The ‘Young Woman’ in this dialogue lives in the West. She’s in her mid-20s. She stopped believing in Ahmadiyyat (and Islam generally) several years ago. She just hasn’t formally resigned from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community—yet. Her parents want to keep her apostasy quiet to save face.
Welcome
Welcome to Reason on Faith. This is a site where I will express my thoughts on religion using reason, evidence and the occasional reference to Ockham’s razor as guiding principles. Subsequent posts will touch upon Islam broadly and often, Ahmadiyyat specifically. In this short post, I discuss confirmation bias in religious discourse; contrasting the reasoned approach with the religious approach.
I also present a hypothetical letter from an adult child to their parents. It embodies what we rarely ever see regarding religious acceptance in families. Finally, I discuss the scrutiny of ideas and the merit of both dialogue and debate.