Arguments of Opponents of Religion

observation indicates that it is simply the result of chemical reactions in the body. But will the existence of God be negated because of this? After all, what is that power that makes the chemical components in the human work in such a way as to enable food to be digested and to become part of the body? After food enters the body, it passes through different stages, in line with an amazing automatic arrangement. Witnessing this, it would be absurd to claim that this arrangement existed on its own or by chance, as atheists might argue. The fact is that this phenomenon makes it even more necessary for us to accept that it is God who is the Ultimate Cause of it and that here, He works through the laws of Nature, which He has established in the world. In other words, Nature and the laws of Nature do not explain the creation and the functioning of the universe. Instead, they require an explanation for themselves—and that explanation is God. Undoubtedly, science has told us many new things. But even if these discoveries were to increase millions and billions of times, the need for religion would remain. This is because these discoveries only tell us how these events occur. They do not tell us why these events are happening and their ultimate cause. All of these discoveries are only intermediate or secondary explanations, while authentic religion gives us the ultimate and total explanation of things, centred on the existence of the Creator.