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What I find quite amusing
is the repeated allusion to the dichotomy
between faith and reason. It is obvious the
two are often mutually contradictory.
Mr. Abrar Hasan is
proposing we assume the existence of a deity
and subsequently weave a religiosity based on
that premise. What compels him to adopt such
an approach is simply beyond me. One must
rather build a premise based on observable
reality--one that can either be refuted or
confirmed through further empirical research.
That said, I would like
to ask Mr. Hasan why the only way we can
believe in religion is when we choose to
abandon rationality. What good is religion
then, if we cannot exercise the one faculty we
know helps us understand the universe we live
in. And why can't religion appeal to reason ?
This whole debate about faith and reason
exists because there is indeed a dichotomy and
contradiction between the two.
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