SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY

Davies says, “the universe seems just right for life.” To support this statement, he has given a scientific example of the atom’s structure. Thus, order in the universe is considered as an established fact by both the theists and the atheists. As regards the rational stand, the concept of order or organization cannot exist without the concept of an organizer. Wherever there is organization, there certainly exists an organizer. Believing in order and organization without believing in an organizer is rationally impossible. The presence of organization leaves no room for refusing to acknowledge the presence of an organizer. Failing to find an explanation for the existence of an organizer is no logical pretext to deny the existence of the organizer. What has been stated by Mr Davies with reference to atomic structure holds true also for the macroworld. Each part of this world, big or small, is so balanced, ordered and proportionate that even the minutest change in its structure could disturb the entire system of nature. For instance, the Earth’s gravity is exactly in accordance with our needs. If the force of gravity were to be doubled, or halved, either way the survival of human civilization on the planet Earth would become impossible. As we know, we have two immediate neighbours in space—the sun and the moon. If the sun were replaced by the moon and the moon by the sun, let alone human life on Earth, the entire Earth would burn to ashes. Intelligent Universe There are innumerable things in the universe and everything is in the form of a compound. Formerly, the atom was regarded as an indivisible unit and not a compound. When the atom was split in the age of Einstein, it was discovered that it was also a compound and not a single unit. Everything is scientifically studied in the modern age. All the things consisting of certain compounds have many options about the form they take, but science tells us that nature inevitably opts for the one form―out of the many possible forms that they could take―which is exactly in accordance with the overall scheme of the universe. This is why, in this world, everything is in its perfect and ultimate form. Believing in intelligent action without believing in an intelligent Creator is like believing in a complex machine without believing in its engineer.