The Role of the Intellectual Approach in the Recognition of God

Ayman al-Misri

Summary
The essay is focused on reviewing all the approaches that theorized the issue of recognition of God in order to define the most accurate and authentic epistemological approach from amongst these approaches and to identify the certain and realistic epistemological approach of the principle of the existence of God. Of course, all the other philosophical, ethical and social principles are founded on the recognition of God.

The major issue to be investigated in the essay is to prove the evidential rational approach’s perfect scientific validity in the recognition of God in the face of other epistemological approaches.

The essay is thus based on the analytic evidential rational approach in establishing and then criticizing the scientific topics. Besides, the descriptive narrative approach is also adopted in the essay in the process of quoting the scientific texts from their reliable sources, especially with regard to the epistemological schools that do not adopt the evidential rational approach.

At the end, the writer of the essay proves the validity and authority of the evidential rational approach in the issue of the recognition of God. Before that, the writer proves that the logic-based validity of the approach as well as its epistemological limits and its authority over the other narrative, sentimental, and experimental epistemological tools.

The writer also reaches at an explanation of the universal features of monotheism that is based on the evidential rational approach and proving the attributes and deeds of God in a way that is proper to Him. On the other hand, the writer sheds light on the disastrous consequences that arose from the irrational recognition of God, such as materialistic, theological, narrative, and mystic Sufi trends of atheism, irreligiosity, anthropomorphism, fatalism and indeterminism, and as well other creedal falsities.

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