ভূমিকা

Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Roots of Religion Lesson 3: Design in the Universe In this universe, from the smallest atom to the largest celestial body, in everything we see, we are reminded of its perfect orderliness and exact regulation so much so that the great scientists have been provoked to amazement. Cecil Boyce Hamann, Professor of Biology at Asbury College says that whenever he places a drop of water under a microscope or observes the farthest star through a telescope.

He is filled with great wonder. There is so much orderliness in nature that it is possible to explain by means of immutable laws the course any phenomenon will take before it occurs. For this reason (i.e. that the patterns and laws which govern nature are immutable and fixed), scientists endeavour to discover these laws.

For if they did not hold every kind of effort in this field would be fruitless?[^1] The earth, on which we live, with respect to its size, its distance from the sun the speed of its orbital movement, etc., is so arranged that it is able to act as the support for life. Because, if in the conditions of its existence the smallest change was to take place, losses of unacceptable dimensions would occur.

The atmosphere, most of whose constituent elements are life gases, is sufficiently viscous that it can, like a shield or armour protect the earth from the deadly attack of 200 million meteors a day which approach the earth with a speed of 50 kms. Per second. The responsibility for regulating the temperature of the earth's surface within limits which maintain life also belongs to the atmosphere, and if it did not exist, inhabited land would, like the dry deserts, become incapable of life.

But why are we taking the long way round in explaining these things? Nearer than anything are ourselves. The mysteries of man's existence are without number so much so that the world's scientists, after years of much study have not yet been able to fathom all the wonders of it. After many years of study Dr. Alexis Carel wrote a book called “L'homune, cet inconnue” (Man, the Unknown).

He wrote confessing that biology and other sciences were still unable to discover the facts about the working of the human body, and that many problems remained to be unravelled. Now let us examine some of the marvels of our own existence. The Cells of the Body The body of man is like a building.