Early Writings — Page 76
76 THE the thing in question. The debate relates to whether a creation lends evidence of a creator or not. Atheists assert that even if a highly intelligent design possessing all the characteristics of intri- cate workmanship is present before them, until they physically see the creator of that thing, they will not accept his existence. This is nothing but deception, for there is no need to see the creator. When it is proven that an intelligent phenomenon possesses the qualities of intelligent design our heart accepts without question that some intelligent creator must have designed it. When we observe the world around us, we can see with our own eyes that everything is created with the help of something else and one thing is sustained by another; in fact, it is through heaven and earth that all these things exhibit their powers. Now when this is the case, an atheist must answer the question: with whose help and support was heaven and earth created and who has sustained them for all this time? The atheist will respond by saying the very existence of heaven and earth is testimony itself that they are sustained themselves. However, we draw their atten- tion to the fact that the nature of a father is reflected in the son. Similarly, all the creation present in the world is like the offspring of heaven and earth, and cannot exist without support. So this demonstrates that the real testimony of heaven and earth is in line with the principle mentioned above, because the nature of a son cannot be different from that of the father, as it were. An intelligent phenomenon that is proven to possess characteristics of intelligent design does not require us to see its creator with our eyes. The proof of this statement is that any action displaying manifest signs that it was performed by someone who consciously did so to create something with a particular objective in mind,