Reason #8: Location of the Ka’bah

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The Ka’bah is the house of God Muslims face when they make their prayers and also the place millions go to every year to perform Hajj, or the major pilgrimage. Hajj is a once-in-a-lifetime obligation for all Muslims who are physically and financially capable.

A disclaimer is that the house itself is NOT worshipped. It is the House of Allah. It was first created by Prophet Abraham, or possibly even Prophet Adam (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ). Then, in the 7th century, Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) freed it from the polytheists’ hands and made it the place of worship it was initially intended for.

So what makes its location so special? Well, where is it? In the middle of nothing! Just a scorching hot desert; not a place for tourists to go and sight-see. Also, it was not until the Modern Era that oil was discovered. In fact, during the time of Prophet Muhammad, it was so “worthless” internationally, that the Byzantine Empire was to the West of it and the Persian Empire was to the East of it, yet none of them cared to conquer it.

It’s as if, Muslims say, that Allah chose a place with no value and no attraction, and wanted to make it become a place millions would go to regardless for centuries and centuries. Think about it. God could have chosen any other place – a place more green, with more water, perhaps somewhere in Europe or Asia, but nope! He chose a desert.

The picture below says enough:

Reason #7: Can God’s existence really be disproven?

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One may ask, “What kind of question is this?” Of course an atheist will say, “Absolutely!” A theist will say, “Never!” A skeptic, agnostic will say, “Maybe.”

It’s been one of THE areas of debate between atheists and theists. However, of all the questions, this one in particular may have an easy answer if you look at it in a certain angle.

To disprove the existence of something, you need to know FOR SURE it’s not there. So how can we disprove God? Well, we have to literally travel beyond the edge of the universe and look for Him.

Sounds crazy, but that’s literally the only way you can disprove Him. Yes, even if you traveled that far, we don’t know how far God is from the universe? God may even be in another dimension. BUT, at least you tried, right? At least, you can then tell yourself and others that you tried your bare minimum to disprove Him.

Yes, we are not even close to having the technology to go much beyond our solar system (According to Space.com, Voyager 1 is the first spacecraft to travel beyond the solar system and reach interstellar space1). So how can we imagine going to the end of the universe in our lifetime? It’s disheartening, but if you want to disprove God’s existence, what else can you do?

So why do people, with such certainty, say God doesn’t exist? They will give logical and emotional reasons. You will hear, “If God exists, there shouldn’t be evil in the world,” or “Nature and the universe can sustain themselves.” But never mind these questions having responses, and all the back and forths, you have to ask yourself this, “Will any answer actually disprove God’s existence?”

  1. https://www.space.com/17688-voyager-1.html