God and the Universe
English book, p. 118
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Design.’ In the language of people of religious faith, the name of this same reality is ‘God.’ Science only discovered creation, but along with the discovery of creation, the Creator is automatically discovered. ARGUMENTS OF OPPONENTS OF RELIGION Atheists might argue that with the advancement of knowledge of the universe in recent centuries, all religious beliefs regarding God have been proven to be false. They might contend that religion is not based on actual reality and is only a product of man’s desire to seek an explanation for the universe. They might claim that paucity of information led our ancestors to those ‘wrong’ answers called ‘God’ and ‘religion.’ They might contend that just as man has corrected his ways in other matters due to intellectual advancement, he must now correct his religious beliefs regarding the universe. According to this way of thinking, religion is an unreal explanation for a real phenomenon. In earlier times, it was argued that because man’s knowledge was minimal, he could not acquire a correct explanation of phenomena, and so, in the name of religion, he established various absurd hypotheses. But, according to this perspective, the global phenomenon of progressive evolution has extricated man from this darkness, and now, in the light of modern

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