From Science to the Realization of God

UNIVERSAL EVIDENCE OF GOD AND THE HEREAFTER Moreover, through this same method, the existence of the Creator can be inferred from a study of the creation. The Creator undoubtedly has His separate existence. However, concerning man, He is indirectly discoverable through reflection and contemplation on His creation. That is to say that we cannot see God directly, but we can infer that God exists by studying its effect—His creation or the universe that is all around us. In this way, we can use the same criterion to prove God’s existence and the veracity of any truth using the inferential argument used to prove anything else scientifically. Science and the Concept of God The intellectual history of recent decades shows that scientists are now increasingly accepting that the universe is the handiwork of a Supreme Mind. As Arthur Eddington remarked, “The stuff of the world is mind stuff.” In 1927, the Belgian scientist Georges Lemaitre (d. 1966) presented the Big Bang theory and the expanding universe concept. Further research was done on this subject until its status became an accepted fact. Finally, in 1965, background radiation was discovered. From it, it came to be known that there are ripple remnants of the Big Bang in outer space. Referring to them, American scientist Joel Primack (b. 1945) remarked that they “are no less than the handwriting of God.” George Smoot (b. 1945) is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer.