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Explaining the Universe in
Rational Terms
Because of the total freedom enjoyed by humankind, there
are inevitably many problems or challenges, and it is in
meeting these challenges that we develop and advance.
t is said that the entire debate over belief and disbelief
Iboils down to one question: Does logic prevail? Those
who are of a disbelieving disposition say that if there were
a God, why is it that we see contradictions everywhere
in the world. When we observe the universe, we come
to the conclusion that throughout the material cosmos,
there is a grand design. Yet, in the human world, the
picture is quite different. Here, we witness misery,
sorrow, suffering and all kinds of evil. According to the
sceptics, this contradiction between the two scenarios—
the cosmos and the human world—shows that our world
is a bundle of randomness. Although in a partial sense
there seems to be design in the world, when we look
at the picture in totality, the design disappears. This
negates the argument that if there is a design, there
must be a designer.
This contradiction can, however, be explained by
making a comparison. When we compare the two
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