A scientific investigation can be remedied and has no lasting consequences (it is ever changing) but not a spiritual one because it has personal ramifications. Muhammad Asad stated it beautifully why there cannot be a physical standard of morality (the aim of the "scientism" followers). One is to uncover the governance of our lives and the other to maintain our continuance in it. Now there is the false notion that "there can only be one" but when one understands that there are two separate forms of the "truth", he will be at peace. (Arabic translations of Greek works and their own lead to the Renaissance and Enlightenment). For thousands of years, Muslims made the distinction between the separation of the two forms of epistemology which is why when Europe was in the Dark Ages, Islam was flourishing in its Golden Age. The current pseudo-science deciphering Quranic verses as embodiments of the laws of nature can be traced back to a French scientist and personal physician of King Faisal, Maurice Bucaille and his book, "The Quran and Modern Science". Instead, Islam implores to test and acquire great depths of knowledge to understand fully God's creations which is why scholars are so highly regarded ("the ink of a scholar is worth more than the blood of a martyr"). None of any religion is any where near the modern morals of the modern Secular society, which has been guided by the Humanity in us, the human rationale and the human experience of the last thousands of years.Your first point has some vigor but this is the mistake often associated with Islam and science called "fideism'' where if there is a clash than theology will override. Slavery was abolished only by this non religious Secular West, while all god given religions failed badly in abolishing slavery and to give equal rights to the slaves. These things are unprecedented in the thousands of years of history of religions. Same is about the non religious Western Morals of today, where they are giving equal rights to women, the foreigners, the blacks and all the races, and even animals are getting the rights for the first time in history. Same is about the non religious moral teachings of the atheist/agnostic Taoism. Same is about the non religious moral teachings of the Confucius. On the bases of this Humanity, the great Buddah (an Atheist/Agnostic) was able to kick away the religion, and gave the teachings of morality which were solely based upon his own human thinking and rationale. Science has nothing to do with the moral values, but it is the HUMANITY in us which is the best guide for us towards the morals. Actually, they declare all remaining 99.99% (except Islam) to be wrong.īut when it comes to Islam vs Science, then the standards change, and now Muslims preach not to decide between them. The two contradictory and clashing thing could never be truth at the same time.Īctually, when two religions are clashing with each other, then Muslims very easily decide that their religion is right and other is wrong. Human Rationale is enough to see which of them is wrong in case of clash. I absolutely don't agree with this logic.
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