🔬 An Objective Analysis of the Relationship Between Science and Religion
✍ Written by: Muhammad Saleem
📖 Introduction
On social media, proponents of atheism often claim that science has refuted religion. However, this assertion is frequently based on a misinterpretation of what science truly represents as an impartial discipline.
In this article, Muhammad Saleem offers a reasoned critique of such claims, clarifying the distinction between science and atheism, and highlighting how certain scientists sometimes bend scientific principles to favor atheistic ideologies.
❓ Objections Based on Science Against God’s Existence
✔ According to science, nothing is accepted as real until it is observed.
✔ For instance, when signs of water are discovered on Mars, scientists initiate a search for life there.
✘ Yet, the existence of God is dismissed due to lack of direct observation.
✔ A 5-million-year-old tooth leads to an entire narrative of human evolution,
✘ but belief in a Divine Creator behind the universe is labeled as “unscientific.”
⚖ Newton’s Laws and Scientific Contradictions
✔ According to its own principles, science considers only observed realities as valid.
➤ Newton’s Law of Gravity, if judged by this standard, would be classified as an invention, not a discovery, since gravity was not known to science before Newton observed its effects.
✔ If the same rule is applied to other scientific “discoveries,” many of them would also be reduced to inventions.
🌌 Universe, Life, and Scientific Dilemmas
✔ Science claims life began from a unicellular organism,
✘ yet fails to explain how that organism originated from lifeless matter.
✔ If such a miraculous transition from non-living matter to life is accepted, then why are miracles in religion, like the staff of Musa (عليه السلام) turning into a serpent, considered unbelievable?
✔ Science accepts the evolution of aquatic creatures to land, with gills transforming into lungs,
✘ yet is unable to explain why such transitional species are extinct, or how they disappeared.
❓ Questions About the Science-Religion Relationship
✔ Science denies the idea of divine creation,
✘ yet, when asked about the origin of life or the process of evolution, it responds: “We don’t know.”
✔ While the theory claims evolution from unicellular organisms to humans,
✘ it remains silent on contradictions in the intermediate stages.
➤ If evolution is true, then why have primitive forms like asexual reproduction vanished?
➤ How do flying creatures fit into the evolutionary model when no clear evidence explains their origin?
✘ These same unproven theories, however, are used to critique religion.
🧠 The Foundation of Science vs. Atheism
✔ Science is built on reason,
✘ but atheism often misuses science to push its own ideological claims.
✔ Religion teaches responsibility and ethics,
✘ while atheism promotes unrestricted freedom.
✔ Religion explains the purpose behind creation,
✘ whereas atheism claims life is meaningless.
➤ If human existence is purposeless, then what is the relevance of ethics, human rights, and compassion?
📌 Conclusion
✔ There is no inherent conflict between science and religion.
✘ The conflict arises from scientists who project their atheistic beliefs under the guise of scientific objectivity.
✔ In reality, science is a divine gift, a tool granted by Allah ﷻ to help man understand the universe.
✔ Atheism is not rooted in science, but in a desire to escape religious and moral responsibilities.
