2. Science Explains How, Not Why
When Akhtar leaned on scientific progress, Nadwi didn’t resist it—he compartmentalized it.
Science:
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Describes mechanisms
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Maps patterns
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Predicts outcomes
What it cannot do, Nadwi argued, is answer why existence itself exists rather than nothing.
Rejecting God because of science, therefore, is a category error. One domain cannot invalidate the other.
3. No Scripture, No Safe Exit
Perhaps Nadwi’s most strategic move was epistemic honesty:
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Scripture will not convince a skeptic.
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Science cannot verify metaphysical claims.
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Therefore, only reason is admissible.
By doing this, he removed Akhtar’s most reliable escape hatch: dismissing theology as faith-based assertion.
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