Re: Atheism
Hi psyah,
I’m afraid my knowledge of Alhazen is limited to his works on optics, and his writings about rationalism and reasoning. I know he was a devout Muslim, but my knowledge of Islam and his faith are limited. I cannot comment on either.
I do know that he kept his faith and his science separated. I often recall his saying: Truth is sought for its own sake
And in that famous saying, lies the great problem for creationism. The truth contradicts what’s written in scriptures. One can retro fit, and say the universe was created in six days..but man does not know how long each day was. One can retro fit and say, scriptures speak of angels and that’s what is meant by particles. One can keep retrofitting and say scriptures are filled with allegories. But the fact of the matter is, scriptures, in so far as it comes to science, are wrong.
I commend your faith. I commend the moral basis of scriptures. However, science, they are not. If there is science in scriptures, it reflects the science of the period. No aviation. No rocket propulsion. No space travel. No astrophysics. No biology. No calculus. No telephony. No internet.