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Originally Posted by Sohel NR
On a more serious note, Imam Al-Ghazzali, may GOD rest his great soul in peace, explained faith as a light GOD puts inside our hearts. Those who nurture the light, see overwhelming evidence of His existence in the beauty and the sheer majesty of of the natural world with all of its unraveling mysteries. Those who do not are the skeptics and will always be skeptical.
He was of the opinion that because knowledge itself is always evolving as that beauty and sheer majesty is unraveled through the erudite sciences and the arts, it is unreasonable to either prove or disprove the existence of GOD using the reason of the day. The focus instead for a believer should be on purification of the soul by being good and doing good simply because it is pleasing to GOD.
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There is a sizable number of academics/historians who allege that al-Ghazzali and his teachings are partly responsible for the demise of the flourishing scientific progress during the Golden Age of Islam. What are your thoughts on that?
Also, what socio-political agenda is Richard Dawkins promoting?