Are their any methods of knowledge-acquisition available to us

 

Muslims against Atheism

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Are their any methods of knowledge-acquisition available to us through which either of these propositions “God exists”, “God does not exist” can be verified or disproved?

Since the only credible means of knowledge-acquisition to materialist, naturalists and atheists in general is the scientific method,

and that can only tell us how things work in the natural world through cause-effect mechanisms and nothing more, then in reality,

there are no means of knowledge-acquisition through which these two propositions can be verified or disproved.

This would expose their answer, “there is insufficient evidence” to be nothing more than a calculated act of dishonesty on their behalf, a red herring.

Some atheists—having realised this reality—will finally say something like, “Well if God shows Himself, that would be evidence”,

or they might ask to see something “miraculous” or out of the ordinary as a direct sign.

The knowledge of the existence of someone, something or some entity does not have to based upon sense-perception alone.

This entire discussion leads into the topic of “evidence” and “knowledge”, as to what they are and what are the routes through which they can be attained.

As Muslims we believe the routes are many and they include:

fitrah (innate disposition),

mushāhadah (observation or witness),

ḥiss (sensory perception),

ʿaql ṣarīḥ (sound reason),

tajribah (experience or experimentation) and

riwāyah (transmisssion) and others.

A combination of numerous routes of knowledge provide strong evidence for accepting the proposition “God exists”—making this a “belief” in the third sense* that we discussed earlier:

[“Conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence**” -Merriam Webster]

“Conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence”.

Hence, this belief is not “blind” at all and can be rationally justified.

**So here, it would be claimed by materialists and naturalists that only scientific evidence can be used to justify “conviction” in anything and this is a false claim because it cannot be backed by scientific evidence.

Meaning, there is no scientific evidence (as determined by the scientific method) that the only true statements are those verified by the scientific method.

Frank admission that science and its methods do not compel us to accept material explanations of the world and that materialism is simply a preferred world view.

The Atheistic World View Is Driven by Emotional and Psychological Preference, Not the Scientific Method.

http://www.aboutatheism.net/.../cylqpxr-atheism...

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