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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.
4. Morality Cannot Be a Majority Vote
When Akhtar framed morality as a human construct—like traffic rules—Nadwi’s response was devastatingly simple:
If morality is purely social consensus, then:
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Genocide can be moral if popular.
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Oppression can be ethical if normalized.
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Justice becomes negotiable.
Objective moral outrage, Nadwi argued, only makes sense if morality itself is objective—and objectivity implies a transcendent source.
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