God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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course of the river Brahmaputra was diverted and
Mount Everest was raised by 100 feet.
An Earthquake is, in fact, but a small reminder of
the day of resurrection. When the earth is split
asunder with a terrible rumbling; when buildings
come tumbling down like playing cards; when the
upper layers of the earth are cracked open and the
interior of the earth is spewed out, when cities
bustling with life are reduced to ashes in a matter of
minutes; when the earth is strewn with dead bodies,
like shoals of fish washed up on the sea coast, man
realises his utter helplessness in the face of nature.
What is most tragic about earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions is the fact that no one can predict when or
where they will take place. And, when they do,
everything happens in a flash, leaving little or no
time for escape. The day of the resurrection will
come upon us all of a sudden, just like an
earthquake. Such natural catastrophes demonstrate,
most awesomely, God’s capacity to destroy the
earth at any moment.
Even more terrifying events take place in the outer
reaches of the universe. In the infinitude of its
