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Logical Arguments for the Existence of God 75 them in six 24-hour days and then he made a body out of clay and breathed into it and thus Adam was created and out came Eve from his rib and the progeny of the two started to flourish, and the human race has existed for seven thousand years. According to some, matter, under Divine direction, assumed the form of an egg, which split into two parts, one of which developed into the earth and the other into heaven, and that man and woman emerged from God, or that God perspired and the universe was created from the drops of His sweat, and so on. With this background understanding of creation, recounted by their clergy, maulavis, or pundits, when people came to appreciate that scientific research had proven all of these stories to be inaccurate—and they also learned that the process of evolution is the basis of the develop- ment of this wonderful universe, and the existence of humans is the culmination of the process of evolution over millions of years where lower forms of life evolved into higher forms—this made people disillusioned with religion. They became overwhelmed by new scientific discoveries and renounced their faith in God. The greatest responsibility for this outrageous insult to reli- gion lies with the Christian priests in the West. Being first to hear about newer philosophical and scientific concepts, the clergy reacted in such a manner that exposed the weakness of their religious concepts to all; disillusioned with the response of the clerics and incapable to counter these arguments for themselves, thousands of people turned to atheism. Aware of the defeat of the clergy against science, other religious nations also found them- selves unable to present counterarguments to these concepts, pav- ing the way for one defeat after another. Had the people reflected a little, this indeed was a very simple matter. First, many of the