Computer Caprice

All machines are made and operated by men. Then how is it possible for a flawless universe to have come into existence by itself and continue to function so perfectly from time immemorial? Belief in a Creator and Sustainer is the only answer.

The American navy performed a military manoeuvre in July 1983 off the coast of San Francisco; the whole process was computerized. Unfortunately, no one could foresee the computer developing some defect during the artillery firing drills. As a result, the direction of the firing was reversed. According to the programming, the shelling should have been directed at a far-off place in the sea, but the shells began hitting a Mexican cargo ship instead due to this reversal.

We often come across such news about computers. Why do they go “on the blink” and fail to carry out their orders properly? They are only material machines, totally devoid of the brain. Similarly, had the universe been simply a material machine, as is generally held by the atheists of modern times, it could never have functioned so accurately and flawlessly as it does. The earth and all the human settlements on it would have been destroyed as if ravaged by an earthquake. In the wake of universal accidents, the universe and those who audaciously seek to place a material interpretation of the universe’s existence would have been annihilated.

“There is no creator of the universe; it is but a material machine.” This sentence reads very well—a good grammatical sentence. However, it loses its value when matched with reality, for its conception has an inherent contradiction. This sentence would have been correct if any self-made and self-operated machine had existed. However, there is no such thing. All the machines we know are made and operated by ‘men’. Moreover, they are not free from defects.

Then how is it possible for a flawless workshop to have come into existence by itself and continue to function so perfectly from time immemorial?