God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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space, innumerable, enormous bonfires – the stars –
are rotating wildly like so many spinning tops
dancing at a furious pace through unimaginable
voids. Not even the very fastest of our rockets could
ever hope to catch them, so rapid is their flight. In
this process, celestial bodies can be likened to crores
of heavily loaded bomber aeroplanes, who after
flying for aeons through space may all of a sudden
collide with one another. Studies in astronomy
having confirmed that this is an actual possibility, it
would not be surprising if they did collide. (What is
surprising is that they do not collide). Our Solar
System may well be the result of a collision of this
type. If we can visualise such a collision taking
place on a greatly enlarged scale, the day of
resurrection will no longer seem impossible, nor
even such a remote possibility as we had perhaps at
first imagined. Believers in the concept of the life
hereafter contend that a time is bound to come
when the forces of destruction, which are present in
the universe in embryonic forms, will one day
assume gigantic proportions. What is latent today
will certainly manifest itself tomorrow, and the
coming of the day of resurrection will be a reality.
