Why so you have faith in an undemonstrated claim (god)?

Maryam: You said:

"If superiority in the universe is defined by servanthood and mastership..."

Only religious nutcases and narcissists define superiority that way. The rest of us define "superior" as "better," not "ability to kill the inferior thing at will".

"..., then by looking at the kingdom of God, man will find that he is the master of every thing else in the universe. All genera serve him: the genus right beneath him, which is the animals, and the genus beneath the animals, which is the plants, and what is beneath the plants, which is the inanimate beings. Those genera are classified with great wisdom, such that the inferior genus would serve all genera superior to it."

That's absurd, unless you subscribe to theory above. I'm not superior to bacteria or rocks. I'm a different thing. Besides, there's are lots of things bacteria and rocks and iguanas can do that I can't. Doesn't that make them superior to me?

"For example, the inanimate beings that we see around us, such as the sun, the moon, the mountains, the elements of the earth and the water, they all serve the genera above them."

Huh? The moon serves the sun? What does the sun serve? What's the highest "being" in your orthodoxy next to Allah? (Just curious.)

"They serve the plants and provide it with food and all the elements required for its growth. They also serve animals providing it with the essential elements for its survival and continuance. The inanimate beings also serve man, providing him with all the necessary elements of life."

So, the soil contains nutrients that plants need because it wants to? And animals become food for humans out of choice? What are you smoking?

"If we ascend one level to the plants, we do not find it serving its inferior genus, which is the inanimate beings, but serving the superior genera to it which are the animals and the human beings. If we ascend one more time to the animals, we still will not find it serving its inferiors, but again serving its superior genus, which is the human being."

Hmmm. Are bees animals? Don't bees help plants by spreading pollen? Don't cows help plants by generating manure? Do people not help plants by, I don't know, growing them in their gardens for pleasure?

"Then the circle of servanthood stops, and we do not find any other genera that man would serve."

Bullhockey, as stated above.

"So the servanthood in the whole universe has stopped at the level of man and now man should look for his mission in this world."

Why does man need a mission? Because you say so?

"The inanimate beings have a mission to do in serving the plants, animals and human beings, and the plants have a mission to do in serving the animals and the humans. Also the animals have a mission to do for the humans."

Only in the fantastical imagination of theists. In the real world, this is nonsense.

"And then servanthood stops."

Thank Zeus!

"So man, what is your mission as a human being? And who are you serving in this world? You have been deceived by your innovation of a lot of the secrets of the universe. And as a rational being with the ability to reason you ought to have understood your mission first, before you try to figure out the mission of others serving you."

Again, says who?

"This is the first task for the mind: man has to look for his mission in life. If he does not search for it, then he must consider himself lower than the inanimate beings, less significant than the plants, and more trivial than the animals. But how would the master be less important than the servant? Therefore, man as a master ought to have a mission appropriate to his mastership over the rest of the genera."

It's true. Some people need to have a mission - a grand task or purpose that they use to define themselves. If they can't find one, they make up a fairy tale to give them one. We call those people "religionists."

"This is one stance that man ought to stand. There is yet another stance: You as a human being served by all other genera, when did those genera serve you?

"Did they serve you after you possessed a mind,..."
"Did they serve you because they are under your control following your commands?"

They don't serve me. I use them. And they use us. Just ask Mr. Ebola...

"Did you command the sun to shine, the moon to rise, the air to move and the sky to rain? Definitely, you did not have power over any of this!
You were not supposed to accept your existence in life in such a passive attitude, where you only benefit from others. Your duty is to look for your own mission in this world so that you would not be less significant than those beneath you."

No it's not. You made that up. Why should I care of my "significance" vis-a-vis the rosebush outside my door? We are both here. We both want to live. We both do what we can. I am neither better nor worse than it.

"Everything else serves you, and who do you serve? You ought to examine that and give it some thought. Suppose that you were alone at home with no one else around you and then you woke up and found a table with a variety of food set for your breakfast. Is it not common sense to use your own mind and try to find out who set up the table for you?"

Yes, it is. Some people, who could not (or were too lazy or stupid to) find evidence for it, would just make something up to explain it. We call those people...you guessed it..."religionists."

"In this world, you are just like that person who found things at his service, without having power over them and without even knowing about them. It is your duty as a human being to search for whoever created those things and made them subservient to you, without you having any power over them and even before you got your own mind."

That's what science is for. And so far, the evidence does not point to any "who."

"Allah bestows mercy on people to lead them out of their negligence by sending them messengers to solve those mysteries: Who provided you with those things that you have no power over them? And who has made them subservient to you before even you can have any power to control them? The messengers came to solve this mystery for us. So when God sent His messenger, you ought to have listened carefully to them so that you can get the puzzle sorted out. By that you would regain your value in this world, instead of being a negligible person without a function or a determined mission. You should have listened to the messenger and obeyed him better than deafening your ears and turning away from him. This is another absolute foolishness."

Absolut foolishness is believing a lie due to one's inability to accept "I don't know" for an answer. We call those people...never mind.

"The first irrational act from you is ignoring your mission."

The first irrational act is believing that you can't define that for yourself.

"And the second one is that you turned away from those who came to solve the mystery for you."

The second one is that you turned to the writings of a group of racist charlatans to solve the mystery for you.

"However, Allah is merciful and He continued to send his messengers to remind us because he is the All Merciful God. He knows the negligence of the human being."

Why was he stupid enough to make us that way? (Oh wait, I know. He looooves murdering us by the kazillions and then get us to praise him for it. It's almost like he had a bit with Lucifer.)

SS

"Where you went wrong is deciding to question God."
Do you not realize that considering something unquestionable because if you question it you wont believe it aymore means that it's probably not true? When people tell you not to question something, its usually because they know it isn't true and they don't want you to know that. If something is true, it will stand up to questioning and criticism. If it is false, well, questions and investigation usually reveal that.

"believe me when i say this, i dont look both ways when i cross". Is one of the most profoundly selfish and egocentric things I've read in this forum in a very, very long time.