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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

cosmic background radiation. Within
minutes, the satellite's sensitive scanners
confirmed the measurements of Penzias
and Wilson.
Discovery of the evidence confirming
the creation of the universe from nothing
in the "Big Bang" staggered materialist
scientists. They witnessed the collapse of
their extensive research, their hypotheses,
It required a very and unsubstantiated theories, one after
short time for the
the other. The renowned atheist
Cobe satellite to find
the evidence to philosopher, Antony Flew, had these
prove the hypothesis
comments to offer about the situation:
of the Big Bang.
Notoriously, confession is good for the
soul. I will therefore begin by confessing
that the Stratonician atheist has to be
embarrassed by the contemporary cosmological consensus. For it
seems that the cosmologists are providing a scientific proof of what St..
Thomas contended could not be proved philosophically; namely, that
the universe had a beginning. So long as the universe can be
comfortably thought of as being not only without end but also without
beginning, it remains easy to urge that its brute existence, and whatever
are found to be its most fundamental features, should be accepted as
the explanatory ultimates. Although I believe that it remains still
correct, it certainly is neither easy nor comfortable to maintain this
position in the face of the Big Bang story. 12
As the above example makes clear, if someone is blindly devoted to
materialism he is reluctant to admit any evidence to the contrary. Even if
he must confess to the fact, he does not compromise his commitment to
materialism.
On the other hand, many scientists, who did not resolve themselves
unconditionally to denying God's existence, today accept that God, the
All-Powerful, created the universe. One such example is the American
scientist William Lane Craig, who is known for his research on the Big
Bang:

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