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LP1 Presentation
LP1 Presentation
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Naturalism ⇄ Scientism
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God is
Real
Prove it
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Your neighbor claims that the
purpose of his existence and the
meaning of life is to accumulate
wealth and create the most
comfortable life for himself. He
doesn’t value family,
humanitarian aid, or charity to the
needy, and he measures the
success of his life by the money
in his bank account. But what is
Unreliable the real purpose of human
existence?
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Dominant pathway Limitations of
Reality
to knowing reality this pathway
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Scientism Qur’an
Science (empirical inquiry What approach does
and careful observations) the Qur’an take to make
is the only pathway to a case for God’s existence?
discern reality.
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What’s the main idea?
ٓ َ َ ُ � ْ َ ٌ ُ ُ� ْ ُ َ َ ُ َ� َ � � ْ َ ٔ ْ � � ۟ ُ َ ْ َ َ� َ ٔ
�ۭ �� ا��� �� ِ� ����ا ِ�� ا��ر ِص �����ون ����م
�و� ���� ِ�����ون ِ����ا
َٰ َ ُ ٰ ؓ ْ َٔ ْ � َ ْ َ� َ َ َٔ ْ َ �َ ٌ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ �َ �ﱠ
او ء�د ۭ�ن �������ون ِ����ا � ِٕا���ا �� ������ ا�� ������ر و��� ِ�ن
ُ � � � � �َ ْ َ � ْ �ُ ُ � � ﱠ
ِ �و� ا� ِ�� ِ�� ا���د
ور � ����������� ا
“So have they not traveled
through the earth, and have they
not hearts by which to reason
and ears by which to hear? For
indeed, it is not eyes that are
blinded, but blinded are the
hearts which are within the
chests.” [Surat al-Hajj; 22:46]
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God’s reality through faculties
َ َ
� ْ َ َ ُ ُ � ْ َ � َ ٰ َ � ْ � � ْ َ َ ُ � ْ ٔ ُ� � ٔ
ا���و ِ���ون ِ�� ���� ِ�ص ا� ِ����� ِ�� و�����رون ِ�� ���� ٍ�ص Logical
“So do you believe in part of the Empirical
book and deny the other part?”
[Surat al-Baqarah, 2:85]
Spiritual
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Holistic Approach
GOD?
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Heart
(Spiritual)
Mind
(Mental)
God’s Reality Body
(Physical)
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َ���� َ�� ِا� ُ�ق �ا ْ� َ� ّ�� َو�ا ﱠ��� َ�و ٰى ُ�� ْ���ر ُح � �ا ْ�� ﱠ
َ �� ٕا ﱠن
ِ ِ ِ
َ�ّ ��ْ ِ� َن �ا ْ� َ�� ّ�� ��� َو ُ� �ْ��ر ُح� �ا ْ� َ�� ّ�� ��� ِ� َن �ا
ِ ِ ِ ِ َ ِ ِ
َ ُ َ � ْ ٔ ُ� ٰ �� ُ ُ � �َ ٔ � ﱠ
� ِ���م ���� �ا�� ��و���ون
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We can spiritually intuit that the seed serves a
purpose greater than itself: it blossoms into a fruit-
bearing plant, nourishing other creatures and
releasing more oxygen for us to breathe. Everything
has a purpose for its existence, which it actualizes
under certain conditions—seeds and humans alike.
Heart
(Spiritual)
We can logically
conclude that the
germination process
through which a tiny
seedling turns into a
fruit-bearing plant We can sensorily
must have been set in observe the seed
God’s Reality
motion from a germination process,
supernatural cause Mind Body which occurs
outside of this material (Mental) (Physical) organically around the
universe. world and always
under requisite
conditions, and we
recognize that the
delicate fine-tuning of
the natural world
could not have
happened at random
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