EXPLAINING THE UNIVERSE IN RATIONAL TERMS — The Human World And The Material World

sciences could not become an exact science like the physical sciences. For example, while the solar system has only one definition, political science has a dozen different definitions. This difference between the two worlds makes us believe that the plan of the Creator regarding the two worlds is different. The Creator has kept determinism in the material world. On the contrary, the Creator’s scheme for the human world involves complete freedom for man. There is deep wisdom behind this difference. If we observe the physical world, we realize that there is no phenomenon of intellectual development in it. In other words, it has remained the same for millions of years. But, in the human world there are constant challenges, and it is this kind of challenging environment that leads to progress and development. Without experiencing challenges there can be no creative thinking or intellectual development. When we observe the material world we find order in it. In contrast, in the human world we can seemingly observe disorder. But, this 'disorder' is not a negative phenomenon, rather it is a positive phenomenon. The positive term for this disorder in the human world is challenge. Without experiencing challenges there can be no creative thinking or intellectual development. Due to this difference, we have to apply two separate yardsticks to judge these worlds. The material world has to be judged by the yardstick of determinism, while the human world should be judged by the yardstick of freedom of choice. Because of its deterministic nature, the material world could be utilized for building technology. Without this predictability we would not have been able to use the material world for industrial development. On the other hand, in the human world because of total freedom there are several problems or challenges, and it is in meeting these challenges that we develop and advance. However, this total freedom also gives rise to evil. The problem of evil is not a phenomenon of the material world. It is exclusively a phenomenon of the human world. This so-called evil is a necessary price that we have to pay for all those developments which have culminated into what we refer to with pride as civilization. o