Thursday 24 February 2011

The Language of God

I'm coming to the end of Francis Collins' 'The Language of God'. For one of the leading scientists in the world and who for 220 pages really impressed me with the way he balanced/juggled religion/spirituality and science, he now has me scratching my head in bewilderment. Having throughout the book described God as being not bound by (i.e. independent of) time, space and so on, he on page 221 not only states that God is (was) Jesus (who was bound by time and space of course) but also that Jesus was the son of God which of course contradicts God being Jesus (as claimed earlier in the page)! Going to finish this book insha-Allah and I've found new impetus to pick up and continue with Muhammad Ata'ur-Rahim's 'Jesus, Prophet of Islam' again. Going to write a mega article insha-Allah (mega in content not size!... insha-Allah) consolidating the two books and my own personal thoughts/reflections. Plan on making appointments and having discussions at the local churches and buddhist centres with the heads there (and elsewhere too insha-Allah) during the course of this article to figure out what people actually believe (i.e. the core fundamental "crux of the matter" stuff, not the "be nice to others" etc cliches which [almost] everyone religious or not accords to anyway).