Abstract
According to Al-Farabi, philosophy is a knowledge of materiel and a way to investigate the real essence of universe. Whereas religion, according to J.G. Frazer, is a devotion to God who puts in order universe movement. When philosophy and religion are faced one and other, both of them are looked like something incompatible, even in factually they are completing each other. In order to have a better religion, someone needs to have his rationality in the way of understanding religion. And also, to control philosophy which is based on rationality, philosophy needs a religion guidance. Many people perceive that philosophy could not be in harmony with religion, since philosophy anchored its idea to the rationalistic-empiricism basics and religion based its idea to the transcendentally dalîlof Supra Causa. Therefore, Emile Durkheim said, religion was a mystical paradigm where rationality could not get into. So did Auguste Comte, he said people need a religion only when he had no ability to develop his rationality. Even contrary, does religion order people to always "think"? and also, if people have a great rationality, people will realize that to achieve the balance of using, his rationality must be restrained and religion is the best restrainer, this was what al-Ghazali stated. So, actually, philosophy can strengthen the religious soul of people, since philosophy can interpret the universality of the dalîl, philosophy can systemize and definite religious order, philosophy can solve the new problem which is not stated in the dalîl, and of course philosophy also can be a tool to criticize a variety of unlogical religious ideology.
Highlights
According to Al-Farabi, philosophy is a knowledge of materiel and a way to investigate the real essence of universe
To control philosophy which is based on rationality, philosophy needs a religion guidance
Many people perceive that philosophy could not be in harmony with religion, since philosophy anchored its idea to the rationalistic-empiricism basics and religion based its idea to the transcendentally dalîlof Supra Causa
Summary
Diskursus tentang filsafat dan agama secara sekilas, oleh kebanyakan orang, selalu diartikan sebagai sesuatu yang berlawanan, filsafat di kutub Utara dan agama di kutub Selatan. Filsafat mebahas sesuatu dalam rangka melihat kebenaran yang diukur, apakah sesuatu itu logis atau tidak. Kajian tidak selalu diukur dari segi thinkable atau un-thinkablenya, karena agama dipandang sebagi sesuatu yang berasal dari sang supra logic.[1]. Perbedaan antara filsafat dan agama bukan terletak pada bidangnya (objek materiil), tetapi terletak pada cara menyelidiki bidang itu sendiri(objek formil), demikian menurut H. Williem Temple, seperti yang dikutip Rasyidi, mengatakan bahwa filsafat menuntut pengetahuan untuk memahami, sedangkan agama menuntut pengetahuan untuk beribadah atau mengabdi.[3] Pokok agama bukan pengetahuan tentang Tuhan, tetapi yang penting adalah hubungan manusia dengan Tuhan.[4]. Hal ini harus dilakukan disamping agar kajian agama tidak mengalami kejumudan, agama juga memerintahkan penganutnya untuk melakukan pemahaman terhadap agama, dan filsafat adalah salah satu metodenya
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