Proof of God Series Order from Disorder
This is a very easy concept to grasp. It basically states that in order to maintain any kind of order some external intervention is required.
- If you were to maintain your garden then it would not become overgrown.
- If you were to varnish the woodwork then it would not decay.
- If you were to leave your bike under shelter then it would not rust.
- If you tidied your bedroom it would not become a disaster area.
- If you were to rip up the first page of hamlet and throw it up into the air, then no matter how many times you tied the pieces you would never be able to re-arrange them into the original page once they landed on the floor.
The idea here is that external work is required to correct things. When we look at nature rather than being random it is continuously being corrected. Even though on the surface it seems random (the dripping of the tap, the cloud formations, the structure of trees…) careful analysis using Chaos Theory has shown that nature is continuously correcting itself.
Chaos scientists have found that natural random variables once analysed and modelled properly display unique signs of order. The most advanced technology and computer aided design tools are being used to analyse such things as animal populations, the weather system, and even the dripping of taps. The mathematical structures being generated are producing strange 3 dimensional patterns, never before encountered (fractal geometry, the Mandlebrot set, strange and simple attractors). A simple mathematic formula can produce eloquent and beautiful pictures when it is repeated over and over. The scientific world is coming to realise that the reality it studies is not just a colourless equation. Nature, is in fact displaying remarkable signs of order.
So indeed all the evidence points to the fact that order is being maintained. But by what? Why should matter take it upon itself to decide what it needs to do to correct the weather system, or balance animal populations?
From what we observe in reality we can deduce that an external agent is involved
Limited/Unlimited
The second rational concept is also based on observation and reality. It basically states that everything we perceive through our five senses is limited in some fashion.
- There is nothing with a limitless length.
- There is nothing with a limitless height.
- There is nothing with a limitless volume.
- There is nothing with a limitless density.
- There is nothing with a limitless intensity.
- There is nothing with a limitless pitch.
And so on, you get the general idea. These are what we define as the real four dimensions of reality i.e. the limitations of time and space. If we can measure it then we can limit it.
The fundamental aspect of this concept is that if two bodies are limited, then the sum of two is also limited.
This in fact applies to the universe as a whole. Since the previous example shows that the universe cannot be unlimited. Even if there were universes before this one, or there are universes currently developing or collapsing alongside us, the sum of all universes is limited.
It is not possible for a limited thing to have a limitless dimension. Sound confusing? Well the following example should clarify.
- Scientists often use the example of a line on a graph stretching to infinity. They really don’t understand the concept of infinity. If the line were to stretch to infinity then it would in fact become the unlimited being. If a piece of string had infinite length then no matter how light, or how thin it was, it would have to be the heaviest thing, the most spacious thing ever! Because no matter how much of it you measure there will always be some more to measure!
So we must assume that everything comprises of a set of limited things. That being the case, we have to ask ourselves:
- What is there other than this collection of limited bodies?
- How could the first limited thing have been created?
Whatever you may wish to call it you have to acknowledge that everything we perceive in reality originated from an unlimited source. This unlimited source Muslims call God or Allah (swt).
Cause and Effect
The third rational concept is the most damning, because scientists use it themselves to substantiate their formulae. It again is based on observation and reality. It basically states that for something to occur in reality a cause must exist.
- If a man pushes a trolley the gain in momentum was caused by the man.
- If a ball falls to the ground then the loss of position was caused by gravity.
- If a bridge collapses then the breakdown in structure was caused by stress.
These few examples that have been given should illustrate the point that is being made. That every limited thing is caused by some other limited thing (or a collection of limited things, which comprises a limited thing anyway).
The question then arises that if everything is caused by something else preceding it, what caused the universe. Scientists argue that the universe was created from the debris of a previous universe, and that universe was created from the debris of a previous universe… and so on. This is what they term the eternal chain.
But as mentioned before in the Limited/Unlimited concept, a limited thing cannot have a limitless dimension.
If you limit any part of a thing then the whole thing becomes limited.
- Our universe is limited.
- If our universe is part of the eternal chain, then the chain must be limited.
- So the chain cannot be called eternal because eternal means never ending.
So the first link in the chain was limited.
- How did this first link get created?
- What initiated the conditions necessary to create the first link?
We must draw the conclusion, that an unlimited cause was responsible for the creation of the initial link. In addition since limited things do not have a mind of their own, we must also deduce that the unlimited source was responsible for the subsequent maintenance of order.