God And The Universe

Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: From Denial to Belief

God And The Universe — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Badges mark quoted or attributed material (Qur'an, hadith, another author, an opposing view). Unbadged passages are Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's own words.

Contents (97 chapters)
  1. Publisher's Note
  2. Introduction
  3. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Search for the Supreme Reality
  4. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Faith in the Unseen
  5. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Explanation of the Universe
  6. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / The Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing
  7. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Big Bang, Little Bang
  8. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Six Bangs
  9. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Big Bang—A Planned Event
  10. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / A Comparison
  11. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Flawless Universe
  12. Ch 1 — Discovery of God / Zero-Defect Universe
  13. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / The Universe is Inexplicable Without God
  14. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / An Intellectual Exchange
  15. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / God's Existence
  16. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / Science Confirms Religious Truths
  17. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / From Science to the Realization of God
  18. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / Scientific Reasoning and Evidence for God's Existence
  19. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / Evidence of God and the Hereafter
  20. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / God, the Hereafter, and Human Nature
  21. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / Divine Revelation and Inspiration
  22. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / The Journey of Knowledge
  23. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / Power and Powerlessness
  24. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / The Physical Testifies to the Metaphysical
  25. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / Knowledge Testifies to the Existence of God
  26. Ch 2 — Universal Evidence of God and the Hereafter / God: The Greatest Reality
  27. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Limitless Universe, Human Limitation
  28. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Belief in God
  29. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Arguments of Opponents of Religion
  30. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: The Universe 'Speaks' About God
  31. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Predictable Universe
  32. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Science and Theology
  33. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: God and Science
  34. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: The 'Theory of Everything'
  35. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: From Unseen World to Unseen God
  36. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Universe With God
  37. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Who Should Control?
  38. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: A Rational Stand
  39. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: The Intelligent Universe
  40. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: Man's Existence is Proof of God's Existence
  41. Ch 3 — From Denial to Belief in God / Denial to Belief: From Denial to Belief
  42. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Science and Belief in God
  43. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Creation Testifies to the Creator
  44. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Evidence of God in the Universe
  45. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Intelligent Universe
  46. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Meaningful Exception
  47. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Signs in the Universe
  48. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Quasars: Brighter than a Billion Stars
  49. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / This Beautifully-Arranged System
  50. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Earth's Protective Shield
  51. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / The Universe: A Mirror
  52. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Evidence from Science
  53. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / The Fallacy of Mechanical Interpretation
  54. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Lesson from a Train Journey
  55. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Flawless System of God's Universe
  56. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Remote Control: A Spiritual Insight
  57. Ch 4 — The Universe Testifies to God's Existence / Universal Oneness
  58. Ch 5 — God and Man / The Innate Emotion to Find the Creator
  59. Ch 5 — God and Man / God and Man
  60. Ch 5 — God and Man / Signs in the Universe
  61. Ch 5 — God and Man / Lesson for Man
  62. Ch 5 — God and Man / God's Greatness
  63. Ch 5 — God and Man / Man's Powerlessness
  64. Ch 5 — God and Man / The Human Mind
  65. Ch 5 — God and Man / Importance of Discovery
  66. Ch 5 — God and Man / The Delight of Discovery
  67. Ch 5 — God and Man / Faith in God
  68. Ch 5 — God and Man / The Earth: An Amazing Blessing from God
  69. Ch 5 — God and Man / Gratitude to the Creator
  70. Ch 5 — God and Man / Vision of God
  71. Ch 5 — God and Man / Man's Relationship with God
  72. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: The Concept of a Supreme Being
  73. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Voice of Nature
  74. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: History's Intellectual Fallacies
  75. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Darwin's Acknowledgment
  76. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Monism: The Philosophical Concept of God
  77. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: God's Signs
  78. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Search for Reality
  79. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Return to Religion
  80. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: The Desire for a Deity
  81. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Experiencing the Presence of God
  82. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Search for Extraterrestrial Life
  83. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: In the Meaningful Universe
  84. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: From Denial to Acknowledgment
  85. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: The Soul's Quest for Eternal Truth
  86. Ch 6 — God: Voice of Human Nature / Voice of Nature: Search for the Supreme Being
  87. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: The Greatest Tragedy
  88. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: The Life We Were Searching For
  89. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: The Oneness of God
  90. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: Man and Monotheism
  91. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: The Problem of Evil
  92. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: The Reality of Paradise
  93. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: Wisdom in the Creation
  94. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: The Issue of Suffering
  95. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: God's Creation Plan
  96. Ch 7 — The Life We Were Searching For / The Life We Searched For: Living Proof of God
  97. Epilogue: Last Word

FROM DENIAL TO BELIEF p. 165

There are countless examples of superb organization throughout the universe, far surpassing even the most advanced systems of man-made machines. It is simply unthinkable that the formidably complicated system of the universe could have come into existence without a Creative Intelligence being behind it. There is something utterly irrational in refusing to believe in the Organiser of an organized universe. The human mind has, thus, no rational grounds for denying the existence of God. We have to concede that there is a formidable array of facts in the universe that cannot be explained unless we admit the role of a superior Mind or God Almighty. p. 166

In the following statement of belief, George Earl Davis, an American physicist, makes perhaps the best summing-up of the situation: p. 166other source

“If a universe could create itself, then it would embody the powers of a Creator, a God, and we should be forced to conclude that the universe itself is a God. Thus, the existence of a God would be admitted, but in the peculiar form of a God that is both supernatural and material. I choose to conceive of a God who has created a material universe not identical to Himself but dominated and permeated by Himself.” (Man Does Not Stand Alone, p. 71) p. 167other source

One must ask, “Can such a great scheme of checks and balances as found in Nature develop without deliberate planning?” Examining the excellent organization, meaningfulness, and extraordinary wisdom that manifest themselves in the universe will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is indeed an Organizer and Sustainer of this universe. p. 167

Once again, asserting that the choice before us is not between the ‘universe with God’ and the ‘universe without God’ is important. Instead, the real choice is between the ‘universe with God’ and ‘no universe at all.’ As we cannot opt for the proposition ‘No universe at all,’ we are compelled to opt for the proposition the ‘universe with God.’ p. 167

CHAPTER four THE UNIVERSE TESTIFIES TO GOD’S EXISTENCE p. 169