God and the Universe

they were dazed and awe-stricken. They could get very little sleep in space due to fear and bewilderment. How God has made the Earth and put together favourable conditions here for human beings is a great blessing. In the known universe, no place is conducive for a creature like man to live in. Man can get an estimate of this great blessing from God when he is deprived of Earth, like the abovementioned Soviet astronauts were, just as when, after remaining hungry for a long time, a person can realize the value of food. GRATITUDE TO THE CREATOR Professor Carl Troll (1899-1975) was President of the International Geographical Union from 1960 to 1964. He once remarked: “The fruit of my life as a scientist and geographer is to become more deeply grateful to our Creator.” When a scientist studies the world, an immense awareness of its wonders wells up inside him. If he acknowledges the world’s Creator, as Professor Troll did, his inner self expresses gratitude to that Being who brought such a meaningful universe into existence. Some people wrongly think that scientific truths and religious truths are mutually contradictory. It is simply not true. The findings of modern science have automatically accepted all claims of religious truths. Many scientists are