Views of Scientists on the Existence of God — Page 14
14 5 science. He drew our attention to the fact that water has the property that, if its temperature is decreased, its density increases until a temperature of four degrees centigrade is reached. If the temperature is further reduced, then the density decreases instead of increasing. On account of this anomalous expansion of water, in the winter season when the ocean is covered with ice, beneath the ocean there is no ice, since the density of the underlying water is greater than that of ice. Hence even in severe winter the animals are quite safe in the ocean as water is available to them. . Huzur said that this peculiar property of water manifests Divine wisdom and indicates that God exists. . Dr. Frank Allen, Professor of Biophysics, University of Manitoba,. Canada, has drawn attention to the same point in his essay entitled; The. Origin of the World - by Chance or Design? He has drawn attention to the properties of water in support of the view that God exists. He says:. Four remarkable properties of water: its power of absorbing vast quantities of oxygen at low temperatures, its maximum density at 4 degrees C above freezing whereby lakes and rivers remain in liquid, the lesser density of ice than water so that it remains on the surface, and the power of releasing great quantities of heat as it freezes, preserve life in oceans, lakes and rivers throughout the long winters. (Evidence p. 21)¯. Likewise another scientist, Dr. Thomas Davis Parks, an expert in chemistry, says:. Water is the only known substance which becomes lighter as it freezes. This is tremendously important to life. (Evidence p. 75). Let us ponder and think, water is the only substance which has the exceptional property that its density decreases on freezing and by virtue of this property life in the ocean is preserved. Does not one see deep wisdom behind this?. We find that not merely for the fishes of the sea but for all animals there is appropriate arrangement. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, Allah be pleased with him, has said so nicely:. The fishes of the ocean and the birds in the air,. Domestic animals and the wild beasts of the forests,. To all He is providing food,. His treasures are never diminished. . He is Living and He bestows life. He is Self-Subsisting and He supports every being.