Does Allah (God) exist? Adam Deen vs Dr. Brendan Larvor

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On the 21st October, 'The Muslim Debate Initiative' is hosting an exclusive event at The London Muslim centre -- the UK's leading Mosque. For the first time, the doors of a British mosque were open to the public to critically discuss Islam, in particular the Muslim concept of God. The event has been hailed as a confirmation that the Muslim community in Britain is willing to engage in critical dialogue concerning their faith, with fellow non-Muslim citizens.

The discussion will feature:

Dr Brendan Larvor. Representing the British Humanist Association, Dr Larvor, studied philosophy and mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford, before embarking on a brief career as a systems analyst. He resumed his studies in philosophy, with an MA from Queen' s University, Ontario before returning to Balliol to write a doctoral thesis on the philosophy of mathematics of Imre Lakatos. He taught at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford, before joining Hertfordshire in 1997.

Adam Deen. A former Islam channel presenter and Muslim philosopher who has been working in the field of Muslim apologetics for almost a decade, Adam has contributed to debates on issues ranging from religious philosophy and theology. His work draws on contemporary philosophy to defend Islam in debates. He has appeared on mainstream TV defending theism. He is also a researcher for EMRC, the European Muslim Research Centre and runs a popular blog www.adamdeen.com

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[loly1969]

i cover my hair , i am spiritual hee hee

[Nazam44]

@loly1969 I can only value myself if I show off my body parts, I'm so liberated. Hee Hee

[abz2000123]

he tried to explain infinity and walked less than a meter and said it continues to divide,

this guy's meant to be a mathematician and philosopher?

when adam spoke of infinity, he was talking about an infinite multiplication,

not a division of a known total.

the man needs to go back to learn the difference between multiplication and division!

[brassoadam]

Any other religions invited to contend? Such as maybe Christianity or Judiaism?

[HIMAZZZ1991]

and this is just a debate ,not all points r raised n elaborated on. to find the truth ,u need 2 study urself,maybe u could only get pointers from debates not real studies 2 rely on wether 2 become an atheist or a theist

[HIMAZZZ1991]

from readin a lot of comments here,i realized certain points which i would like 2 elaborate more on.the thing with God created the universe,its not god of the gaps cuz theists(muslims) arent sayin that "uuhh!we dont know,so God did it" its actually proved n supported by evidence(which is the debate in essence).the cabin analogy is actually misunderstood by many,its sayin that there r conditions for life n these conditions r so "fine-tuned" that we cannot think of it as chance

[Judipops13]

To be honest - debates between believers and non-believers are pointless and futile. Non beleivers just think we do not know how the universe was created and believers say God did it. I would much prefer to see debates between Monotheists and Polytheists and those of other divine beliefs. Mulsims vs Buddhists, Hindus vs Taoists, Shinto vs Christians . We can then see arguments for the existence of any divine thing. Atheism vs any belief has been done to death.

[TheEpicion]

@abz2000123 There is an infinite gap between any two points. You can say it's "3 cm apart" but cm is a measurement. Similarly you can split Infinity into three parts as well but that doesn't means it's finite. Think of an ever extending line in three different colours equally spaced. All of them continues and grow but the difference remains the same.

That's what he attempted to explain by having a huge step. Two points, infinitely large expanse between them.

Muslims are still stuck in addition

[TheEpicion]

@chezpiecedaking He handled the design argument at 40:00. Explain why god can not be a perfect one by giving examples of our pelvis and how badly we are created. Design dictates some sort of plan, it's not good enough.

The man tackled everything thrown at him, it's just his phrasing is covered in Jargon and requires some form of effort from the listener to understand him.

[supremesign1]

Question at the end, "Quran it's mentioned that we are created from clay, this contradicts science". Answer the first man was created from a combination of clay, dirt, dust, etc so this is the ORIGIN, but the future generations where created through liquid substance(water). This is exact scientific findings, that about %70 of human body is made up of liquid(water). All this is Objective and in Quran. Chapter 32 verse 7 & 8.