Our God — Page 177
Refutation of Arguments Supporting Atheism 177 will, God willing, be stated as and when appropriate. The same applies to the refutation of views of the second category. Here, I intend to refute the ideas of the third group who claim that non-existence of God is established by arguments. I will only state facts which have not been mentioned above, avoiding any unnecessary repetition. Such atheists put forward the following arguments in support of their belief. The First Argument for Atheism and Its Refutation The first argument presented by atheists in support of their belief is based on the fact that there can be only two possibilities about the creation of this universe. Either it has been created by a Higher Being, or it has existed by itself since eternity or a particular time and runs by itself in accordance with some inherent mechanism and system of cause and effect. There is no other possibility. Both these scenarios are beyond human comprehension, since we can- not understand how something, God or the universe, can exist by itself since eternity or since a particular time. However, if we have to accept one of the two scenarios, it is by far easier, simpler, and safer to accept that this universe rather than a Higher Being is self-existent. A detailed refutation of this view has been given in the sec- tion dealing with the argument for the existence of God on the basis of this universe, and need not be repeated here. It was estab- lished there in full detail that this whole enterprise that we call the universe and the Being of God—the Exalted, the Maker of