Does God Exist: A Rational Investigation for the Honest Skeptic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798180797384)

Does God exist?

This is the most important question any human being can ask. And it deserves an honest answer - not blind faith, not emotional pressure, not the threat of hellfire.

In this book, Glenn Chin takes the question seriously. He takes the objections seriously too. The problem of evil. The silence of God. Science replacing religion. The psychological crutch argument. The contradictions of organized religion. Each objection is engaged honestly, as its most intelligent defenders would present it - and then answered with reason, evidence, and the direct words of the Quran.

This book is for:

• The skeptic who wants intellectual engagement, not platitudes
• The Muslim whose faith is shaking under the weight of modern education
• The non-Muslim who is genuinely curious but turned off by institutional religion
• Anyone who has ever looked at the universe and asked: is anyone there?

What you will find inside:

Part One - The Honest Objections: Why does God allow children to suffer? Why is God silent? Hasn't science replaced God? Isn't religion man-made? Isn't God just a psychological crutch? All five objections are taken seriously and answered directly.

Part Two - Where Atheism Breaks Down: The universe had a beginning - and beginnings need causes. The physical constants of the universe are fine-tuned to extraordinary precision. Consciousness cannot be explained by matter alone. Objective morality requires a moral lawgiver. Science has real and important limits.

Part Three - The Quranic Answer: The Quran's unique challenge. The fitrah - why every human being already knows. The purpose of suffering. Why God is hidden. Why justice demands an afterlife.

Part Four - So What Now? What God actually asks of you. Islam without the institutional baggage. The Quranic economic alternative - Moneyless Islam. The decision.

Plus: Three appendices, a full glossary, reflection questions, and a bibliography for further reading.

This is not a book for people who want their existing views confirmed. It is a book for people who want to think carefully about the biggest question there is - and follow the evidence wherever it leads.