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quantum model of universe. C. J. Isham explains that "this model is not
accepted widely because of the inherent difficulties that it poses." 39 Even
some of the originators of this idea, such as R. Brout and Ph. Spindel, have
abandoned it. 40
A recent and much-publicized version of the quantum model of uni-
verse was advanced by Stephen Hawking. In his book A Brief History of Time,
Hawking states that the Big Bang doesn't necessarily mean existence from
nothingness. Instead of "no time" before the Big Bang, Hawking proposed
the concept of "imaginary time." According to Hawking, there was only a
10 -43 second "imaginary" time interval before the Big Bang took place and
"real" time was formed after that. Hawking's hope was just to ignore the
reality of "timelessness" before the Big Bang by means of this "imaginary"
time.
As a concept, "imaginary time" is tantamount to zero or non-existence-
like the imaginary number of people in a room or the imaginary number of
cars on a road. Here Hawking is just playing with words.
One of the claims made by materialist scientists in the face of scientific
advances that confirm the flawless creation of the universe from nothing is
the idea that "maybe there are an infinite number of universes and one of
these, the one we inhabit, by chance became capable of supporting life." This
theory, known as the "multiverse," is no more than a figment of the imagina-
tion launched for the purpose of propping up materialism, and one not sup-
ported by any scientific findings. In an article titled "A Brief History of the
Multiverse," published in The New York Times on 12 April, 2003, the well-
known astrophysicist Paul Davies attempted to defend the claim. But
Davies's article is full of discrepancies, and he himself recognizes the exis-
tence of Allah:
Why is nature so ingeniously, one might even say suspiciously, friendly to
life? What do the laws of physics care about life and consciousness that they
should conspire to make a hospitable universe? It's almost as if a Grand
Designer [Allah] had it all figured out. 41
In addition, Davies also admits that the multiverse theory is purely
speculative. According to Davies, "It is but a small extra step to conjecture"
the multiverse theory. However, he also admits that "credibility reaches a
limit" and "As one slips down that slope, more and more must be accepted
on faith."
What all this shows is that alternative models to the Big Bang such as