It is exactly of the same nature as the Hindu's view...

It is exactly of the same nature as the Hindu's view, that the world rested upon an elephant, and the elephant rested upon a tortoise; and when they said, "How about the tortoise?" the Indian said, "Suppose we change the subject." The argument is really no better than that. There is no reason why the world could not have come into being without a cause; nor, on the other hand, is there any reason why it should not have always existed.

There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our imagination. Therefore, perhaps, I need not waste any more time upon the argument about the First Cause”. The main elements of Russell's arguments rest under the following questions: If everything has a cause, then why not God? Has the world always existed or not?

My aim in this chapter is to show that it is not true that everything has a cause, and also the timely eternity of the world does not make it needless to God. Who Has Made God?! There are three different approaches to this question. 1. Questioning is an innovation (Just have faith) The first attitude towards such very basic religious questions is to blame, stop, prevent and condemn the questioner.

This attitude is observed by mainstream Christians when they are asked about issues such as Trinity, as well as Traditional Muslim scholars. Malik Ibn Anas one of the four jurisprudential leaders of the Traditional Muslims was asked once about the meaning of the Aya 5 in Chapter 20 of the Holy Quran which says: “ The Most Gracious ( Allah ) rose over the Throne .” He became so upset that had never been seen like that. The questioner with a face down full of regrets had sweats on his head.

Malik then said: “ All what we know is that He rose over His Throne, but HOW it is unknown and the question is an innovation .” I remember when I was eighteen I developed some doubts and questions about the existence of God. Eventually, I put my questions in writing and send them to one of the Islamic institutions that I was aware of.

Unfortunately, to my extreme surprise the sole answer I received was that apparently I had been captured by Satan and need to seek refuge with God by reciting some of the Chapters of the Quran! Well, perhaps the only benefit of that style of answer for me was to make me more enthusiastic to discover the Truth by myself and made me determine to begin my spiritual journey.