God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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existence of the rose. Its continued presence under
specific conditions in this universe, and its
wonderful adaptation to the whole physical system
of the rest of the world, can never be fully
understood simply by ascribing these things to a
random flow of air. The term ‘chance occurrence’
expresses one facet of the truth, but as an
explanation for the existence of the universe and its
processes, it is patently absurd. According to
Professor Edwin Conklin, a biologist at Princeton
University, “The probability of life originating from
accident is comparable to the probability of the
Unabridged Dictionary resulting from an explosion
in a printing shop.’
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It is said that an explanation for the existence and
working of the universe with reference to ‘chance’ is
not just a haphazard guess but, in the words of Sir
James Jeans, is based on ‘purely mathematical laws
of chance’ (
The Mysterious Universe,
p. 3). An author
writes: ‘Now chance, or probability as it is termed,
is a highly developed mathematical theory which is
applied to that vast range of objects of knowledge
that are beyond absolute certainty. This theory puts
us in possession of the soundest principles on
