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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

The first model, which has proven not to be viable, defended the propo-
sition that the universe has existed for an infinite time and will exist end-
lessly in its current state. This idea of an infinite universe was developed in
ancient Greece, and made its way to the western world as a product of the
materialistic philosophy that was revived with Renaissance. At the core of
the Renaissance lay a re-examination of the works of ancient Greek thinkers.
Thus, materialist philosophy and the concept of an infinite universe defen-
ded by this philosophy were taken off the dusty shelves of history by philo-
sophical and ideological concerns and presented to people as if they were
scientific facts.
Materialists like Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels vigorously embraced
this idea, which prepared an apparently solid ground for their materialist
ideologies, thereby playing an important role in introducing this model to
the 20 century.
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According to this "infinite universe" model which was popular during
the first half of the 20 century, the universe had no beginning or end. The
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universe had not been created from nothing, nor would it ever be destroyed.
According to this theory, which also laid the basis for materialist philosophy,
the universe had a static structure. Yet, later scientific findings revealed that
this theory is totally wrong and unscientific. The universe has not existed
without beginning; it had a beginning and was created from nothing.
The idea that the universe is infinite, that is that it had no beginning,
has always been the starting point of irreligiousness and ideologies that ma-
ke the mistake of denying Allah. This is because in their view, if the universe
had no beginning, then there was no creator either. Yet, science soon reve-
aled with conclusive evidence that these arguments of the materialists
are invalid and that the universe started with an explosion called
the Big Bang. Coming into being from nothing had only one
meaning: "Creation". Allah, the Almighty created the whole
universe.
The renowned British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle
was among those who were disturbed by this fact. With
his "steady-state" theory, Hoyle accepted that the uni-
verse was expanding and argued that the universe was
infinite in scale and without beginning or end. According

Sir Fred Hoyle

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