God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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indulge in an imaginary solace. Who would not
long, they say, to be ushered into the perfect world
of their dreams after death? They would have it that
the reality is otherwise and that there is no such
world in existence. However, we must view man’s
desire for paradise and his strong urge to enter it
after death as pieces of psychological evidence
which support the concept of the life hereafter. If
the thirst for water points to the existence of water,
and signifies a correlation between man and water,
in exactly the same way, the desire for a better
world shows that, in fact, such a world does exist
and relates directly to our lives. History bears
witness to the fact that this desire for a better world
has been evinced by human beings on a universal
scale from the time immemorial.
Now, it seems quite unthinkable that something
unreal could so impress itself upon the human
mind on such a large scale and in such an eternal
and all-pervasive form. This fact, in itself, indicates
that another, better world must exist. It would be
nothing short of perverse to disregard this as a
reality.
