Adam Is A Figment Of Imagination

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 16 January 2023 The Semitic Beliefs, Esp. The Mullish And Most Unscientific Beliefs Of Islam, Quran, Hadees, Sunnah Will Make Any Sane Person Bang His Head Against The Wall ---- " Dharmacharan Satyamev Idmittham, Itthambhootam Anami Roopk Iti Satyam Vyakti Saapeksham. " (Religious truths are relative, a scripture is an allegory and all its characters are mythical). V S Sukhthankar, in the prelude to 'On the meaning of the Mahabharata' " Est Men Korda Ben'eplie De Menta Dogmas Eb Humane. " (Read and understand the Bible as a mere creation of humans) Reuben A Torrey, ' The authenticity of the Bible ' " Tena Phin Religie Demeris Oqueta Ken Rosen Scripta. " (All scriptures are man-made and theological elements are incorporated later) H Laldintluanga, 'Zairema's approach to the Bible: A theological appraisal' " The most stupid thing humans, esp. Muslims, indulge in is believing in characters like Gabriel, Adam etc. and phenomena such as hereafter, heaven, hell and whatnots...." Salman Rushdie " Zarathushtra is an idea, a prototype of god/s to come and be INVENTED by subsequent human generations." Shrikant G Talageri, " The Rigveda and the Avesta: The Final evidence" I quoted all the abovementioned scholars to drive home the point that while all believed that scriptures were allegorical and their characters were mythical and fabricated for the sake of disciplining the primitive humans, Muslims, even the 'educated' among them, firmly believe that the imaginary characters like Gabriel, Adam, Djinn and all that jazz did exist! Such mental bankruptcy is indeed unthinkable. Carl Sagan once said, 'ferret out every corner of the space and sky, you'll never see any god and its battery of team members but to a few unevolved brains, they still exist.' Yes, to a few unevolved brains, all these imaginary heavenly beings are realities. To believe in such things and insist that they did exist is a pathological state of mind. It's mental stupor. Vivekananda, whose birthday fell just a few days ago on Jan 12, was an out and out atheist in the beginning who later became a believer. But that rational streak never left him. He believed in a Vedantic Universal Consciousness sans idols, scriptural revered characters, heavenly creatures, heaven and hell. In fact, on this count, he even argued with his guru and mentor Ramakrishna Paramhans who unflinchingly worshipped a deity called Kali. This is evolution. An atheist became a believer but he didn't part ways with logic and reason and didn't see god as a separate being, sitting in some obscure corner of the universe and punishing humans for worshipping some other god/s on Roz-e-Hashra. The very thought is so puerile. Also Read: Did Hazrat Adam (Peace Be Upon Him) Set Foot First In India, When He Arrived On This Planet? God, if at all it does exist, is purest bliss who's the sublimation of human consciousness. It's not a separate entity or identity. It's the Oneness we're all destined to merge in. Such a sublime idea of divinity or godhood! And in contrast, the Semitic beliefs, esp. the Mullish and most unscientific beliefs of Islam, Quran, Hadees, Sunnah will make any sane person bang his head against the wall. A majority of Muslims don't seem to fathom the meaning and significance of allegorical symbolism. They're stuck in a 7th century book. Sukhthankar and Dr Bimal Krishna Matilal at Oxford called Ram, Krishna among others as 'purposeful connotational evolutions for consolidating the burgeoning faiths.' See, both belonged to Hinduism, though the latter was an agnostic, but they had honesty and courage of conviction to state the truth without beating around the bush and were endowed with the rare ability to see through all religious developments with equanimity. But a Muslim will fight tooth and nail to prove that all these fictitious characters existed and his/her Quran descended from heaven in the span of 23 years. Why such a long time and why the capricious Allah didn't send down a perfect revealed book when Jewish were his chosen people? Why didn't he make the Bible as an unquestionably perfect book and wait for Muhammad to reveal his most distilled revelations in the form of the Quran? Does god believe in the theory of chronological gradations and is also partisan like humans? Islam will have to come out of this asinine state of religious indoctrination to be on a par with the civilised world. Unfortunately, Islam justifies the tag of being a desert faith. Lastly, I resort to commenting in the form of a 'lifeless' essay ( a view, held by All jealous Muslims on this forum, but correspondingly denied by all non and ex-Muslims who separately write to me every day) because I've noticed that readers tend to become insulting and they forget the dictum that you must challenge the views, but refrain from challenging the individuals. Recently, I've been noticing that most of the comments are just short of being outright abusive and the basic decorum is being shelved. ---- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. 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