God: The Failed Hypothesis میں مفروضہ خدا کا اسلامی تناظر میں تنقیدی جائزہ: A Critical Analysis of God Hypothesis In “God: The Failed hypothesis”: An Islamic Perspective

Muhammad Salman Mir; Anwar ul Haq

Authors

Muhammad Salman Mir PhD Scholar, Department of Islamic thought, History & Culture, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
Anwar ul Haq PhD Scholar, Department of Hadith and Hadith Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad

Keywords:

Scientific Hypothesis, God, Scientism, Deism, Atheism, intelligent Design, Miracle

Abstract

“God the Failed Hypothesis” is New York Times 2007 best seller book in which Victor John Stenger asserts that Science has shown that God does not exist. Prior to this, in history of religions, God was the mandate of Philosophy and religion. Contrary to that, New Atheists (Such as Victor, J Stenger and Richard Dawkins) assert that the very existence of God must be subjected to scientific method, hence God hypothesis is a valid Hypothesis, i ,e,. by using Scientific Method, it seems that the God Hypothesis is testable, refutable and falsifiable. The main tenant described by Stenger is that, if God exists, some evidence for his existence should be detectable by scientific means. He attempted to analyze scientifically the theological claims made for the existence of God and ultimately concludes that the origin of Universe and life can be understood by completely ignoring concept of intervening God. Moreover, he asserts that an observable God should be detectable and supernatural cannot be excluded from scientific inquiry realm. He denies miraculous origin of universe from nothing and argues that transition from nothing to something is plausible.
The purpose of this critical review examines above mentioned views. Using content analysis of selected work in the book “God: The Failed Hypothesis”, main views of Victor J Stenger about God and use of Scientific Method are commented in the light of Islamic Thought.