Why Do We Believe in God? an Analysis of the Motives of the Believing Behaviour in Human Beings
| Journal | Al-Basirah |
| Title | Why Do We Believe in God? an Analysis of the Motives of the Believing Behaviour in Human Beings |
| Author(s) | Shahzad, Irfan |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 01-22 |
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| Keywords | Motive, Anxiousness, Genetics, Meme, Sufism, Affiliation, Inspiration, Remedy |
| Chicago 16th | Shahzad, Irfan. "Why Do We Believe in God? an Analysis of the Motives of the Believing Behaviour in Human Beings." Al-Basirah 3, no. 1 (2014). |
| APA 6th | Shahzad, I. (2014). Why Do We Believe in God? an Analysis of the Motives of the Believing Behaviour in Human Beings. Al-Basirah, 3(1). |
| MHRA | Shahzad, Irfan. 2014. 'Why Do We Believe in God? an Analysis of the Motives of the Believing Behaviour in Human Beings', Al-Basirah, 3. |
| MLA | Shahzad, Irfan. "Why Do We Believe in God? an Analysis of the Motives of the Believing Behaviour in Human Beings." Al-Basirah 3.1 (2014). Print. |
| Harvard | SHAHZAD, I. 2014. Why Do We Believe in God? an Analysis of the Motives of the Believing Behaviour in Human Beings. Al-Basirah, 3. |
Abstract
This article explores the motives of the human believing behaviour. The author postulates that to believe in God is natural and not to believe is a deviation from the true and pure human nature. This fact has, also, been admitted by many philosophers, psychologists and geneticists. A brief debate with reference to philosophy, anthropology, psychology and genetics has been presented to have a review the opinions of some eminent philosophers, psychologists and anthropologists about the believing behavior of the human nature. The traces of the religiosity of the primitive tribes without exception are a further evidence for the said fact. Some evidences have been presented from history and also from the examples of some living primitive tribes of Australia and Africa to accentuate the stance that to believe in God is a natural, innate, instinctual motive in the human nature. Author also quotes certain verses from the Qur’an to confirm the conformity of the historical, philosophical, psychological and genetical facts and findings with the Qur’anic stance about the believing behaviour of the human nature. The motives behind human behaviour in believing God are counted by the author as: rationality, anxiousness for God and the Life hereafter, Love of God, Affiliation with the native culture, Influence and Inspiration, Religion: A Remedy or Solution and Preaching in Terms of addresses.