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God and the Universe

English book, p. 138

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

of realizing God. According to this principle, it would be correct to say, “I exist; therefore, God exists.” The universe is not repeatable, proving that a conscious Being made this universe according to His will and decision. God is a proven Being. To believe in God is to accept something that is proven, while to deny God is to deny something that is proven. SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY Professor Paul Davies, a well-known American writer who is also Director of a research centre at Arizona State University, has written many thought-provoking books, one of which is titled ‘The Goldilocks Enigma.’ One of his research articles was published in ‘The Guardian’ and was reproduced in ‘The Hindu,’ in its June 27, 2007, edition titled: ‘The Flaw in the Creationists’ Argument.’ This article is reproduced below: “We will never explain the cosmos by taking on faith, divinity, or physical laws. The true meaning is to be found within nature. Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth—the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very laws of nature themselves. For 40 years, physicists and cosmologists have been quietly collecting examples of all too convenient “coincidences” and unique features in the universe’s underlying laws that seem necessary for life, and hence conscious beings, to exist. Change any

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