Concept tag
#revelation
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Can a believer say “none of the proofs work” and lose nothing? Judah Halevi’s answer
I translate between Hebrew and Arabic, and Judah Halevi's Kuzari is a book I keep going back to, partly because he wrote it in Arabic about Judaism. The frame is a king who has a dream telling him his intentions please God…
Started by Tal Rosen6 replies -
Can reason tell right from wrong on its own, or does it need revelation?
In the courts I covered in Lahore, judges applied statutes, precedent and, where the law allowed, the principles of Islamic law. Many times a case was decided correctly by every rule and I went home feeling it had been decided wrongly. I…
Started by Khalid Mahmood Awan6 replies -
If many traditions claim revelation and they disagree, can revelation be a reliable way of knowing?
I do tax returns during the week and seva at our gurdwara at weekends, and something from a philosophy reading has been bothering me while I wash dishes after langar. The reading set out an objection to revelation as a source of…
Started by Harpreet Kaur Grewal5 replies -
Can revelation give moral knowledge to someone who does not share the faith that received it?
For the past year I have been reading Saadia Gaon's Book of Beliefs and Opinions in the original Judaeo-Arabic. Saadia, writing in tenth-century Baghdad under the influence of the kalām, divides the commandments into those that reason can reach by itself (do…
Started by Tal Rosen5 replies