From Denial to Belief

we wrote in the book. We used to have open minds; now we realize that the only logical answer to life is creation, and not accidental shuffling. I still hope that one day I may go back to favour a purely mechanistic explanation—I say ‘hope,’ because I still cannot come to terms with my conversion.” “My being a Buddhist—albeit not an ardent one—was never a problem, because it is an atheistic religion which does not profess to know anything about creation and does not have a creator built into it. But I now find myself driven to this position by logic. There is no other way in which we can understand the precise ordering of the chemicals of the universe except to invoke creation on a cosmic scale.” Until recently, belief in God was considered to be just a personal creed, not backed up by rational thought. In recent decades, however, this situation has changed. New evidence has again and again come to light which makes belief in God a scientifically credible concept, rather than just a personally desirable creed. Science impresses on man the abstract reality of God’s existence, but if there is a God, then what should man’s relationship with Him be? Science does not, and cannot, answer this question. This is a question that can only be answered by religion. Basically every religion answers this question. But it is clear from the present state of religions that besides Islam—no other religion is preserved in its original form. Some religions are rendered false by their not having a concept of God. Some say that there are many gods, but science does not back up this belief; all branches of science and knowledge are agreed on the fact that, if there is a God, it must be one God, not several. Some religions have been pervaded by ideas which the human conscience can never accept—ideas like bias on the basis of colour and race. Just as science brings one to belief in God, it also brings one to belief in Islam, for Islam is the only religion consistent with scientific facts. Science shows that the universe has a God; this fact in itself is enough to prove agnostic religions wrong. Study of the cosmos shows that it operates in unity and harmony; this shows that there must be one God, as Islam teaches, not many gods, as other religions claim. No religion, except Islam, presents a true concept of God. No religion tells man what his relationship with God should be.