I think you're reducing religion to a coping mechanism for hardship, and that's where most people get it wrong.
Yes, many people turn to God during afflictions because faith provides hope. But if religion were only about solving problems, then the wealthy, healthy, and successful would have little reason to be religious.
Islam as a religion. It's a framework for understanding purpose, morality, accountability, and our relationship with our Creator.
Science can tell us how things happen. It helps us cure diseases, build technology, and understand the physical world. But science doesn't answer why we exist, who we are before we exist, what’s there for us after we exist no more, whether life has an ultimate purpose, or why objective morality should matter in the first place.
And when you say, “Just do good and follow the right path,” I’d argue that doing good and following the right path are among the most fundamental teachings of religion in the first place.
The real question is: Who determines what is good and what is the right path? Human beings have argued about morality throughout history. What one society celebrates, another condemns. Morality has shifted across cultures and generations, often contradicting itself.
Religion, particularly Islam, doesn’t tell us to do good; it provides a framework for defining what good is and what the right path looks like. It offers a moral standard that exists beyond individual preferences, societal trends, and changing cultural norms.
As for "what will be, will be," only what has been has been. You can’t tell what will be since you don’t even tell what the original plan is.
Most people got closer to God because of afflictions and problems because they see it as a symbol of hope.
Well, most of these problems are resolvable with money and seeking the right path sets by science and some are not resolvable anywhere( science and
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