Re: Professor vs. student: Discussion on God
Faith = something you believe to be true for which you do not have any proof
"I have faith in a Deity who has created everything around us including us and who does not want us to hurt anyone. " This is my faith and it is an emotional decision. I am not dishonest to term this as a philosophical, rational, logical or scientific decision. I have faith in certain non literal interpretation of ancient scripture and this is also an emotional decision. If I try to present my emotional decision as rational, logical, scientific I’ll be committing dishonesty. You also have faith in some other interpretation of ancient scriptures which may require you to believe in something else.. but again it is faith. My faith against your faith.. my interpretation against your interpretation.. but both can not be proven. Both are emotional decisions.
I have no problem as long as faith is termed as faith. If you call these clergymen “men of faith”, “momin”, “aimaan wale”… there is no problem. Their premise is not based on logical, critical, rational or scientific grounds. It’s just faith which is based on emotional grounds. Terming them aalim is dishonest.
There is nothing wrong with you having faith.. but if you are honest (which I think your faith requires you to be), you can not equate your emotional decision with rationality, logic, science, or philosophy.
I am only emotionally attached to the faith system, and I am honest to admit it unlike some others who try to equate faith with rationality, ilm, logic, philosophy, or science (Zakir Naik comes to mind)…
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