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successfully
preserved traditions, defended the religion received from the Prophetic source and
destroyed heretical
innovations. Nevertheless in doing so, they based their proofs on what they took from their
opponents, which
they were compelled to admit by naive belief (taqlid), or the consensus of the
community, or bare
acceptance of the Koran and Prophetic Sayings. For the most part they were devoted to
making the
contradictions of their opponents clear and criticizing them in respect to the logical consequences
of what
they said.
This was of little use for someone who acknowledges nothing except the logically obvious. Theology
was
not adequate to my case and was unable to cure my malady. Though, when theology
appeared as a
recognized discipline and efforts had been spent over time, the theologians became very
deep in their
preserved traditions, defended the religion received from the Prophetic source and
destroyed heretical
innovations. Nevertheless in doing so, they based their proofs on what they took from their
opponents, which
they were compelled to admit by naive belief (taqlid), or the consensus of the
community, or bare
acceptance of the Koran and Prophetic Sayings. For the most part they were devoted to
making the
contradictions of their opponents clear and criticizing them in respect to the logical consequences
of what
they said.
This was of little use for someone who acknowledges nothing except the logically obvious. Theology
was
not adequate to my case and was unable to cure my malady. Though, when theology
appeared as a
recognized discipline and efforts had been spent over time, the theologians became very
deep in their