God’s Existence
English book, p. 63
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
UNIVERSAL EVIDENCE OF GOD AND THE HEREAFTER Where there is Design, there is a Designer. Serious scholars have accepted the argument from design to prove God’s existence. For instance, Bertrand Russell acknowledged that theology generally uses the argument method called ‘argument from design’ to prove God’s existence. According to Russell, this method is based completely on scientific logic. That is why this argument is as valid as any other scientific argument. The gist of this argument is: “Where there is design, there is a designer.” Applying this argument to the universe, one can say, “There is an amazing design in every bit of the universe, and so there is a Designer of the universe.” Intelligent design in the universe clearly points to an Intelligent Designer, another name for God. The scientific study of objects began in 1609 when the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (d. 1642) observed the stars through an initial telescope. After that, there were further advancements in telescopic observations, leading to the establishment of the Palomar Observatory in California in 1949, which allowed for larger-scale astronomical observations. Later, electronic telescopes were developed, and the United States installed the Hubble Observatory in 1990. Through such studies, it was discovered that approximately 13.8 billion years ago, the event of the Big Bang occurred in the universe, after which the current world of stars and planets came into existence. Then, about a billion years ago, a Little Bang occurred, forming the present solar system. Following that, a Water Bang occurred on planet

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