God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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in a lift. After seeing such impressive buildings and
highly sophisticated shopping centres, the tourist
enters a club where he finds men and women
dancing together to the strains of music. “What a
fortunate lot they are!” he exclaims. But no sooner
are the words out of his mouth than a woman,
looking decidedly depressed, emerges from the
throng of dancers and sits down in a chair beside
him. Out of the blue, she shoots the question at him,
“Do I strike you as being ugly?” “No I don’t think
so.” “I don’t seem to have any glamour.” “You look
glamorous enough to me.” “Thanks. But you know,
younger men have stopped cutting in or asking for
a date. Life has become so dreary!”
Man in this modern age has become a mere shadow
of his former self. Progress in science and
technology may have enhanced our homes in many
ways and provided us with all kinds of facilities
such as rapid means of transport, libraries,
entertainment, etc., but to tell the truth, people have
been robbed of their peace of mind. Giant
technological plants have been set up, but there is
mass unrest among the workers. This is the tragic
culmination of four hundred years of science and
