The priestess's inclination towards and susceptibility to the supernatural. It is to the credit of the Shiites that in some of their positions and in their belief in the guided Imams, they supported and refuted those who believed in the sole authority of reason. An example of this is the debates between Abu Hatim al-Razi and Abu Bakr al-Razi. Abu Hatim al-Razi, who died in 322 AH, was one of the great callers to Ismailism and most famous for his call to the Fatimid doctrine. He played a great role in political affairs in Azerbaijan and Daylam, to the extent that a group of prominent figures in the state responded to him. He refuted Abu Bakr al-Razi, who was an atheist who believed in the sole authority of reason and denied prophecy. Abu Hatim al-Razi, in a number of debates, responded to him by criticizing his words and proving evidence for prophecy. It appears that there was an atheistic call that denied prophecy, and al-Razi, the author of "The Spiritual Medicine" and other works, was one of its followers. Perhaps Ibn al-Rawandi and others also embraced this doctrine. A group arose that wrote extensively on the proofs of prophecy in response to him. The Shiites were among those who supported the theory of religion, and they might have exaggerated it with their claims of Imams and their infallibility. Perhaps al-Ma'arri's proclamation of the sole authority of reason in much of his poetry also played a role.