Seyyed Hossein Nasr - What is God's Judgment?

Every religion thunders its day of reckoning. To examine God's judgment is to probe God's character and perhaps assess God's existence. If God does not exist, God's judgment may expose it. If God does exist, and assuming God is merciful as well as just, maybe we've missed the meaning of God's judgment.
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and a prominent Islamic philosopher.
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[@realistic.optimist]

I love this channel. It constantly reminds me that being educated does not mean smart and being smart does not mean wise. Yes, I include myself in that objective analysis and it is topic dependent for every person.

[@coffeeaka5569]

I like it your opinion.

[@linebyline901]

My friend once told me that Heaven and Hell are not places to go to, but states of Mind you are in.

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

Heaven and Hell seem to have been defined many different ways in ancient times. I struggle myself to to understand the meanings behind those words. I like the worldviews of Jesus regarding heaven. He said heaven ( kingdom of God ) is like finding a treasure. Anyhow... we just keep on learning but as Saint Paul said, we now "see through the glass darkly." So we can't expect to understand all reality in this short life. But someday we will. Take care.... John in Florida

[@coffeeaka5569]

Your friend told not a true .

[@avecina6460]

A world or a place without sins, crimes,disseases, wars ,conflict, suffering, hunger,injustice can be called Heaven. Heaven is a place full of Love, hapiness and Peace...Hell is the opposite of Heaven, Hell is a place or a world full of sins, crimes, coflicts, wars, Hell is a place of discomfort,sorrow pain and regrets! Hell a place where there is not one IOTA of Love, Happiness and Peace! Nothing is good to be seen and feel good in place called Hell..It is place of worry, anxiety and self pity, a place farthest remove from the love of God... "You are your own Judge " all our records of deeds( good or bad) is stored in a memory or called data and be played in front of us in future...as your own history...... God gave us a conscience so that we can judge what is right and what is wrong, your own conscience will tell and convict you , your conscience knows everything about you, your hidden thoughts , your actions, everything, your conscience is not yours, But it is Gods agent in Man, it is Gods spy and like a CIA in Man🤣😅 Have you ever violated your conscience ?? Your conscience is like your own best friend reminding you, loving you, concerns about you, ... Do you love your conscience ? Do you listen to your conscience ? Are you happy once you go againts your conscience, are you following your conscience ?? When you do good for others and for your self , your conscience rejoices, But when you do bad to others and to your self, your conscience is striken with sorry and grief ... Are you being true to your conscience or are you lying and hiding to your conscience ? Do you think you can deceived your conscience ? You deceived your own self, maybe your heart can deceived your conscience ?? If your heart resist, your Conscience will insist ... "If there were no Conscience left in Man, restoration is Impossible " DP

[@user-tf2wd1eh3g]

Was your friend RJD?

[@jeanettesdaughter]

“We are responsible for what we do.”

[@leonoradompor8706]

If you are peaceful now and have clear pure conscience then you are in the state of Heaven !

[@aslanbayramuqlany6189]

That's self-deception

[@micheal74rich]

Quran 4:82 What, do they not ponder the Koran? If it had been from other than God surely they would have found in it much inconsistency. Quran 5:3 ... I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above-mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is Oft­Forgiving, Most Merciful. Quran 33:40 Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets; God has knowledge of everything. Quran 3:85 Whoso desires another religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him; in the next world he shall be among the losers.

[@scottlouissmith2382]

@@micheal74rich Are you saying we should evolve our life around the Quran???

[@micheal74rich]

@@scottlouissmith2382 _"Are you saying we should evolve our life around the Quran??? "_ No not necessarily, but maintaining a relationship with your Creator is 24/7 task but nobody is perfect and God knows it very well. Have you read the Quran?

[@micheal74rich]

Quran 4:82 What, do they not ponder the Koran? If it had been from other than God surely they would have found in it much inconsistency. Quran 5:3 ... I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above-mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is Oft­Forgiving, Most Merciful. Quran 33:40 Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets; God has knowledge of everything. Quran 3:85 Whoso desires another religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him; in the next world he shall be among the losers.

