Episode 20 - How Do We Think?

Peace be upon you.

Introduction: How Do We Think?

There are many scientific theories and recent discoveries that are interpreted in different ways. Some say, "They threaten faith," while others respond, "They do not contradict faith," and a third says, "Rather, they support faith." How do we know? Is it true? Or is it false?

[So we will show you, through a series of episodes, the errors of the theory of evolution from a biological scientific perspective. From one of the best American scientific books that received the highest rating on Amazon]

Or did Allah create beings through evolution? [And the result is that we accept evolution and accept that the one who moved it and directed it is an intelligent source, the source of absolute intelligence...]

Or is the reconciliation between evolution and Islam a distortion of the verses and hadiths? [When you say that the theory of evolution can be interpreted to agree with some texts, you are thereby lowering the religious text from the control cabin to the cage of subservience!]

Is the quantum theory "Quantum theory" actually true? [A theory of the most successful things so far, despite its strangeness, despite it depicting the world as -meaning- a wave and a particle at the same time, probability... and we cannot predict...] Or are the conclusions they build on it wrong?

Or is this talk as the other says? [There is no design in natural selection. This whole process, and therefore it is actually blind. It is definitely blind, not powerful, intelligent, and that, and you know the principle and the law it operates on, the plan, and the work program. No, there is no such talk at all. Therefore, therefore there are defects in creation. You will even find defects in the composition of man]

Or as the other says? [What amazes me is that whenever I examine a patient or treat a disease; the brilliant design that is undoubtedly behind it, capable, brilliant, and amazing.]

And is it true? [So death is not as you imagine. Something that must happen, death can be prevented, but it is just a matter of time.]

Methodology of the Series and Its Goals

Come on, in these episodes - brothers - let's put together the ruler we measure with, to know the truth from falsehood. Let's adjust the compass, let's organize our thoughts, to look at things in a scientific way. After that, you decide what you are convinced of or not convinced of. But on a strong scientific basis, without letting anyone deceive you. Therefore, our series is methodological, establishing a method of thinking.

But so that our talk about the rules of correct thinking is not dry and philosophical, we want a practical example to apply these rules to. And allow me, given my specialization in molecular pharmacology and teaching and research experience in various life sciences, to choose the theory of evolution to apply these rules to it. Meaning, we take it as a case study "Case Study". Then we apply the same rules briefly to topics such as quantum physics, for example.

These episodes are a station on the journey of certainty, of which we have already published 19 episodes. The goal of our episodes is - also - to enhance certainty, but certainty based on a strong scientific basis.

The Relationship of the Series to the Journey of Certainty

So, what is the relationship of these episodes to what came before them? In the first episodes of the journey of certainty, we spoke about innate disposition, so that there is a common ground for us in the discussions. We clarified the innate evidence of the existence of Allah, and we clarified the state of contradiction that everyone who denies this evidence falls into.

Then we spoke about the intellectual evidence of the existence of Allah: the evidence of the creation of the universe, and we answered the objection "Who created the creator?" Then we spoke about the evidence of "perfection and precision in creation." The first objection that will be raised against the perfection and precision in creation is: the theory of evolution, which considers that living beings have evolved without design and without an actor. Therefore, we will discuss this theory, but in a methodological way that helps us in discussing other issues.

You will notice, brother and sister, at the end of these episodes - by the permission of Allah the Almighty - something very important: that your thinking is not only organized in the subject of discoveries and scientific theories, but even in intellectual, doctrinal, and social subjects. It will help you in discussing with others and convincing them of the truth by the permission of Allah.

Therefore, if you love to tell your friends about these episodes, I ask you to tell them: they are a station on the journey of certainty that helps us to think scientifically, critically, and methodically. This is the real title, with the adoption of the theory of evolution as a practical applied example.

Roadmap of the Upcoming Episodes

We will start with an introduction in which we talk about the original theory. Then the modifications that were made to it, then the inferences of the followers of the theory, and their methods of inference. We will simplify the language to the furthest extent. We will deal with the theory of evolution as a table. For the scientific theory in general has supports - meaning bases -: the legs of the table. And it has a result that it reaches: the surface of the table. And the theory explains observations: the load present on the table.

Therefore, the roadmap for our upcoming episodes is as follows:

Episode Details

• Next Episode: We talk about Darwin's theory.
• The Episode After That: We talk about the modifications that were made to it.
• Then We Discuss: The evidence of the theory among its followers in a quick discussion, the purpose of which is to define the terms that we must have in the detailed presentation later, God willing.

But the most important thing that these episodes offer you - brothers - is the topic that follows that: methods of inference, methods of inference, through which we know whether any speaker is addressing our minds with science, or he does not know what he is saying, or he misleads us with psychological tricks and logical fallacies, under the name of respecting reason and science.

How do we know if an observation or a set of observations break the table of the theory? Or, on the contrary, can it turn into an additional leg that strengthens the theory? This will be discussed in an interesting and convincing way, God willing. All of this will be in the introduction. The introduction only? Yes. But I expect that you will continue to follow what comes after it with interest for what you see of great benefit, God willing.

And after the introduction, we will return to every topic to detail it in a scientific and solid way with many important additions and answers to questions.

A Request Before Starting

But before starting, I have a request: your mind and your knowledge will not benefit you except by the success of Allah for you. If there is no help from Allah for the youth, the first thing his effort will spend on is his destruction. Therefore, if you are not a Muslim, I invite you to be sincere with yourself. And think about its benefit and its salvation before everything.

And if you are a Muslim, I ask you - brother and sister - before watching the episodes: pray two rak'ahs at the end of the night! And supplicate in the opening with the supplication of the Prophet peace be upon him: "O Allah! Lord of Jibreel, Mikaeel, and Israfeel, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You judge between Your servants in what they differ in. Guide me to the truth in what they differ in, by Your permission. Verily, You guide whom You will to a straight path." (Narrated by Muslim 770)

And peace be upon you.