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The Universe Is Created From Non-Existence 33

The amazing balance in the universe is thus explained in a scientific
magazine:
If the density of the universe matter had been a little more, then the universe,
according to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, would never expand due to the
attraction forces of atomic particles, and have would have recollapsed to turn
into a spot. If the density had initially been a little less, then the universe
would have expanded at the highest speed, and the atomic particles would
not have been able to attract and capture one another and stars and galaxies
would never have been formed. Naturally, we, too, would not have existed!
According to the calculations made, the difference between the initial real
density of the universe and the critical density beyond which there is no like-
lihood of its formation is less than a quadrillion of a hundredth. This is like
placing a pen on its sharp end so that it can stay so even after one billion
years. Moreover, this balance gets more delicate as the universe expands. 32
The famous physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking makes this comment on
the balance in the speed of expansion in his book A Brief History of Time:
If the rate of expansion one second after the big bang had been smaller by
even one part in a hundred thousand million million, the universe would
have re-collapsed before it ever reached its present size. 33

As regards this interesting situation Paul Davies states:
It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe,
apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in the numbers, has been rather
carefully thought out… The seemingly miraculous concurrence of numerical
values that nature has assigned to her fundamental constants must remain
the most compelling evidence for an element of cosmic design. 34

In relation to the same set of facts, an American professor of astronomy,
George Greenstein, writes in his book The Symbiotic Universe:

As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some super-
natural agency–or, rather Agency–must be involved (in the formation of the
universe). 35
We must conclude, when we examine the glorious system in the uni-
verse, that the existence of the universe and its workings rest on extremely del-
icate balances and an order too complex to be explained away by coincidental
causes. As is evident, it is by no means possible for this delicate balance and
order to have been formed on its own and by coincidence after a great explo-
sion. The formation of such an order following an explosion such as the Big
Bang could only have been possible as a result of conscious interventions at