[@J_Square]

I was eagerly waiting for a vid like this ...Thumbs up👍👍

[@mindofmayhem.]

God doesn't judge us. Everything in reality does It's will. All possible states are achieved through It.

[@2wordU]

Could you please share the full interview with us?

[@francesco5581]

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[@caryd67]

This all assumes that we even HAVE a soul. So assume we do. Our souls are supposedly eternal. Do these guys know what eternal is? It means that our souls have always existed and will always exist. (Hmm. Reminds me of the accepted description of God himself.) So where exactly were we for all previous eternity before we found ourselves born as a human? A special cosmic waiting room, I would guess. Just to be born here, and be a good person or a bad person (for barely a blip in eternal time).... all to be judged and sent away to either the happy place, or the saaaaad place, for yet even “more” eternity. Ok. Makes absolutely perfect sense to me. 👌🏻

[@beingnonbeingincludesexistence]

Lol yep its bullshit indeed😅 religious people need to look better trough things, but that's hard when you have a bias and a screwed world view.

[@samat5199]

Am not Muslim but the Qur‘an says that there is nothing in existence that is similar to Allah (6:103; 16;74; 112:4). Allah is Eternal (As‘Samad, 112) from past to future - nothing other than Allah is Eternal.

[@caryd67]

@@samat5199 honestly, I didn’t need any more persuasion to not believe in a personal eternity, but I appreciate the comment

[@samat5199]

@@caryd67 Was not trying to persuade anyone but simply pointing out that your premise is wrong and souls are not supposedly eternal. There are better reasons to not believe in a personal eternity than you presented and better reasons to believe in it than the quran presents. Nobody knows if eternity is real let alone what it means, so it is useless to discuss imo.

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

@@beingnonbeingincludesexistence I don't think Jesus had a "screwed worldview." But then if He did, he was a madman or a liar. I hope not. I agree with you on "bias."

[@soubhikmukherjee6871]

I don't believe in God's judgment and I don't mean to hurt believers.

[@garychartrand7378]

I am truly glad about your beliefs but I would rather that you have Knowings. Religions of all kinds have twisted their Scriptures to put the "fear of God" into us. It doesn't work with me as I KNOW (from personal experience) the Truth - and the Truth sets you free. God will NEVER judge Anyone, mainly because of our free wills. If it was orders to us that made His system work, then free will would be a joke. Besides He(She,It) is UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. He does not punish for our mistakes but He constantly provides opportunities to us for correction - even right now here on Earth. Bless you.

[@garychartrand7378]

@@realitycheck1231 man judges. God Loves.

[@garychartrand7378]

@@realitycheck1231 I love where you are and where you are heading. Heaven on Earth is possible for you. Blessings.

[@nomanvardag1]

Good and bad consequences, respectively, of good and bad actions, in this world and thereafter, is what it means by Divine Judgment. That makes us conscious and responsible human beings.

[@abdallahfahed4110]

i am sorry ,but if you want maybe you can think again .because who really maybe have hurt is only you , there is 2 possibles (exist or not)

[@robroberts7093]

The multi verse, all the different universes were created at the same time and use the same matter in their construction. But from one universe to the next that matter is randomly scattered so the same object from two different universes is unlikely to be perfectly identical? Which means your counterparts that share your soul in those different universes is unlikely to be identical to you? They could be male or female, maybe not even human at all? I had an experience that has made me start thinking about that again. The constants and randomness of the multi verse.

[@faaizmumtaz1762]

What kind of experience? Plz elaborate

[@Elaphe472]

There is something more real and poignant that the judgement of some imaginary deity, and that is the judgement of the ones we hurt.

[@abdelaleem4026]

Imaginary? How do you know it is imaginary?

[@Elaphe472]

@@abdelaleem4026 The same way you think Brahma is an imagined deity.

[@abdelaleem4026]

@@Elaphe472 before you deny something which you may not understand, let's discuss. What is your proof of the non-existence of God?

[@gr33nDestiny]

In medical they sometimes say you don’t need empathy to treat. Does society need empathy? Is empathy ever desirable in what is a logically unfair world?

