Saturday, 14 June 2008

Did not know before, but now I do

I was commenting on youtube, that other day; a person has posted a very interesting video, asking 10 questions to Christians. One of the first questions he/she asked was:
Why God{Allah(swt)} does not cure amputees?
Amongst my answers, I made reference to certain kind of lizards that can regrew their limps. So another person replied ferociously, as they always do, and said that was not true, for lizards can actually regrew their tails but not the limps. I did not carry on the conversation further, since I found it futile, and quite personal. I do know that lizards can regrew their tails of course and I was sure of my answer, and in fact I did not know then that there are other animals that actual do the same thing.
So fortunately for me, I found the proof of my argument on the much abundant MIRROR news paper.
The News paper published an article about Horseshoe crabs, which can grew their limps and gave a fascinating account about those beautiful creatures.
Unlike us and most animals, they have blue blood, due to the usage of copper, instead of the familiar iron based blood. They also have ten eyes and lay thousands of eggs rich in protein, which become a fest to scores of various animals.
Of all that I learned on that day about the creatures, one thing made me very happy and that is the fact that they can regrew their limps. Sadly, just like it was well narrated in the paper on that day and I hope the main reason for the article, was the fact that they are on the verge of becoming an endangered species, because of us humans. Very sad, indeed,
Anyway back to the person's video questions related to this topic. Why Allah(swt) does not regrew our lost limps? He asked.
Well first of all, there are two ways to approach this question, I suppose.
The first being, when you are a believer.
For someone who believes that we and our beautiful and complex Universe are subject of creation and design and the ONE who generated it, can do anything He(swt) wants, that His(swt) power has no limits, just we are becoming aware of how infinite is our very own UNIVERSE. Therefore, we can draw this conclusion; which is really, if Allah(swt) wanted, we and most animals will be able to regrew our limps whenever a lost occurs. However when we look at today's rampant and deliberate plastic surgery trend, one would imagine that, Allah(swt) knows exactly, it would not be a good idea to give us that chance, perhaps the animal kingdom may be.
We human beings are so wicked, knowing that we can regrew any part of our body, will simply increase our Arrogance. Organ transplant and the advance in genetics, Scientists are carrying all sorts of experiments behind closed doors at the cost of human and animal lives. Of course we need sciences as our right or left hand, none the less, we must consider the ethical and moral issues surrounding those acts.
The best example of those arrogant and abusive behaviors of us are clearly portrayed in stories we project in movies, where both the hero and the villain are always spared for the second or many returns. Again, just recently, Doctors have succeeded to transplanting an arm, but sadly the new carrier was not quite happy with the outcome after periods. Of course, any Medical success is a certain cause for celebration, but should be done with much scrutiny and cautious for the consequences can be devastating for us.
So definitely, this is better for us, since Allah(swt) knows best, and since I know that whenever I loose any of my limps they will not regrow, then let me take a great deal of care to look after them. They come only at once.

As for the second approach, obviously that will be for the person who does not believe in Allah(swt) at all; say an Atheist or a pagan. So in this case, the problem is solved easily, for their is not need to look for a question let alone an answer. Since for these group of people, if it used to take place sometime in the past, Nature must have realized that, it is not necessary any more to let that favor to be given to certain type of creature, especially us. Evolution can fix things as it goes on through its pace in time and space. Amazing!!!

Well hope, you enjoyed reading this paragraph .

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