| Books and Documents | |
| 23 Jul 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Book Review: In God We Doubt—Confessions of a Failed Atheist | |
By: Yoginder Sikand, NewAgeIslam.com
In God We Doubt—Confessions of a Failed Atheist
Author: John Humphrys
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Year: 2008
Pages: 356
Price: 7.99 pounds sterling
ISBN: 978-0-340-97673-9
Religion and the truths that it claims to contain are undoubtedly among the most profound, and, at the same time, most perplexing dilemmas that humankind has always faced. Religions are based on unquestioning faith, and faith is necessarily not entirely amenable to rational proof, for otherwise it would cease to be itself and turn into a fact that does not require the ‘leap of faith’ that religion demands. Almost every religion claims to be the sole manifestation of ultimate truth. Almost inevitably, these conflicting claims lead to smug supremacism and endless battles, ideological or even physical, between different sets of religionists. All this and more prompts thinking folks to raise pertinent questions about religion and its contemporary relevance.
|
7:42 AM
Moderate Islamist here
0 comments:
Post a Comment