Islam and Peace
Faith and Reason
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world. These are the beliefs that are beyond our
known sensory world. That is, the existence of God
and the angels, revelation, hell and heaven, etc. In
this other aspect of religion direct observations do
not exist. The study of religion must, therefore, be
done in the light of that logical principle called
inference on the basis of observation, that is, the
same logical principle which the evolutionists
employ in the second aspect of their theory.
Looked at in the light of this principle, both religion
and science are at a par. Both have two equally
different parts. One part is based on such scientific
certainty as permits direct argument. The other part
is based on scientific inference, to prove which only
the principle of indirect argument may be used.
Keeping this logical division before us, we can find
no actual difference between the two.
The unnecessary apologia for religious uncertainty
made by Professor Badham is occasioned by his
inability to consider this difference, and his
confusing one area of study with another. Making
the error of false analogy, he is comparing the first
part of science to the second part of religion and
