It is rather obvious how religion and philosophy are two distinct domains of thought to seek answers and justifications about human existence and the universe. Religion solely depends upon a belief system and divine revelation while philosophy is more humane and based upon reason and judgment. Regardless of how different they are, in some areas both philosophy and religion intersect to provide comprehensible explanations of worldly phenomena. Especially in eastern philosophy, which developed in accordance with religion. An example would be Islam where one sees no fallacies when compares to theology and the inherited ancient philosophy of the world before us. However, when it comes to western philosophy, the correlation is tense. It stems back to the early period of philosophical conduct where Church authorities acted defensively against the rise of human reasoning and questions. More so, because it threatened their tenet and control. Heresy, western philosophers found it challenging to incorporate regional doctrines into their philosophical works.
It is philosophy, as a school of thought, that can not stay in harmony with religious conceptions because it straightforwardly challenges the process behind human faith instead of reason, and belief system instead of knowledge system. Analyzing philosophical works often render religious advocates in tandem to answer their questions such as ‘How can you prove the existence of God?’. Yet, in the contemporary schema of philosophy, there are several theories to answer this question in their stead as well.