[@ferdinandkraft857]

Maybe it's unfair because most people don't have enough empathy? Or maybe because people with less empathy have an advantage?

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

@@ferdinandkraft857 I like your comments on "empathy."

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

I like your question "Is empathy ever desirable in what is a logically unfair world?" Do you mean is it desirable for us to show empathy or is it desirable for people to receive it?

[@user-fw6pr3zd2j]

Sir, God's judgement is every day for all living beings at all places across earth.

[@micosenor3148]

' If god does not exist , god's judgement will expose it ' , this is in your opening statement . Isnt that self contadictory ? How can a 'non existent god' excercise anything , let alone 'judgement' ? ... Is there perhaps a typo error going on there ?

[@IHateThisHandleSystem]

I yearn to learn of secrets that no living man can teach. I know that they lie down below, just out of our reach. Hidden beneath the formal. In the realm of the paranormal. Under the thin veneer, that's kept in place by mortal's fear. There dwell the mysteries that I so long to know. I believe when I unravel them my soul shall surely grow.

[@oyam7]

We are fully responsibke for what we do as free souls.

[@yasfi5196]

Islamic point of view perhaps what Kuhn need more for the rest of episodes. Briliant channel.

[@chrisc1257]

Define god first, (which you can't) and then start with the make believe.

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

Why do you infer that we can't "define god"?

[@holya69]

Here is a definition you can busy your mind with: GOD is all that is. "Physical" or not physical.

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

@@holya69 I like your definition. It makes me think of when God said "I am what I am." But can you explain a bit more? By saying God is all that is, do you mean God is present in everything? So you don't see any personal type of a god?

[@chrisc1257]

@@holya69 That is a generalization and not a definition.

[@micheal74rich]

@Chris C _"Define god first, "_ You ask for definition of God, here it is from the God Himself. Quran 112:1 Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Quran 112:2 Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; Quran112:3 He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; Quran 112:] And there is none like unto Him.

[@patrick728]

if all kinds of judgement are illusion indifferent to me, how would i fear judgement and why should i fear god's punishment

[@micheal74rich]

If you read the Quran, you will find your answers.

[@patrick728]

@@micheal74rich thanks, but i amnon interested in any specific religion

[@micheal74rich]

@@patrick728 If you don't stick to Islam, you will be among the losers on the Day Of Judgment, so at least learn and get to know the words of God in the Quran.

[@patrick728]

@@micheal74rich yup, let the judgement come, it is not as scary as you think

[@micheal74rich]

@@patrick728 Have you read the Quran? Muslims considers Quran to be the literal spoken words of the God.

[@deplant5998]

I once read a book written by bronze age israelites and so i am qualified to answer deep questions along with brilliant physicists, philosophers. Can i be interviewed on this program?

[@patrick728]

I could interview you here, may I start with question: why did universe ever created

[@eamonnmurphy5385]

No there are plenty of world renowned physicists and philosopher s who are Christian

[@patrick728]

@@eamonnmurphy5385 there are those who are not christian too

[@deplant5998]

@@eamonnmurphy5385 the human mind has a great capacity to absorb cognitive dissonance. I disagree with the apologetic concept of “non overlapping magisteria”. Only science is majestic. All religion is bunk- but can be fun and useful- just like listening to hip hop or joining a tennis club. Fun and entertaining but does tend to get you further from truth.

[@deplant5998]

@@eamonnmurphy5385 and what do those christians think about the god/s of their muslim or hindu colleages? They think their gods are confabulated. I am just an equal opportunity agnostic. Most christians KNOW they are RIGHT... meaning they have rejected ALL the Hindu gods without learning anything about them. Who is the more tolerant?

[@chancemtadolini6592]

I went through a horrible experience that I can only describe as what would be God's judgment I slipped into a trance this was due to illicit drugs mind you but I was faced with screaming voices that named off every single thing that I had ever done wrong in my entire life they knew things that only I could know so I would imagine it was that parasite that lives within my subconscious and spies behind my eyes and seize all that I do and then accuses me of it and feeds upon my guilt and self-hatred.... in a nutshell

[@DavieParkes]

You needed to take a bigger dose to see the truth.

