God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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this eclipse is bound to occur. We tend to take it for
granted that the innumerable stars we see in the
sky, like pinpoints of lights, are part of a vast
unchanging pattern. But these “pinpoints” of light
are actually colossal balls suspended in the vastness
of space and, since time immemorial, have been
moving in the same fixed orbits with such perfect
precision that their paths (and, more recently, that
of artificial satellites) can be accurately predicted at
any given moment. Right from a tiny drop of water
to the greatest imaginable star, the whole range of
natural phenomena evinces a wonderful system
and organization. The behaviour of such objects is
uniform to such a degree that we have been able to
formulate laws on this basis.
Newton’s theory of gravitation explained the
revolution of astronomical spheres. In accordance
with this, A.C. Adams and U. Leverrier found the
basis on which, without observation, they could
successfully predict the existence of a hitherto
undiscovered planet. As foretold by the two
astronomers, when on a night in September 1846,
the telescope at the Berlin observatory was turned
towards the point indicated by their calculations, it