There has been a very major piece of
research done recently
in Oxford
uh by the society for mind and
anthropology or anthropology and mind
who did a 1.9
million pounds they spent on this
research. As far as I remember there
were over 60 academics involved in this
research from all over the world.
So this was a major piece of scientific
research
in the realm of human psychology and
anthropology.
And after many years
they concluded
that the belief in God, the religious
belief and the belief in afterlife
is not something that is taught by our
parents. It is something instinctive and
natural in the human being that in fact
the very human thought process itself
is shaped by religious values.
This is very significant
because of course this agrees
with exactly what Islam has been saying
that every human being is born upon the
fra. In other words, every human being
as the prophet Muhammad sallallah.aii
wasallam said is naturally inclined to
worship God alone. And as the prophet
sallallah.aii wasallam said, it is only
our parents
that make us diverge away from that
natural inclination to single out God
for worship and make us followers of
different religions or no religion at
all. So this is the nature of the human
being. And it's interesting that this
very extensive piece of research has
confirmed that. And we all have
instincts. Animals by the way operate on
instinct. What makes the human being
different from the animal is that the
human being has reason. We have the
ability to reason. Whereas animals they
rely upon instincts
and we have also what we call reflex
action. So for example, if I pick up
something that is hot,
not Quran, but something that is very
hot, I don't have to think. There's no
process in my brain saying this is very
hot. I must drop it. No, you do it
instinctively. You drop it
instinctively. This is a reflex action.
This is something that is not rational.
This is just something that is part of
our intrinsic makeup. In order to keep
on holding something hot, you have to
train yourself. You have to learn to
bypass your normal instinctive which a
human being can do. We can learn to
bypass those reflex actions and force
ourself to hold a hot coal. This is
unique to human beings.
consciousness
that ability to use our mind to override
our instinctive reactions.
However, this instinct is there and the
belief in God is instinctive. What is
the proof? What is the proof of this?
It's very interesting
that one of the what we could call the
high priests of atheism, Richard
Dawkins, was recently on
a a TV show and he was being interviewed
and that he was saying in this
interview, you know, most Christians,
they don't know anything about their
Bible. They just don't know about their
book. So the interviewer said, okay,
that's interesting. You believe, Mr.
Dawkins, you're a big fan of Darwin,
aren't you? Of course. Yes. Darwin's
very important. Um, could you tell me
the full title of his book, The Origin
of the Species?
And Richard Dawkins started going, "Um,
uh,
oh God."
Said,
he said, "Oh, God."
So he found that this atheist or this
renowned atheist
has been put in a difficult situation.
He doesn't know the answer and he ends
up going, "Oh God," like, "Oh, God, help
me. What am I going to say?" And this is
a guy who says he doesn't believe in
God.
But you're saying they're not
Christians. Even if they think of
themselves as Christian, you you know
what they are. or even even the they
tell you
I'm not I'm not presenting my opinion
here. This press release is offered to
people to look down it and say look
these people who who call themselves
Christians actually don't read the
Bible, don't go to church, don't believe
Jesus was the son of God, don't even
know what the first book of the New
Testament is. Richard up to you to make
up your mind whether you think they're
Christian. Don't ask me. My opinion is
not relevant.
Richard, if I if I said to you, what is
the full title of the origin of species?
I'm sure you could tell me that.
Yes, I could.
Go on then.
On the origin of species, uh, with Oh,
God. On the origin of species,
um, there there is a subtitle, um, with
respect to the pre the preservation of
favored races in the fight in the
struggle for
you're the high pope of Darwinism. Not
bad. And I've given some justice. If you
asked people who believed in evolution
what that question and you came back and
said 2% got it right. It would terribly
easy for me to go they don't really
believe it after all. It's just not fair
to ask people these questions. They
selfidentify as Christians and I think
you should respect that. And this is a
guy who says he doesn't believe in God.
And actually this is instinctive.
This is instinctive. Allah gives the
example in the Quran.
Allah gives the example in the Quran of
those people who go on a boat
and they go on the boat expecting to do
trade and expecting to buy and sell.
They go onto this boat and when they go
out to sea there is a great storm
and Allah describes in the Quran how the
waves are coming over them like the roof
of a tent. Can you imagine huge waves
crashing down on top of you?
Now for a bit the human being will
think, okay, the boat is going to save
me. The boat is well built. The boat
will save me. Or maybe they think the
captain will save me. But when the boat
starts to disintegrate, to break apart,
and the captain gets washed overshore,
what do they do?
What do they do?
They start calling upon the creator.
They start saying, "Oh God, help me."
And when they say, "Oh God," it is not
the point. The name is not important.
Whether they say God or Allah or Huda or
whatever, no, the name is not important.
It's the concept that is important.
What are they calling to conceptually?
Conceptually in their minds they are
calling upon the being which they know
instinctively
has power over everything
in the universe.