[@chancemtadolini6592]

@@DavieParkes every time I find my way to that space or Dimension there are all kinds of things of that nature that scare you out or put you in a state that lowers your vibrations and forces you back out of that Realm

[@garychartrand7378]

Your use of the word "nutshell" is amusing. One thing I Know for sure is that God does not judge (unlike man) - He only Loves. If you have made mistakes He does not punish but offers opportunity for correction - either after your life or right here right now. Love yourself and stay away from scary things - or Karma WILL get you.

[@chancemtadolini6592]

@@garychartrand7378 I really like what you had to say there and I appreciate it very much I went through a horrible time. In my life where I was addicted to methamphetamine and it reached a point where the instant I would do it I would be surrounded by Spirits or maybe it was myself after I died coming back into the past to try to divert myself from continuing to use as you said God allows you an opportunity after you die to correct yourself so I have theorized that maybe when I did it I would enter into a time space in which time and space were irrelevant and my spirit from the future came back and prodded me away from my addiction I don't know that's really the only way I can explain it because what I experienced was nothing short of paranormal and absolute 100% proof beyond a shadow of a doubt there are multiple things at work that we cannot see after a while I bet can be able to see them and it scared me so bad completely quit and have been clean and sober for quite some time now thank God... the occasion that I am referring to however I believe is more closely related to nanotechnology and New World Order methods of behavior modification via voice to skull frequency therapy highly controversial bulshit if you asked me but begrudgingly I will admit it is very effective after a while... idk It's a wild world and it's only getting Wilder

[@coffeeaka5569]

Is not true

[@bluelotus542]

"Yahweh gives death and life, brings down to Sheol and draws up;" 1 Samuel, 2 .6 (Bible of Jerusalem) Even the Bible says that hellish life is not eternal.

[@Nicolaitan369]

I was here, here i was, was i here..yes i was.

[@vidtrax662]

I’ll have to wait.....

[@deplant5998]

Check out his other channel “ further away from truth”.

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

I think most people have already checked out that other channel. It seems like mankind does not understand the truth of reality. As Saint Paul said, we "see through the glass darkly." I agree with that. What do you think?

[@deplant5998]

@@johnbrzykcy3076 St. Paul’s “glass” was apparently a mirror. If so i agree. Our best scientific theories tell us more about our own minds than any external “reality”. The metaphor is most apt!

[@deplant5998]

From catholicexchange:. “When we turn to the original Greek, a whole new world of meaning opens up to us. In the original text what is translated as glass is the Greek word esoptron, which really refers to ancient mirror. Darkly is actually ainigma, from which we get our word enigma. If we were to put this more literally it would read ‘see in a mirror in an enigma.’ That’s really confusing, so it’s understandable why translators try to use something more poetic.”

[@deplant5998]

Given the catholic church has never been so accurate with translation (virgin birth?) ... the other sense of looking through a scientific magnifier, and our science getting closer to the truth until ... at the end of time ... we will know the TRUTH. One needs only to look at the graveyard of dead ontologies (aether, phlogiston etc) to realise this is hopeless ie the ‘pessimistic meta-induction’.

[@palebluedot285]

We need to judge the god too

[@timmymac231]

If god exists, and he’s always correct, then we necessarily cannot be correct above god. I’m not religious, but we ought not forget logic in regards to how religious world views think.

[@francesco5581]

its morally true ,,,but no one of the millions who had an NDE had this need , so when there are "explanations" and infinite love i suppose it works for everyone ( independently if NDE are true visions of afterlife or not)

[@deistdean486]

All fine and dandy stuff. By the way, did you know you could get a PhD in Theology, specialising in Demonology or Mary (Jesus Mum) ology. From an accredited University as well. Beats Physics or Medicine, since you "expand the field of expertise" with any old tripe that reads sombrely.

[@garychartrand7378]

Like most Religious leaders this one uses scriptures twisted to put the Fear of God into it's followers. It's all false. God does not judge - He has ONLY UNCONDITIONAL LOVE for all His (Her, It's) children. It is man who judges and calls it sin. What man calls sin God calls mistakes. Mistakes are not dealt with by punishment but opportunity for correction is provided. There is no such thing as a Hell of fire and brimstone. We create our own Hell right here whenever we move away from the Love of God and do unloving things.

