God Arises
The Method of Argument
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terms of state of affairs, ‘The Absolute is
incapable of evolution and progress’ is a
grammatically correct sentence; but the words
are like a dud cheque, and cannot be ‘cashed’.
This statement purports to show that the claims of
religion are unfounded as they are neither based on
any valid argument, nor scientifically demonstrable;
religion belongs strictly to the domain of faith, and
reality is considered verifiable as such only when it
is external to this domain.
But this case against religion has itself no basis in
fact. It should not be forgotten that the modern
method of reasoning does
not
insist that only those
things which can come under direct observation
have a real existence. A scientific supposition which
is based on direct observation can also be as much a
fact as the result of scientific experiment. We
cannot, however, say that a scientific experiment is
always right simply because it is an experiment, just
as we cannot take it that a scientific supposition is
wrong, simply because it is a supposition. Either
has the possibility of being right or wrong.
