God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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was observed that such a planet did, in fact, exist in
the solar system. This is the planet we now call
Neptune.
Isn’t it preposterous to believe that this
mathematical exactness in the universe developed
on its own? An aspect of the wisdom and
significance found in the universe, which is worth
pondering upon is that it has such potentialities as
may be exploited by man whenever the need arises.
For instance, let us take nitrogen. Human beings
and animals would die of starvation if our diet did
not contain nitrogen compounds. Each puff of air
may contain 78% nitrogen, but no nutritive plant
will grow without an interaction between nitrogen
and the soil taking place, and there are only two
ways that soluble nitrogen can be mixed with the
soil to fertilize it. One of them is by the typical
bacterial process. Certain bacteria, which live in the
roots of leguminous plants such as peas, beans,
alfalfa and peanuts, assimilate atmospheric
nitrogen. When the plant dries up, some part of this
compound remains stored in the soil. Another form
of fixed nitrogen, nitric acid, occurs naturally in the
atmosphere when lightning discharges. The action