[@chemicalsurrealist]

But isnt moving away from love and the absolute truth making the fire or any symbolic uneasing thing necessary. Like the lack of light makes darkness necessary existence. Thus if one is not good, he is bad. Moving away from pain means moving closer to joy.

[@garychartrand7378]

@@chemicalsurrealist what is good or bad and who decides which is which?

[@md.fazlulkarim6480]

As per Islam, we will be judged by, though after given Free Will whether we have lived following Quran ( God's words) and Hadith (teaching of Prophet Muhammad pbuh) or not. Death is final. After that it's up to God's mercy to forgive. But in this world before death, until we truly repent for violating God's guidance and seek forgiveness from God, God will forgive except one sin of attaching any partner to Him. Some sins in this world are automatically removed by good deeds as per Quran or Sufferings. After death, good souls will be taken in a place and bad souls will be taken in another place and will remain separated until on the Judgement day God reconstruct our body at fixed age again and soul is given back to it. Heaven and Hell are described in Quran but we may not imagine the real Heaven and Hell. Quran is the final revelation of God given to memory of last Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and he delivered the same. As per Quran, God took the responsibility to preserve it untill the doomsday and we see that it is unaltered even a letter until now from the copy of 1500 years ago. Language style of Quran and Hadith is totally different. Not a single contradiction among Quranic verses. God challenged in Quran that if you do not believe it God's words, the whole humanity together try to construct even 10 verses like these and you will never be successful. Quran is numerically so interlocked that no alternations or insertion or deletion is possible. This holy book is totally impossible to produce by mankind as recent analysis shows. Further more scientific facts mentioned in Quran are all proving true by scientists recently like expansion of Universe and many. So no scope to harbour any doubt rather we can read it to see finally what God said to us. Quran is a book of complete wisdom and easy to understand to take advice. No hatred comment please. Its just a disclosure of truth which many of us may not know. Quran verse 2:62: The [Muslim] believers, the Jews, the Christians, and the Sabians- all those who believe in Allah/God and the Last Day and do good- will have their rewards with their Lord. No fear for them, nor will they grieve.

[@TehNetherlands]

Sorry but to many of us these are just delusional ramblings. I feel sorry that so many people's minds are constrained by these deeply irrational beliefs. Frankly, I am genuinely concerned for those societies that choose to embrace the bizarre notion that a work of fiction is supposed to be a revelation by the so called 'creator of the universe'. Especially a book as vaguely allegorical, immoral, anachronistic, bizarre and irrational as the Quran or Bible.

[@TehNetherlands]

@Ahmad Shamil I agree. Delusional is the correct word to describe those who subscribe to irrational, man made, monotheistic religions.

[@TehNetherlands]

​@Ahmad Shamil Yes, Newton was clearly delusional about alchemy as well as his religious beliefs. He believed that the Bible contained revelations by the creator of the universe. Furthermore, he believed that matter could transmutate, specifically certain base metals into gold. These are delusional beliefs that have long been proven untrue. He just happened to live in a time where these beliefs were quite common. It's not uncommon even for brilliant scientists to also subscribe to pseudoscience or indeed, to be delusional.

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

Where is the evidence?

[@ScientificReview]

Everybody speaks science except Izlamic Hossein speaks meta-science.

[@Dion_Mustard]

I have a theory...consciousness is the key to everything. Consciousness pre-dates the universe. Perhaps Consciousness IS the "designer" so to speak. From consciousness emerged the fine-tuning..which in turn triggered evolution of both universe(s) and life itself. And perhaps consciousness has ALWAYS existed. This is not a man with a white beard and robe perched upon a cloud twiddling the knobs , this is PURE consciousness which pre-dates everything, and I guess it would have to be, dare I say it, "supernatural". This "subject" of all knowledge never can appear in science, because science is its tool for self transformation. For that we are something like "footsteps" or "living building bricks".

[@Abu-kx4ei]

Well said. This is what we call as enlightment in the east.

