Views of Scientists on the Existence of God — Page 5
บ 5. A book entitled Evidence was published from U. S. A. in 1959. It consists of essays by forty famous scientists in different fields of science, who declare their affirmative views of God. The full title of this book is The. Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe. This book was also printed in. India in 1968. (Distributed by Pockets Distributing Co. 11 Oak Lane, Fort,. Bombay 1). Mr John Clover Monsma, the Editor of the book, writes in the. Introduction as follows:. The basic postulate of this book, its point of departure, is that science can establish, by observed facts of Nature and intellectual argumentation, that a superhuman Power exists. It cannot identify the Power to describe it, except in very general terms. For identification and more detailed description special revelation (the. Bible) is needed. But by proceeding from the basic postulate I feel our. . scientists have struck effectively at the heart of atheism. . I would like to give quotations from this book. Our most beloved teacher, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has taught us the following principle:. A word of wisdom is a lost thing of a believer. He has a right over it whereever he finds it. (Tirmidhi). Hence we shall take the word of wisdom from wherever we find it. . Max Planck, the world famous scientist of the twentieth century, who did fundamental work in understanding the atom, and who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 regarded both religion and science to be mutual helpers in leading us to Almighty God. He says:. Religion and Natural Science are fighting a joint battle in an incessant, never-relaxing crusade against skepticism, against dogmatism and against superstition, and the rallying cry in this crusade has always been, and always will be: On to God. (Evidence p. 247). Dr. George Earl Davis, Physicist, University of Minnesota, U. S. A. writes:. That atheism exists in scientific circles is undeniable. But the popular belief that atheism is more prevalent among scientists than among the unscientific has never been proved and is, in fact, contrary to the expressions gained at first hand by many of the scientists themselves. (Evidence p. 70)