Islam Rediscovered
3. The Concept of God
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By the first half of the twentieth century people
used to debate over the existence of God. But by the
end of the twentieth century this is no longer
considered a debatable topic. Now in academic
circles the existence of God is held to be a fact.
Particularly after the Big Bang theory, this matter
has been almost settled.
Now we are right, scientifically, in saying that the
choice for us is not between the universe with God
and the universe without God. Rather the real
choice is between the universe with God or no
universe at all. Since, from the scientific viewpoint,
we are not in a position to opt for no universe at all,
we are compelled to choose the universe with God.
As regards the scientific evidence on the existence
of God, perhaps the first notable account was that
prepared by Sir James Jeans, titled
The Mysterious
Universe,
published in 1930. Many important books
have subsequently come out on this topic, which
describe how all the fields of the science of the
universe point to the existence of God. Here I
would like to refer to a very valuable book on this
subject, consisting of forty articles written by
