Islam and Peace
Faith and Reason
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atom, the existence of Dark Matter, etc., could not
have been explained.
After the extension of this method of reasoning in
modern times, argument on religious faith has
become as valid as reasoning on scientific concepts.
Exactly the same inferential logic which was
employed to prove the newly discovered concepts
of science, was applicable to religious faiths to
prove their veracity. Now differences in the
criterion of logic have vanished.
ANSWER TO A QUESTION
At the end of his article Professor Badham writes:
And I have to acknowledge that the existence of so
much evil and suffering in the world counts
against any vision of an all-powerful and loving
God
(
p. 7
)
Here I have to say that evil is a relative world. An
evil is an evil so long as it cannot be explained. A
doctor performs surgery on the patient’s body, a
judge sentences a criminal to be hanged. All this
appears to be injustice, cruelty. But we do not call it
