Views of Scientists on the Existence of God — Page 7
7. According to our present knowledge, the age of our universe is about fifteen billion years. It is obvious that if an object's age can be found, it means that the object did not exist from eternity. Hence our universe did not exist from eternity. . Our inference of the age of the universe is based on observations. We have learnt that our universe is composed of innumerable galaxies, each galaxy consisting of billions of stars like our sun. In 1929, the remarkable discovery was made by Professor Edwin Hubble from a study of the spectra of galaxies that galaxies are moving away from each other with speeds proportional to their separation from each other. Hence in the remote past, the galaxies were very close to one another. According to the generally accepted view, all the matter that comprises the galaxies was confined to a space some 15 billion years ago. It was exceedingly hot and dense. Then a Big Bang occurred and the matter got broken up into many parts which receded from one another. From these parts the galaxies and the stars were formed. In 1965 Penzias and Wilson discovered a radio radiation corresponding to black body radiation of temperature of three degrees Kelvin which supports this view. . The American scientist, Dr. Harry L. Shipman of the University of. Delaware, concludes his book on Black Holes, Quasars and the Universe with the following words:. The Big Bang Theory leaves one unanswered question. Who created the material that exploded as Big Bang? For this the astronomer has no answer. We may be able to look back to the early seconds of the evolution of the universe, but our vision stops there. This book ends by leaving the problem of creation to the philosopher and the theologian. (Black Holes, Quasars and the Universe by Harry L. Shipman, ·. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U. S. A. 1976, p. 288). The Holy Quran has given this powerful argument for the existence of. Almighty God:. And that to thy Lord do (all things) ultimately go. (53:43). The Holy Quran also draws attention very effecively to the existence of. God by referring to the creation as follows:. Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up (mass) and we opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? (21:31) (For an excellent comment on this verse, see 'The Bible, the Quran