GOD ARISES by Maulana Waiduddin Khan - page 69

God Arises
The Method of Argument
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THE METHOD OF ARGUMENT
THE LINE OF ARGUMENT
The modern age versus religion is basically a case of
reasoned argument versus the acceptance of
revelation. Modernity has it that religious beliefs
and dogmas do not pass muster when subjected to
tests devised by the most advanced methods of
scientific reasoning. Today’s apprehension of reality
is through observation and experiment, but since
religious beliefs concern the supra-rational sphere
of existence, they are thus considered unverifiable.
Arguments in their favour are based entirely on
assumption and inference: this being so, they are
declared to have no acceptable scientific basis. In his
book
Religion and the Scientific Outlook
, T.R. Miles
writes:
It might be said that metaphysicians of the
past have done something comparable to
writing a cheque without adequate funds in
the bank. They have used words without
proper ‘cash’ to back them; they have been
unable to give their words ‘cash-value’ in
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