NATURE AND SCIENCE SPEAK ABOUT GOD

Nature and Science Speak about God ~ 105 ~ As far as this particular brand of agnosticism is concerned, this may be a philosophical point worth considering, purely as an abstract exercise in logic, but it is in no way connected with reality. When we think, the very act of thinking gives evidence of our existence. The great French philosopher and mathematician Descartes (1596-1660), founded his philosophy on the precept: “I think, therefore, I am.”1 And from this point, he went on to deduce the existence of God. Our sensory perceptions, too, give clear indications of the external existence of material things. If for example while walking along the road we are hit by a stone, we feel the pain. This experience establishes that, apart from us and outside of us, there exists a world having its own separate identity. In fact, our minds, through our senses, perceive innumerable objects and register countless sensations and impressions every moment of our waking existence. These acts of cognition are personal experiences, which continually reinforce the concept of the world having its own existence. Now, if the philosophical inclinations of a particular individual make him sceptical about the existence