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is the handiwork of a supreme and almighty Cre a t o r. The majority of
modern scientists, like Singer, make light of that perfection and order, to

demonstrate to all that it is the work of God.

Prof. Winter, who received his M.D. in medicine from the Northwestern
University Medical School, also believes that the universe and human
beings were created by a superior Creator. He elaborated his views in his
writings:
Earth and the universe with all their complexities, life in its various
forms, and finally man himself with his superior thinking ability are all
too intricate to have just happened. Therefore there has to be a Master
Mind, a Creator, behind it all. There must be a God. 131

Phillips, who earned the Nobel Prize as early as before his 50th
b i r t h d a y, for the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with
laser light, is a believing scientist. At a press conference following the
announcement of his winning of the Nobel Prize, he noted:

God has given us an incredibly fascinating world to live in and
explore. 132

Prof. Swartzendruber, who first worked as an assistant soil scientist at
the University of California, and then as an associate professor of soils at

Purdue University, is also a member of Soil Science Society of America.
Prof. Swartzendruber indicated, by the statement below, that the universe
could not have formed by chance, and that it is the work of a Creator:
As a matter of fact, there is teleology, purpose, design "all over the
p l a c e ". One cannot escape it, in the heavens above or on the earth
b e l o w. To deny a Great Designer is quite as illogical as to admire a

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