The great physicist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), wrote, “This most beautiful system of sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.”

Nobel Prize winner in physics Dr. Arthur Compton (1892–1962), said, “For myself, faith begins with a realization that a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being and created man. It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence—an orderly unfolding universe testifies of the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered: ‘In the beginning God...’”

Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), the French chemist who founded microbiology, said, “The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator.”

In Natural Theology (1802), British theologian and philosopher William Paley (1743–1805) likened the origin of the universe to that of a watch: “When we come to inspect the watch, we perceive that its several parts are framed and put together for a purpose. The inference we think is inevitable, that the watch must have had a maker. The universe must have had a designer. That designer must have been a person. That person is God.”  ¨