God Arises
Review
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the findings of physicists are confined to
determining the outward structure of this universe,
as it appears to exist before us. What modern
science tells us is only an elaboration upon, rather
than an explanation of reality. The entire body of
modern scientific enquiry is concerned only with
the question: ‘What is it that exists?’ The question:
‘Why does it exist?’ is far beyond its purview. Yet it
is upon this second issue that we should be seeking
enlightenment.
To illustrate this point, let us consider how a chick
comes into this world. The embryo develops inside
the smooth, hard shell of an egg, then the chick
emerges when the shell breaks up. How does it
come about that the shell breaks up at the right
moment and the fledgling, which is no more than a
small lump of flesh find its way into the outer
world? In the past, the obvious answer was: ‘It is
the hand of God.’ But now, microscopic studies
have shown that on the completion of twenty-one
days, when the chick is ready to emerge, there
appears on its beak a small hard horn with which
this ‘lump of flesh’ is able to break through the
walls of its shell. The horn, having done its job, falls
