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universe must have been. And if one went Bang stems from the order that emerged
back far enough, then the universe must in the wake of the explosion. When we
have occupied a single point. Calculati- examine the universe, we see that every-
ons showed that this single point, despite thing in it—such as its density; its rate of
its containing all the matter in the univer- expansion; its gravitational pull, orbits,
se, would have had zero volume because movements, speed and matter contained
of its enormous gravitational pull. by the galaxies; and countless other such
The universe came into being when details—is constructed with the finest
this single point with zero volume explo- calculations and most delicate balances.
ded. This explosion was given the nick- Similarly, the way that our Earth and the
name of the Big Bang, and the theory ca- atmosphere that surrounds it have the
me to be known by that same name. ideal structure for supporting life, is
The Big Bang revealed one very im- another example of this extraordinary
portant fact: Zero volume meant that the design. The slightest deviation in these
universe had come into being out of not- calculations and balances would have an
hing. This in turn meant that the univer- irrevocably destructive impact on the
se had a beginning, thus repudiating the universe and the Earth.
materialist hypothesis that the universe We know that rather than producing
had existed forever. Information about order, explosions give rise to disorder,
the structure of the universe obtained chaos and destruction. Since the Big
since the 1920s has proved that the uni- Bang was an explosion, one would ex-
verse came into being at a specific time pect it to have distributed matter ran-
through the Big Bang. In other words, domly throughout space. But following
the universe is not eternal, but was crea- it, no such random distribution occurred.
ted from nothing by God. Matter accumulated at particular points
But this fact was highly displeasing in the universe to form galaxies, stars,
to many materialist scientists. For ins- constellations, the Sun, the Earth and la-
tance the British materialist physicist, ter, all the plants, animals and human be-
H.S. Lipson, “reluctantly” admits that ings on it. There is only one explanation
creation is a scientific fact: for this: Only a conscious intervention
I think, however, that we must ... admit that directing every moment of the event can
the only acceptable explanation is creati- give rise to such order in the wake of an
on. I know that this is anathema to physi- explosion on the order of the Big Bang.
cists, as indeed it is to me, but we must not That is the flawless creation of God,
reject a theory that we do not like if the ex- Who created the universe out of nothing
perimental evidence supports it. 53
and keeps it under His control and domi-
Another important aspect of the Big nion at every moment.

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)