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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

deavor, no sound has yet been obtained that has the same sharpness
and clarity as the sound perceived by the ear. Think of the highest-qual-
ity hi-fi systems produced by the largest company in the music indus-
try. Even in these devices, when sound is recorded some of it is lost; or
when you turn on a hi-fi you always hear a hissing sound before the
music starts. However, the sounds that are the products of the human
body's technology are extremely sharp and clear. A human ear never
perceives a sound accompanied by a hissing sound or with atmospher-
ics as does a hi-fi; rather, it perceives sound exactly as it is, sharp and
clear. This is the way it has been since the creation of man.
So far, no man-made visual or recording apparatus has been as
sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory data as are the eye and
the ear. However, as far as seeing and hearing are concerned, a far
greater truth lies beyond all this.
To Whom Does the Consciousness that Sees and Hears within
the Brain Belong?
Who watches an alluring world in the brain, listens to symphonies and the
twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from a person's eyes, ears, and nose
travel to the brain as electro-chemical nerve impulses. In biology, phys-
iology, and biochemistry books, you can find many details about how
this image forms in the brain. However, you will never come across the
most important fact: Who perceives these electro-chemical nerve im-
pulses as images, sounds, odors, and sensory events in the brain? There
is a consciousness in the brain that perceives all this without feeling
any need for an eye, an ear, and a nose. To whom does this conscious-
ness belong? Of course it does not belong to the nerves, the fat layer,
and neurons comprising the brain. This is why Darwinist-materialists,
who believe that everything is comprised of matter, cannot answer
these questions.
For this consciousness is the spirit created by Allah, which needs
neither the eye to watch the images nor the ear to hear the sounds.

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