The title of this article can be viewed as inconsistent since faith is usually taken to be different from reason/knowledge. Indeed, there are even conceptions according to which both of them are mutually exclusive. However, the Bible and the Quran don’t contrast faith with reason/knowledge. It is at the beginning of the Bible, in the 15 th chapter of Genesis, that we read that Abra(ha)m asks God: “How can I know that I will inherit this land?” (since God promised Abra(ha)m to give him this land – Gen 15:7-8). In response God creates the scenery of making the covenant, familiar to the people living at those times (Gen 15: 9-21). This scheme (asking for a reason –> providing the evidence) repeats itself throughout the Bible [1] . Another thing which I would like to stress is the importance of “preserving” or simply “remembering” of the discovered truth – especially when it concerns such fundamental things as the question of God or of the meaning of life (compare Rom 1:28). “Con...