[@eamonnmurphy5385]

White bearded men on clouds? I think you were dreaming brother. You are right about conciousness being first, we call it God. How does your theory exclude the possibility that this entity which always existed could not be personal and could not be the agent by which all matter and energy came forth?

[@Dion_Mustard]

@@eamonnmurphy5385 do not personify consciousness. i refuse to use the word god. god is man made.

[@eamonnmurphy5385]

Thanks, of course this is your opinion. As you don't seem to challenge the possibility, I presume it remains! I would venture that this is the reality that you prefer rather than the conclusion you have come to by reason and experience. Maybe it's suits your lifestyle better?

[@Dion_Mustard]

@@eamonnmurphy5385 do not personify consciousness. i refuse to use the word god. god is man made.

[@fritzcervz6945]

In reality, there no judgment in the spirit world or afterlife. Only life review but God doesn't judge you but you yourself is the one who judge yourself. Only western religion teaches judgement .

[@oneuser688]

I will not say " I DONT BELIEVE IN A GOD", but I have to be honest and say..." are there any reasons to believe in a GOD?"....

[@simplicityistheultimatesop6571]

Until we have evidence that God doesn’t exist then believing is the only answer.

[@simplicityistheultimatesop6571]

@Andreaz-64 but if it turns out that we find there’s a Crestor then how are we going to deal with it?

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

@Andreaz-64 I think it all depends on how you define "belief". And how do you view "evidence?" And can a belief in a god be justified even without absolute evidence?

[@aslanbayramuqlany6189]

Everything on the Earth has a purpose and works for humans. What does that indicate if not a Creator?

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

@Andreaz-64 Okay. Are you stating absolutely that any absolute evidence is absolutely fiction? Hmmm... I'm getting twisted by the use of "absolute" You might be correct but are you absolutely correct? I need to stop and consider what I'm asking. Anyhow... I'm open to do more reading and hope I understand. Can you possibly explain why is absolute evidence "philosophically and scientifically not sustainable?" Doesn't metaphysics and science search for the absolute truth? And they never find it? Anyhow... if indeed absolute evidence is fiction, then what kind of evidence would justify a belief in God?

[@claudiozanella256]

According to Christianity, you are not judged by God but by the Son of God:"The Father judges no man, but has turned over all judgment to the Son."

[@navidazadi4280]

Please pay attention..I am an Iranian myself and I am fully aware of Islam and the Quran..He lies completely, as in the Quran, it is openly said that you will be in hell forever...for example. what is called in Ayeh 39 from Sureh Albaghareh in Quran and I must point out that there is no philosophy in Islam that means wisdom, at all. Islamic philosophy is a completely ridiculous combination. There is no any philosophy in Islam that means using the wisdom without being ego-centeric and apart from the Quran with its old and superstitious thinking and anti-humanity context of course. They falsely justify everything for their own purposes, and they do no service to human enlightenment and philosophy, let alone science.

[@burhan8147]

So, what's your qualification to speak on this matter? That you are Iranian yourself? 😂😂😂 Nasr is MIT and Harvard trained, and was for 20 years professor at Tehran University. In Iran he studied Islamic Philosophy with many masters, esp. Allamah Tabatabai(r.a). He has mastered Islamic Philosophy quite well. As far as Hell being forever. Did you even listen properly what he was saying, that Sufis have said much against Hell being forever. He didn't say Qur'an says hell is not forever. Sufi Like Ibn Arabi and Salafi like Ibn Taymiyyah both said that hell wasn't going to last forever. Lastly, your qualification of being Iranian was enough to expect such a comment from you. We Sunnis respect Iran for standing up to Palestinians and going against Israel unlike Arab countries who are selling out to Israel but people like you are only interested in pleasure which Islamic Republic restricts and you end up being frustrated. That's why so many frustrated Iranians come up with such comments. I am a sunni and Wallah I would love to live in Iran and master Persian language which I have studied little. May Allah guide you.

[@evanjameson5437]

I like Nasr.. it's his religion that gets in the way..

[@holya69]

It wouldn't if you study it and realize that lots of texts in the holly Quran are designed for the people of 1,400 years back and onward.

