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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 59
Disputation, as a matter of fact, will inevitably reveal, unfold
and clarify a few things, but this is very rare and only
occurs in simple and clear matters which are readily understood
even before any thorough study of the art of disputation.
It has only one benefit. It preserves the belief for the
ordinary people and safeguards it against the confusion of innovators
by different kinds of argumentation. For the layman
is swayed by the argument of the innovator although the argument
may be false; and to confront a false position with another
refutes it. People are expected to follow this belief
which we have already mentioned because the Religion has ordained
it for the good of their temporal and spiritual lives
and clarify a few things, but this is very rare and only
occurs in simple and clear matters which are readily understood
even before any thorough study of the art of disputation.
It has only one benefit. It preserves the belief for the
ordinary people and safeguards it against the confusion of innovators
by different kinds of argumentation. For the layman
is swayed by the argument of the innovator although the argument
may be false; and to confront a false position with another
refutes it. People are expected to follow this belief
which we have already mentioned because the Religion has ordained
it for the good of their temporal and spiritual lives