FROM DENIAL TO BELIEF

What should man’s relationship be with God? Science does not, and cannot, answer this question. This is a question that can only be answered by religion. one—I would not have been a party to what 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 keeps coming to light, which makes belief in God a scientifcally 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. Study of the cosmos shows that it operates in unity and harmony; this shows that there must be One God. As science brings one to belief in One God, Islam presents the concept of one God and His creation plan for the humankind. One should be a seeker to discover one's Creator in the presence of many types of beliefs prevalent among humankind. o The root cause of most of our problems is our deviation from the peaceful model of nature, which is the best model for us to follow.