Epistemology Of Religion
In the name of Allah the greatest guide. As I see it. I have analyzed, in my own way, that there is want and a need. The need is water, food and shelter and I will come to God later. The needs are necessary for the maintenance of life and health. This health is vital. One can have life without good health and that is a tough life. Health seems vital to stay away from despair and depression and finally from death and godlessness. The want is soft drinks etc, junk food etc, mansions etc. Next, nature provided the provisions necessary for the survival of humans. We also know that humans, who believe, have a better chance of survival and recovery from disease and hopelessness. We also see the existence of diety or deities all over the planet, from the remotest to the advanced, from today into the past. Reverse engineer this and we will find the first man and the first God, just like we reverse engineer and reach the first organic, replicating molecule. We have survived over ages through religion and God. This is in perspective to the human as a specie. God is a necessity, a need not a want. And God knows best.
I beg to differ on one point. The way that religion is presented in the Quran, there’s no room left for any assumptions or presumptions. The entire case for God in the Quran is based on evidence. When the whole matter is understood using the approach that Quran evidently takes, we reach the highest level of certainty that’s humanly possible.
I agree with Muhammad Yaseen. Allah gives us clues not absolute irrefutabe proof of his existence. That is not the design.