disagreements in physics, there's. disagreements in Evolution and Big Bang
I mean you name it these disagreements. and everything, that doesn't mean that
you just reject it just because there's. disagreements in it. Then he says
millions of people die. . Okay well millions of people die
because of medicine as well yeah- side. effects that occur or wrongly prescribed
medicine millions die. Millions die. because of food. Millions die because
of car accidents/plane accidents, what. does that mean that you're gonna ban all
these things that you're gonna boycott all. these things? You know I'm saying?
Alright guys I'm gonna leave it there, I tried to keep this video as short and as succinct as possible.
I'm gonna link the videos of. the other brothers in the description.
I'm gonna leave you with one final. device or request which is to read the Qur'an yourself,
read the Qur'an and ask God and you know what if your sincere you will be guided.
Let's leave it there. until next time
Asalaamu aleikum
