Islam Rediscovered
2. Faith and Reason
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twentieth century has closed the chapter on all such
debates. Now, according to modern developments
in science, one can safely say that religious tenets
can be proved on the same logical plane as the
concepts of science. Now there is no difference
between the two in terms of scientific reasoning. Let
us then see what modern scientific reasoning is all
about.
SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENT
Religion, or faith, relates to issues such as the
existence of God, something intangible and
unobservable, unlike non-religious things like the
sun, which has a tangible and observable existence.
Therefore, it came to be held that only non-religious
matters might be established by direct argument,
while it is only direct or inferential argument which
can be used to prove religious propositions.
It was believed, therefore, that rational argument
was possible only in non-religious matters, and so
far as religious matters were concerned, rational
argument was not applicable at all. That is to say,
that it was only in non-religious areas that primary