[@TehNetherlands]

@@holya69 The more I learn about l$Iam, the more I consider it to be a serious threat to the advancement and unity of the human species.

[@holya69]

@@TehNetherlands You couldn't get deep my friend.

[@TehNetherlands]

@@holya69 I actually own the Quran in Arabic and Dutch. However, I learn more from ex-l$Iamic people in my life, and their stories of how this religion has stunted their personal development.

[@burhan8147]

@@TehNetherlands Well, now how can I blame you. If you learn Islam from Ex-Muslim Islamophobes, most of whom don't know Arabic and have no training in Islamic Studies. Please go to authentic sources if you really want to learn. Listen to Uthman Ibn Farooq debates Look up Fareed Responds channel where he tears up Islamophobes arguments.

[@oyam7]

Hell is a seperation from who I am and who i possibily will be.

[@oyam7]

Nuur and naar having same root. Interesting

[@francesco5581]

I dont believe in God's judgement and Hell. I like what people see in NDE's (whatever if they are a glimpse of afterlife or not ) : life review and self judgement. It makes sense. There is nothing worse than self judgement.

[@realistic.optimist]

Every person is their toughest judge.

[@stinkertoy4310]

100% agree. After life - hell would be redundant.

[@evanjameson5437]

"There is nothing worse than self judgement".. yes if the person is humbled and has self introspection after achieving some level of morality. There are many people who will never be humbled and could care less about morals--so do they escape judgement??

[@francesco5581]

@@evanjameson5437 yes since they already created their own little hell both on earth and "after"

[@thomasridley8675]

It's their afterlife and origin stories that are the biggest clues to their gods being fabricated.

[@planc3318]

These videos have the best minds on the planet yet their comments seem to bring the opposite.

[@thomasridley8675]

@@planc3318 Yes, I do have a few questions. Sometimes very inconvenient questions. For some reason, I just can't seems to ignore the holes I see. Besides being smart doesn't validate all of their opinions. Never believe someone just because they are smart. Believe them if they are right

[@ezbody]

Listening to the noisy cacophony of the religious thought and comparing it to the actual human life and behavior is one of the best arguments against their Gods, who for some reason have never been much more moral nor any wiser than their followers.

[@thomasridley8675]

@@ezbody 👍

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

@@thomasridley8675 Hey Thomas... I pretty much agree with your last post. Keep posting your questions and comments. I'm not here to judge. However you said that "origin stories" are the "biggest clues to their gods being fabricated." Can you explain more? When I read the origin story in the Gospel of John that starts "in the Beginning was the Word", I ask myself what is meant by "word"? Wisdom? The Cosmos? The Creator? Why would the ideas of "wisdom" and "the cosmos" be fabricated?

[@jayrodriguez84]

Follow Jesus Christ For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

Thanks for sharing that verse about Jesus.

[@mu.makbarzadeh2831]

Want or don't, we need a thing to trust and we hope when we cannot do something with our power and hardworking, that thing help us. Hope and dreams and hardworking cannot always lead to success, with them(not without them) we need a thing to trust and want that thing do something for us in some hard conditions.

[@jonahschooh7443]

Closer to Truth: What is God's Judgment? Seyyed Hossein Nasr: I don't have a clue but let me waffle incoherently for 7 minutes.

[@navidazadi4280]

exactly I am an Iranian myself and I am fully aware of Islam and the Quran..He lies completely, as in the Quran, it is openly said that you will be in hell forever...for example. what is called in Ayeh 39 from Sureh Albaghareh in Quran and I must point out that there is no philosophy in Islam that means wisdom, at all. Islamic philosophy is a completely ridiculous combination. There is no any philosophy in Islam that means using the wisdom without being ego-centeric and apart from the Quran with its old and superstitious thinking and anti-humanity context of course. They falsely justify everything for their own purposes, and they do no service to human enlightenment and philosophy, let alone science.

[@deepaktripathi4417]

Why does God judge only humans. Why not animals?

[@chillialexander]

Guilty!

[@missusbarkdog]

Um. Hell is absolute in Islam. Period.

