God and the Life Hereafter
God and the Life Hereafter
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GOD AND THE LIFE HEREAFTER
CREATION IS IN ITSELF A PROOF OF ITS
CREATOR
The universe is such a highly meaningful
phenomenon that it is unthinkable that it could
have come into existence without having been
created. The truth is that the choice for us is not
between the universe with God or the universe
without God. No, indeed. The real choice is
between the universe with God or no universe at
all. If we say that God does not exist, then we are
also compelled to say that the universe does not
exist. But the universe is too obvious a fact for us to
deny its existence. So neither can we deny the
existence of God.
THE MEANINGFUL UNIVERSE
Sir James Jeans once observed that the Creator of
the universe was a mathematical mind. I have to
say that the very meaningfulness of the universe is
a proof in itself that its Creator has a deep sense of
purpose. Such a purposeful Creator could never
