Too much data leads to not enough belief

This is what Allah says of people who don't believe.



And We have explained to man in this Qur'an every kind of similitude: yet the grater part of men refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude!

They say: "We shall not believe in thee until thou cause spring to gush forth for us from the earth

"Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst carrying abundant water;

"Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces as thou sayest (will happen) against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face;

"Or thou have a house adorned with gold or thou mount a ladder right into the skies. No we shall not even believe in thy mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to my Lord! am I aught but a man an apostle?"

What kept men back from Belief when Guidance came to them was nothing but this: they said "Has Allah sent a man like us) to be (His) Apostle?"

(Sura Al-Israa Ayat 90 - 94)

Unintentionally, Seth Godin has come to the point that " The skeptic will always find a reason" to disagree if they want to disagree. Here is an excerpt from his blog.

"In my experience, data crowds out faith. And without faith, it's hard to believe in the data enough to make a leap. Big mergers, big VC investments, big political movements, large congregations... they don't usually turn out for a spreadsheet.

The problem is this: no spreadsheet, no bibliography and no list of resources is sufficient proof to someone who chooses not to believe. The skeptic will always find a reason, even if it's one the rest of us don't think is a good one."

Seth's Blog: Too much data leads to not enough belief

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