THE GLORIOUS GOD OF A GLORIOUS UNIVERSE

Our universe does indeed declare the glory of God. Now it is for man to discover this glorious God. feeling of helplessness can never be overcome unless he discovers this God. There are some religions that present many Gods; but this runs completely against the natural desire of man. This is because the desire for a God, is the desire for such a Being that can be made the focus of his affection, and the focus of his affection can only and always be one, not more than one. Some other religions present God in the form of a vague spirit; but man desires a God who can see; a God who can hear and one who answers. Some religions present a man in the form of God; but the God that man desires, can only be that God, who is greater than his own kind. A God, who is just like man, cannot be a God worthy of worship. A God like this is very small in comparison to this glorious universe. An American scientist and professor, Walter Oscar Lundberg, has presented an interesting example. In the book ‘The Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe’, he writes, ‘’The professional scientist has one special advantage over others, if he will but use it, in understanding the reality of God. The fundamental principles on which the methodology of his profession is based, are, in essence, an expression of God’s existence.” In spite of this why do people with a scientific education deny God? According to the American professor, this is because of two reasons, the primary one being: In organized Christianity, there is instilled deeply in young people a concept of God created in the image of man, rather than of man created in the image of God. When such minds are later trained in science, this reversed and limiting anthropomorphic concept gradually becomes more and more incompatible with the rational, inductive attitude of science. Ultimately, when all attempts at reconciliation fail, (….), the concept of God may be abandoned entirely. The accompanying disillusionment and other psychological consequences discourage any thought of embracing a new concept. Islam is not a new religion. In reality and in their origins, Islam and all other religions were the same. However, due to changes over long periods of time, the original and true concept of God could not be