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GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

MASONIC DOGMATISM AND

TRADITIONALISM
Dogmatism means to blindly and insistently support a view, for
whose validity there is no proof, because of a certain psychological pre-
disposition. A dogmatic person does not investigate or reconsider some-
thing he believes in whether or not there is any proof for it. He accepts it
totally and sticks to it adamantly.
Masons and other anti-religious groups regularly use the term "dog-
matic" to refer to those who believe in Allah. We encounter this accusation

frequently today. For example, in a debate about the theory of evolution,
the evolutionist side will probably accuse those who do not accept the the-
ory as dogmatic, and declare themselves scientific by maintaining that sci-
ence has no interest in "dogmas."
However, this accusation is false. Belief in the existence of Allah, and

that He created all beings, is a fact proven by much rational and scientific
evidence. There is great balance, order and organization in nature, and it
is clear that this was established intelligently and with deliberate purpose.
It is for this reason that the Qur'an calls human beings to discover the
signs of Allah, and invites them to consider this balance, order and orga-
nization, and in many verses commands them to think about the proofs in
the heavens and on earth of the existence of Allah. Those proofs pointed

out in the Qur'an are such phenomena as, not only the balance and order
in the universe, but the suitability of the world to human life, the structure
of plants and animals, the miraculous features of the human body, and the
spiritual qualities of human beings, all of which has been substantiated by
modern science. (For details, see Harun Yahya's Allah is Known Through

Reason, The Creation of the Universe, Darwinism Refuted, For Men of Under-
standing, Design in Nature)
Rather, dogmatism is a quality of those who refuse to consider these
things, and reject Allah while continuing to defend the view that the uni-

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