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Essay / Christianity and Islamic religions: a blessing or a...
full of atheist regimes and leaders who have committed inhumane crimes and massacres as serious, if not worse, than those committed by religious people. “Atheist and secular regimes in the 20th century alone have killed well over 100 million people, more than a hundred times the total number of deaths caused by Christians from the Crusades to the present” (Habermas, 2008, P .826). These regimes include the Nazi regime. of Hitler, the Soviet republic of Lenin and Stalin and Chinese communism. Another well-known and often used argument by atheists is that religion is against science and that believers are illogical human beings because of their belief in the existence of God. However, a case study of the relationship between religion and science will once again prove this argument wrong. Dr. Abdulla Galadari wrote an article titled “Science vs. Religion: The Debate Ends” (2011) which clarifies this relationship. Dr. Galadari holds a PhD in Civil Engineering and an MSc in Civil Engineering as well as an MEng in Engineering Management Using GIS. Atheist scientists reason using their minds and senses and think religious people are unreasonable. Freud (1927) is one example of many atheists who view religion "as a neurosis, an illusion, a poison, a drug, and childishness to be overcome." (Galadari, 2011, P.1) and that one must be hypnotized to be religious. For them, science describes the physical world, while religion is wrong to give worldviews because it is only interested in the spiritual world. We will start by proving that everything mentioned is false. First of all, as stated in the article: “The suppression of science is not part of any of the world's religious scriptures. In all major religious scriptures ... middle of paper ...... leads to an overall happier life. It does not matter whether religions are true or not, their effect on the individual will always be the same. Religious individuals believe in supernatural beings and events such as miracles. Believing in miracles gives hope to people in their time of despair, when everything they do ends in failure, their belief in God remains and inspires them to never give up. It is a very warmly cited work Berger, PL (2012). Additional reflections on religion and modernity. Springer Galadari, A. (2011). Science versus religion: the debate ends. The International Journal of Science in Society,2(2), retrieved from http://science-society.com/journal/ Habermas, GR (2008). The Fate of the New Atheism: A Critique. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 813-827. Witt, J. (2007). The big picture. (1st ed.). New York, New York: McGraw-Hill.