English book · God and the Universe

Universe With God

English book, p. 153

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

FROM DENIAL TO BELIEF IN GOD universe itself desires a Final Cause for its existence—the Cause of all causes, which is another name for God. It is not possible to accept a causeless universe. In fact, with the ‘Big Bang’ theory, modern science has proved that the universe is not eternal and had a definite beginning, which points to a cause of the universe. The universe necessarily requires a Final Cause for itself. When we accept the causeless God as the cause of the universe, we save ourselves from accepting the impossible belief in a causeless universe, which modern science has shown to be fallacious. That is why I assert that it is strange to believe in God, but not believing in God is even stranger. In accepting God, we only choose something less strange over something more strange. This is not an issue only of God’s existence. From a purely scientific point of view, nothing can be conclusively proven or disproven in this world. In accepting anything, the option is not between proven and unproven. Instead, every choice is between workable and non-workable. For example, scientists generally believe in the theory of gravity. But it is not because gravity is a proven theory. Newton saw an apple falling from a tree and wondered why it fell downwards. After investigation, he came up with the theory of gravity. However, a scientist once said that Newton was amazed at why the apple fell down and did not go up. The roots of the tree go down, and its trunk goes up. If the reason for the roots going down is given as the presence of gravity on the Earth, then how will the going up of the trunk and branches be justified?

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