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various religions - just as there are many irrational arguments for atheism e.g. the universe simply popped
into existence from nothing, without a cause!
But there is a rational argument for the existence of a Creator.
What is the intellectual proof for the existence of a Creator?
We have a companion leaflet titled Does believing in a Creator make sense? which takes as its basis those
observable things that wouldnt be disputed by sane people. It has never been successfully intellectually
refuted and it is not complicated.
Is there a clash between science and religion?
There shouldnt be. Science examines how observable things might work by experimentation. It cant
explore how the universe came into existence from nothing (try doing an experiment on nothing). It cant
explore the meaning of life or the nature of human consciousness.
Science is one part of an intellectual toolkit that includes our general powers of reasoning without which
scientific reasoning couldnt exist.
What if the universe that the Creator has created is full of evil things we dont like?
There are many people whose questioning of the belief in a Creator stops when they decide they dont like
the kind of world that the Creator has made. Not liking something is not an intellectual reason to stop
believing in their existence. If some of us dont like the world then a more intellectual approach would be
to attempt to find out whether the Creator explains why the world is as it is. Whether or not we choose to
like it, the Universe and the Creator exist.
What makes Islam different to other religions?
Islam demands intellectual acceptance as a basis for belief from its followers rather than emotional faith.
That means that being a Muslim because your parents were Muslim or because you like the rituals or
because you had an out of body experience is NOT acceptable as a basis for belief. It is more intellectual
than any other religion in this respect.
Is that really what Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did?
Absolutely! He directed people to use their senses and their intellect, the same thing the Quran directed
people to do.
Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the
[great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down
from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every
[kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven
and the earth are signs for a people who use reason. [Translation of Quran 2:164]