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@Bird123 I know what you mean by blindly following. People idolize people (clergy) and even the Prophets (a) and Imams (a) in that they use them for their ego and do not even know if they are true. The Quran showing that Prophets (a) would never command to be worshiped says rather they would command us to be Rabanis by what we teach of the book and by what we study. Rabani has the following implications.
(1) Total renouncement of the worldliness and materialistic ambitions.
(2) Worshiping God sincerely and devoted to him
(3) Having deep knowledge of divine sciences and spirituality
(4) Teaching others knowledge
(5) Being a teacher type leader
So I get it. Most Muslims don't care to reflect and know truth. But per Quran, faith is not about blind belief but about accepting God's signs. God's signs appear in outward world (design you keep talking about), but also, in the inward world there is the signs of God that he has chosen to represent himself by. The leader of time is particularly referred to as "the greatest sign".
We aren't suppose to blindly follow God and his Messenger (s). We are supposed to be seek proof of who is God and who his Messenger is. And who the Guide of our time is.
The fact majority have not treated God's book the way it's supposed to be, does not mean you should give up on finding his book. You can use the book of God as a catalyst to unite people on truth and work with it.
It's meant to be discussed and it can guide regarding it's divisions and clarify it's own darkness and ambiguity in the minds of people if they give the proper due.
Muslims can't recognize they idolize their clergy, because they don't want to attach that fact to themselves and it's too much of a headache (religion) to go deeply and figure things out. It would condemn them to the maximum, so they don't perceive it.