The Meaning of Life Inside Our Evolutionary Human Brain: The Clash of Understanding in Allahless Universe between the Scientific Worldview and the Islamic Worldview

Abstract

Why am I here? What is the meaning of my life? What is the purpose of my existence? These are the philosophical questions answered by theologians, religious figures and philosophers. For thousands of years, we have found those questions’ answers through religious teaching and philosophy. However, due to advent of New Atheism, these questions are snatched by the proponents of scientific worldview. Islam and other religions are fundamentally wrong and no truth at all fundamentally. Since religions are human projection, scientific worldview should intervene those questions and try to formulate those answers from scientific paradigm. The problem is the existential crisis may occur in Muslim minds when they are newly introduced with scientific worldview. This research uses qualitative methodology. This research finds that there is serious clash for answer on the question about the meaning of our life between the scientific worldview and the Islamic worldview. Islamic worldview suggests the meaning of life which is centralized with Allah’s existence whereas the scientific worldview suggests the meaning of life with the insignificance of our existence in the vast evolutionary universe at the absence of transcendental reality.