[@shanishahbaz3677]

Kindly invite him again on your channel, this is an eight year old interview of him, and undoubtedly one of the best (if not the best) on "Closer to Truth". Hossein Nasr is a true Philosopher and a master of erudite discussions.

[@TehNetherlands]

Frankly, these discussions with people who choose to embrace irrational belief systems are among the most boring and least enlightening on this channel. l$Iamic theology is nothing more than pseudophilosophy constrained by religious dogma.

[@user-nr9uz6es9x]

A: it's unjust to punish someone who did sin for 80 years with a eternal fire. Me: God knows the future and knows if he let this man to live an eternal life on the earth 🌎he will sin the whole eternal life, therefore it seems very just.

[@TehNetherlands]

Sorry but I cannot bring myself to respect people who believe that an absurd book like the Quran is a revelation of the so called 'creator of the universe'. Or any other 'holy' book for that matter. It just makes me feel awkward and ashamed that people can be delusional like that. In many ways it just feels like a shame to the human intellect.

[@Elaphe472]

That's exacly how I feel sometimes... I find myself in a world of lunatics and pathos... Specially living in a Catholic country like myself, an institution that tortured non-believers for centuries and hides child-rapists.

[@zezofaisal]

Did you read Quran? If yes , how do find it ? If not how can you judge without previous knowledge!!

[@TehNetherlands]

@@zezofaisal I did. I own a Dutch / Arabic translation. The notion that this book supposedly originates from the creator of the universe is so absurd to me that it defies logic. However, it is the way the religion manifests itself and its deeply stunting effect on the personal development of people that frustrates me the most.

[@TehNetherlands]

@@Elaphe472 I agree. Its one of the reasons why I left the Catholic church at a young age. For one I cannot believe its insane truth claims. But I also would never wish to be associated with a rapist harboring institution like that.

[@TehNetherlands]

@@From.Darkness.To.Light. They do not. It is a complete non-argument either way. Whether music makes you feel good or not has absolutely no bearing on the truth of its lyrical content. I'd much rather listen to generic Arabic music. At least I know it won't be conveying the inane ramblings of a long dead delusional self-proclaimed warlord prophet.

[@aslanbayramuqlany6189]

Hell and Heaven in Islam are real, eternal and their description are not figurative. This is a consensus of Islamic scholars. Why don't you interview a mainstream Islamic scholar, rather than sectarians and so-called "philosophers" who conform religion to their whims.

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

But would not even a "mainstream Islamic scholar" have an individual worldview or bias toward his own "understanding" of Islam? That is apparently what so many "scholars" have done with Christianity.

[@aslanbayramuqlany6189]

@@johnbrzykcy3076 Islam is not Christianity. The majority of scholars have no significant disagreement in Islamic creed or basics of Jurisprudence. They have differences in secondary issues, and those are normal and accepted as long as they are based on qualified judgment and do not oppose the consensus.

[@aslanbayramuqlany6189]

@@johnbrzykcy3076 peace to you too

[@maxwellsimoes238]

How he ALL about God? Of course he not explains cause he dont Know. Guys speaks serious fundamental human questions concerning their point viwers bobastic arrogant abuse bizarre no sense ridiculus.

[@BradHolkesvig]

Death of the visible images ( including all human beings ) in the minds of men ( male and female ) is the final judgment by our Creator.

[@garychartrand7378]

God has no need to judge - only to Love (unconditionally)

[@BradHolkesvig]

@@garychartrand7378 You are clueless to where all our life experience comes from.

[@garychartrand7378]

@@BradHolkesvig what is your problem. You seem to have an urge to attack and accuse s people. This is a sure sign that you are operating from a place of Fear instead of from a place of Love. I , personally, don't have to like you but I do have to Love you.

[@BradHolkesvig]

@@garychartrand7378 I speak for our Creator so if you don't like what he has to say, then ask him what his problem is.

[@garychartrand7378]

@@BradHolkesvig what are your credentials for such a claim . I have proof that God is my best friend and we both disagree with your weird and religiously fanatical statements. Show me your proof an then I will give you mine. Otherwise take your fear and anger elsewhere.