Why
Religion?
Even the staunchest atheist would believe that being truthful is better than lying, correct?
These are terms that are irrelevant to this world, and there is nothing in the material world that justifies their meaning or implication.
What is the meaning of truthfulness?
What is the meaning of honesty?
If we conduct a deep analysis of the atom, will we detect some meanings like truthfulness and lying?
If we observe the physics of galaxies or the chemistry of hormones, will we observe: honesty or dishonesty/betrayal?
Such terms do not belong to this material world.
However, they are real terms, and are from the most significant matters.
In fact, the value of a human is based on his morals, not his physical size, the number of his atoms, or the energy level of his cells.
His value is measured by his inner commitment to the divine assignments. Nothing of the material world shares this value with human. There could be a good man and a bad one. however, there is no good mountain and a bad one. We do not detect an honest planet and another unfaithful one. Only man is concerned with values, purpose of life, and is concerned with the existence. Only humans and jinn grasp (the fact) that they are under religious assignment. Perceiving the meaning of morals is nothing but part of our inner instinctual sense of divine assignment. Therefore, religion is essential for man to understand.
Religion is the only thing that justifies the meaning of morality, why it exists, and why we feel the need to adhere to it. It is the only thing that gives morality its distinctive feature, for it can only be understood in the parameters of divine assignment.
It can only be known through religion that morality is innate in the human race And through religion, we recognize the purpose of existence, and know that the morals that we feel the need to adhere to, even if we do not actually do, are part of the divine assignment.
So, religion is a human necessity.
Also, it is through religion that we know why we are here, and (answers the question), what comes after death? And know the meaning of existence. And (answers the question) what is required from us in this life?
Thus, religion is a must for knowing about the most important things that concern man. Therefore, without religion the entire world would turn into complete blindness and nothingness. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: “There is no way to happiness and success, neither in this world nor in the Hereafter, except through the Messengers. There is no way to know good and bad in detail, except through them, neither will the pleasure of Allah be ever attained, except through them.
The world is dark and cursed, except for what the sun of religion and the sun of the Message has risen upon, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy upon him) says.Without religion, the purpose of existence, the meaning and value of good, is not known.
And without the divine Messages, the world turns into a scary absurdity. When religion disappears and people deny prophethood, man will turn into star waste, as Carl Sagan says, and into an insect, as Sartre says.
Then man actually becomes chemical waste, or, more precisely, chemical scum, as Stephen Hawking says. Prophethood is the only pulse of existence, and without prophethood, the most wonderful inventions and the most enjoyable desires turn into horror! Without religion, the world with all its beauty transfers into a frightful ghost. If you ask any atheist any existential question, such as: Why are we here in this world or what comes after death? He will either turn your question into sophistry, or he will just stay mute. Therefore, religion is a natural requirement for human understanding and for comprehending the necessity of moral values. Also, religion is essential for knowing the meaning and purpose of existence and for the fulfillment of servitude to Allah through which salvation is attained.
Why is it not possible that such morals are the product of a brain or society?
The brain consists of exactly the same material components as in the material world!…
No matter how complicated the brain or the material compositions are, eventually the result of a sum of zeros will be nothing but zero Thus, if matter knows neither well or evil, then the same applies to the brain.
Here, we ask the atheist: How did the concept of good and evil appear when the whole material world is morally neutral and knows neither good nor evil?
The second question: According to the brain, what prevents the extermination of all the people on earth?
What prevents placing the inferior human races into animal cages?
What prevents the annihilation of the sick, disabled, handicapped, and inferior races as what took place in the natural selection project carried out by the Nazi – Action T4 Project?
The brain, in its material form is not able to answer such questions by deeming them wrong or by deeming them right.
The brain is fully neutral when it comes to morality, as it is composed of the same atoms of the earth.
Actually, the brain and morality are absolutely not related.
As for the idea that society is the originator of morals, then this would be strange, as it concerns man as a man, and not society as a whole.
Furthermore, society consists of the same components of matter, and therefore the sum of zeros again will only produce zero, so how did society come up with morals, which do not belong to the material world in the first place?
Then, if this supposedly true, and we consider morals a product of society, then the Nazi will be right in exterminating others because society would believe this to be moral.
When the world decided to prosecute the Nazis, this decision was based on the fact that morals are absolute and not the product of society. Otherwise, they would not have been able to prosecute the Nazis and would not have realized that they had made a mistake in the first place.
In fact, morals are independent from society, right is right in both good societies and bad ones.
Likewise, wrong is wrong in both good societies and bad ones.
Morals have a meaning that extends beyond the brain and community.
