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Harun Yahya

onstituting as it does the philosophical un- be explained solely in terms of the interactions of

Cderpinnings of the theory of evolution, 19th- matter also collapsed in the face of the the dis-
century materialism suggested that the universe coveries of science. In particular, the origin of the
existed since eternity, that it was not created, and genetic information that determines all living

that the organic world could be explained in things can by no means be explained by any
terms of the interactions of matter. The discover- purely material agent. One of the leading defend-
ers of the theory of evolution, George C. Williams,
ies of 20th-century science however have com-
admits this fact in an article he wrote in 1995:
pletely invalidated these hypotheses.
Evolutionist biologists have failed to realize that
The supposition that the universe has existed
they work with two more or less incommensu-
since eternity was blown away by the discovery
rable domains: that of information and that of
that the universe originated from a great explo-
matter... the gene is a package of information, not
sion (the so-called "Big Bang") that took place
an object... This dearth descriptors makes matter
nearly 15 billion years ago. The Big Bang shows
and information two separate domains of exis-
that all physical substances in the universe came
tence, which have to be discussed separately, in
into being out of nothing: in other words, they
their own terms. 4
were created. One of the foremost advocates of
This situation is evidence for the existence of a
materialism, the atheist philosopher Anthony
supra-material Wisdom that makes genetic infor-
Flew concedes:
mation exist. It is impossible for matter to pro-
Notoriously, confession is good for the soul. I
duce information within itself. The director of the
will therefore begin by confessing that the
German Federal Institute of Physics and
Stratonician atheist has to be embarressed by the
Technology, Proffessor Werner Gitt, remarks:
contemporary cosmological consensus (Big
All experiences indicate that a thinking being
Bang). For it seems that the cosmologists are
voluntarily exercising his own free will, cognition,
providing a scientific proof ... that the universe
had a beginning. 1 and creativity, is required. There is no known law
of nature, no known process and no known se-
The Big Bang also shows that at each stage, the
quence of events which can cause information to
universe was shaped by a controlled creation.
originate by itself in matter. 5
This is made clear by the order that came about
All these scientific facts illustrate that God, Who
after the Big Bang, which was too perfect to have
has external power and knowledge, creates the
been formed from an uncontrolled explosion. The
universe and all living things. As for materialism,
famous physician Paul Davies explains this situa-
Arthur Koestler, one of the most renowned
tion:
philosophers of our century says: "It can no
It is hard to resist the impression that the pre-
longer claim to be a scientific philosophy" 6
sent structure of the universe, apparently so sen-
sitive to minor alterations in the numbers, has
been rather carefully thought out... The seeming
miraculous concurrence of numerical values that
1- Henry Margenau, Roy A. Vargesse, Cosmos, Bios, Theos,
nature has assigned to her fundamental con- La Salle IL: Open Court Publishing, 1992, p. 241
stants must remain the most compelling evi- 2- Paul Davies, God and the New Physics, New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1983, p. 189
dence for an element of cosmic design. 2 3- Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos, Colorado
The same reality makes an American professor Springs, CO: Nav-Press, 1993, pp. 114-15
of astronomy, George Greenstein, say: 4- George C. Williams, The Third Culture: Beyond the
Scientific Revolution, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995, pp.
As we survey all the evidence, the thought insis- 42-43
tently arises that some supernatural agency -or 5- Werner Gitt, In the Beginning Was Information, CLV,
Bielefeld, Germany, pp. 107, 141
rather Agency- must be involved. 3 6- Arthur Koestler, Janus: A Summing Up, New York, Vintage

Thus, the materialistic hypothesis that life can Books, 1978, p. 250

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