God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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world, at any given time, the word “water” will
invariably mean “a compound consisting of 11.1
percent of hydrogen and 88.8 percent of oxygen”.
Whenever a scientist in his laboratory heats a
beaker filled with pure water until it boils, he
knows, without using a thermometer, that the
temperature of the boiling water is 100 degrees
centigrade as long as the atmospheric pressure is
760 mm of mercury. If the pressure is less than 760
mm, less energy will have to be applied in the form
of heat to produce vapour or steam, so the boiling
point will be correspondingly less than 100 degrees.
Conversely, if the pressure is greater than 760 mm,
the boiling point will be greater than 100 degrees.
No matter how often this experiment is performed,
by ascertaining the pressure, we can, with certainty,
predict the boiling point of the water on each
occasion. If there were no system and organization
inherent in the working of water and energy, there
would be no basis for scientific research and
invention. Life in the laboratory, in the absence of
immutable natural laws, would be a succession of
quandaries; it would be a life fraught with
uncertainty and doubt, rendering all scientific
