Our God — Page 205
Refutation of Arguments Supporting Atheism 205 whole thing but there is a Being higher than man’s plans and stronger than his resolve. Compared to Him, man, with all his intelligence and wisdom and all the material sources, amounts to nothing. It is this realisation of inferiority that always leads the wise to God, but, regrettably, Western scholars have chosen the same concept to stumble upon. The core of the theory put forward by Freud and the like- minded scholars is that man has innate quest for a Higher and more Powerful Being, to be a model for him, whose superior knowledge and power should be awe-inspiring and whom he might take as his protector. This central point of their theory argues in favour of existence of God, not against it. As stated in the beginning of this book, the Holy Quran has presented it as evidence of fi t rah supporting the existence of God. Thus the claim that as the child grows up the father-figure leaves a vacuum, which is then filled by an imaginary god is absurd and contrary to human nature and our observation. It is true, of course, that without belief in God, human nature does experience a vacuum which ultimately attracts fortunate ones to God. Hence, from whichever angle we look at it, this argument presented by Freud and other like-minded peo- ple is no more than a philosophical conjecture. The fact is that this argument is in favour of God’s existence rather than against it, and that is why many other Western scholars have rejected it. These were the seven basic arguments presented by atheists to support their doctrine. However, all these arguments originate not from one but several schools of thought and, therefore, some of them contradict each other. I have put all such arguments together as I intended to refute all of them. I hope that after understanding the refutation of these seven basic arguments,